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16-letter words containing c, o, k, p

  • preference stock — preferred stock.
  • proboscis monkey — a reddish, arboreal monkey, Nasalis larvatus, of Borneo, the male of which has a long, flexible nose: an endangered species.
  • punctuation mark — any of a group of conventional marks or characters used in punctuation, as the period, comma, semicolon, question mark, or dash.
  • put a sock in it — be quiet!
  • rape of the lock — a mock-epic poem (1712) by Alexander Pope.
  • rocket-propelled — using rocket power as the chief motive force.
  • shepherd's crook — hooked or curved stick
  • sick as a parrot — very disappointed
  • slap on the back — to congratulate
  • smack one's lips — If you smack your lips, you open and close your mouth noisily, especially before or after eating, to show that you are eager to eat or enjoyed eating.
  • software package — bundle of files to execute computer program
  • spotted mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomberomorus queenslandicus, of northern Australian waters
  • take one's place — to take up one's usual or specified position
  • the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
  • to keep a secret — If you say that someone can keep a secret, you mean that they can be trusted not to tell other people a secret that you have told them.
  • to pass the buck — If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.
  • trick photograph — a photograph that creates an illusion
  • trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
  • two-percent milk — Two-percent milk is milk from which some of the cream has been removed.
  • up to one's neck — If you say that someone is in some sort of trouble or criminal activity up to their neck, you mean that they are deeply involved in it.
  • upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
  • vest-pocket park — pocket park.
  • yellow pikeperch — the walleye, Stizostedion vitreum.
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