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12-letter words containing c, o, k, t

  • the bollocks — something excellent
  • throckmorton — Francis. 1554–84, English conspirator, who with French and Spanish support plotted (1583) to depose Elizabeth I in favour of Mary, Queen of Scots: executed
  • tick trefoil — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Desmodium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and jointed pods with hooked hairs by which they adhere to objects.
  • ticket booth — kiosk: sells tickets
  • tickler coil — the coil by which the plate circuit of a vacuum tube is inductively coupled with the grid circuit in the process of regeneration.
  • to keep pace — If something keeps pace with something else that is changing, it changes quickly in response to it.
  • tonnage deck — the upper deck in a vessel with only two decks.
  • tooth socket — a bony hollow into which a tooth fits
  • touch-tackle — touch football.
  • tough cookie — If you say that someone is a tough cookie, you mean that they have a strong and determined character.
  • track record — a record of achievements or performance: an executive with a good track record.
  • trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
  • trial docket — docket (def 1).
  • trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • truck jobber — a jobber or wholesaler who makes calls carrying goods on a truck, thereby being able to take and deliver orders on the same call.
  • tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
  • tuckered out — exhausted
  • tussock moth — any of several moths of the family Lymantriidae, the larvae of which have characteristic tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of various deciduous trees.
  • understocked — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
  • unstockinged — not wearing or covered by stockings
  • watch pocket — a small pocket in a garment, as in a vest or trousers, for holding a pocket watch, change, etc. Compare fob1 (def 1).
  • water pocket — a cavity at the foot of a cliff formed by the falling action of an intermittent stream.
  • water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
  • weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
  • well-stocked — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
  • wikification — The process of adding wiki syntax to text in a wiki platform, or converting HTML to wiki markup.
  • wonderstruck — (of a person) experiencing a sudden feeling of awed delight or wonder.
  • yellowjacket — (chiefly, US) A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.
  • you can talk — you don't have to worry about doing a particular thing yourself
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