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

  • stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
  • stockport — borough of Greater Manchester, in NW England.
  • stockroom — a room in which a stock of materials or goods is kept for use or sale.
  • stocktake — to count and check the goods on hand in a shop or business
  • stockwood — (Arthur) Mervyn. 1913–95, British Anglican prelate; bishop of Southwark (1959–80)
  • stockwork — a method of working in a mine where the ore is found in clusters rather than in veins
  • stockyard — an enclosure with pens, sheds, etc., connected with a slaughterhouse, railroad, market, etc., for the temporary housing of cattle, sheep, swine, or horses.
  • sub-stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
  • sunk cost — A sunk cost is an expense that you have already paid for or committed to and which you cannot change.
  • tack room — a room in or near a stable for storing saddles, harnesses, and other tack.
  • tackboard — a large board, usually made of cork or soft wood, on which notices can be tacked.
  • tailstock — a movable or sliding support for the dead center of a lathe or grinder.
  • tchotchke — an inexpensive souvenir, trinket, or ornament.
  • technikon — a technical college
  • the docks — the area around a wharf or pier, used for the mooring, loading, unloading, and repair of ships
  • thornback — a skate, Raja clavata, of European waters, having short spines on the back and tail.
  • throwback — an act of throwing back.
  • tick over — If an engine is ticking over, it is running at a low speed or rate, for example when it is switched on but you are not actually using it.
  • tide lock — a lock at the entrance to a tidal basin.
  • time lock — a lock, as for the door of a bank vault, equipped with a mechanism that makes it impossible to operate the lock within certain hours.
  • toe crack — a sand crack on the front of the hoof of a horse.
  • toothpick — a small pointed piece of wood, plastic, etc., for removing substances, especially food particles, from between the teeth.
  • top whack — the maximum price
  • touchback — a play in which the ball is downed after having been kicked into the end zone by the opposing team or having been recovered or intercepted there, or in which it has been kicked beyond the end zone. Compare safety (def 6a).
  • touchmark — touch (def 55a, c).
  • tow truck — wrecker (def 3).
  • track rod — the rod connecting the two front wheels of a motor vehicle ensuring that they turn at the same angle
  • trap rock — trap2
  • trick out — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
  • tricksome — tricksy (def 1).
  • truckload — the amount that a truck can carry.
  • truckstop — a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.
  • tube sock — a casual sock that is not shaped at the heel.
  • tuck into — to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
  • tuck shop — a shop where pastry, candy, or the like is sold.
  • tuck-shop — a shop where pastry, candy, or the like is sold.
  • tussocked — having or covered with tussocks
  • two-track — an oblique movement of a horse in which the forehand and hindquarters move on two distinct parallel tracks and the body is maintained uniformly in the direction of the movement.
  • unstocked — not having stock or stores
  • whack out — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
  • whipstock — the handle of a whip.
  • witchknot — a knot of hair
  • wood tick — American dog tick.
  • woodstock — a town in NE Illinois.
  • wordstock — (linguistics) The set of words in a language.
  • wristlock — a hold in which an opponent's wrist is grasped and twisted.
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