13-letter words containing c, o, k, t
- common market — A common market is an organization of countries who have agreed to trade freely with each other and make common decisions about industry and agriculture.
- computer disk — a computer data storage device such as a hard drive or floppy disk
- computer geek — (jargon) (Or "turbo nerd", "turbo geek") One who eats (computer) bugs for a living. One who fulfils all the dreariest negative stereotypes about hackers: an asocial, malodourous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality of a cheese grater. The term cannot be used by outsiders without implied insult to all hackers; compare black-on-black usage of "nigger". A computer geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hacker in larval stage. See also Alpha Geek, propeller head, clustergeeking, geek out, wannabee, terminal junkie, spod, weenie.
- comstock lode — an extensive gold and silver vein in W Nevada, near Virginia City
- constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
- contract work — the work specified in a short-term contract, esp as opposed to regular employment
- control freak — If you say that someone is a control freak, you mean that they want to be in control of every situation they find themselves in.
- control stick — the lever by which a pilot controls the lateral and longitudinal movements of an aircraft
- cookery stove — cookstove.
- cookie cutter — A cookie cutter is a tool that is used for cutting cookies into a particular shape before you bake them.
- cookie-cutter — having the same configuration or look as many others of a given kind; identical: rows of cookie-cutter houses.
- cotton picker — a machine for harvesting cotton fibre
- cottonpickin' — damned; confounded: That's a cottonpickin' lie.
- counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
- counterattack — If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
- counterchecks — Plural form of countercheck.
- counterpicket — a picket which opposes an existing picket at the same location
- counterstrike — a retaliatory strike
- counterstroke — a counterattack
- court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
- crestone peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,294 feet (4360 meters).
- crock of shit — a quantity or source of lies or nonsense
- cross-buttock — a wrestling throw in which the hips are used as a fulcrum to throw an opponent
- crotch rocket — a high-speed, high-performance motorcycle characterized by an aerodynamic body shape which requires or encourages the driver to lean forward
- cucking stool — stool in which suspected witches were tested
- culture shock — Culture shock is a feeling of anxiety, loneliness, and confusion that people sometimes experience when they first arrive in another country.
- cut-card work — silver leaf cut in shapes and soldered to a silver vessel.
- cytoskeletons — Plural form of cytoskeleton.
- dame's rocket — a Eurasian plant, Hesperis matronalis, of the mustard family, having loose clusters of four-petalled purple or white fragrant flowers.
- dark reaction — the stage of photosynthesis involving the reduction of carbon dioxide and the dissociation of water, using chemical energy stored in ATP: does not require the presence of light
- digital clock — a clock that displays the time in numerical digits rather than by hands on a dial.
- diplock court — in Northern Ireland, a court of law designed to try cases linked with terrorism. In order to prevent the intimidation of jurors, the court consists of a single judge and no jury
- donkey jacket — A donkey jacket is a thick, warm jacket, usually dark blue with a strip across the shoulders at the back.
- double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
- double wicket — cricket in which two wickets are used, being the usual form of the game.
- duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
- ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
- dyer's rocket — weld2 .
- east rockaway — a town in SE New York.
- eight o'clock — 8 a.m.
- evening stock — a plant, Matthiola incana, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- feature shock — (jargon) (From Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock") A user's confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material.
- fighting cock — a gamecock.
- floating dock — a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.
- floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
- folkloristics — folklore (def 2).
- futtock plate — a metal plate placed perpendicular to the top of a ship's lower mast to hold the futtock shrouds.
- gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
- glamour stock — a popular stock that rises quickly or continuously in price and attracts large numbers of investors.
- go-kart track — a racetrack for go-karts