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19-letter words containing c, o, k, u

  • a hard nut to crack — a person not easily persuaded or won over
  • agricultural worker — a person who is employed in agriculture, usually a manual worker
  • alexander von kluck — Alexander von [ah-le-ksahn-duh r fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈksɑn dər fən/ (Show IPA), 1846–1934, German general.
  • backward somersault — a somersault performed in a backward direction with the legs leading the rest of the body
  • bang for one's buck — value for money
  • bankruptcy petition — an official request for protection under bankruptcy laws, which initiates bankruptcy proceedings
  • bbc networking club — (body)   A bulletin board run by the British Broadcasting Corporation Education department from April 1994 to 30 Nov 1995.
  • be up to one's neck — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
  • black forest gateau — a chocolate sponge cake containing morello cherries and whipped cream, with a topping of chocolate icing
  • black-billed cuckoo — a black-billed North American cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, that, unlike most cuckoos, constructs its own nest and rears its own young.
  • bloodstock industry — the breeding and training of racehorses
  • born out of wedlock — born when one's parents are not legally married
  • cape york peninsula — large peninsula in NE Australia, part of Queensland, between the Gulf of Carpentaria & the Coral Sea
  • cock and bull story — an absurd, improbable story presented as the truth: Don't ask him about his ancestry unless you want to hear a cock-and-bull story.
  • cock-and-bull story — If you describe something that someone tells you as a cock-and-bull story, you mean that you do not believe it is true.
  • concurrentsmalltalk — (language)   A concurrent variant of Smalltalk.
  • construction worker — a person who works in the construction industry, esp one engaged in manual work
  • count oneself lucky — If you say that someone can count themselves lucky, you mean that the situation they are in or the thing that has happened to them is better than it might have been or than they might have expected.
  • dry-bulk cargo ship — a ship that carries an unpackaged dry cargo such as coal or grain; bulk carrier
  • earthquake coverage — Earthquake coverage is insurance coverage for damage caused by earthquakes.
  • flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
  • four-o'clock family — the plant family Nyctaginaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical herbaceous plants and shrubs having colored, petallike bracts beneath petalless flowers and winged or grooved dry fruit, and including the bougainvillea and four-o'clock.
  • go to rack and ruin — If you say that a place is going to rack and ruin, you are emphasizing that it is slowly becoming less attractive or less pleasant because no-one is bothering to look after it.
  • grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
  • hound's-tooth check — a pattern of broken or jagged checks, used on a variety of fabrics.
  • jamaica honeysuckle — a climbing vine, Passiflora laurifolia, of tropical America, having red-spotted white flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide, with a white and violet-colored crown, and edible yellow fruit.
  • jerusalem artichoke — Also called girasol. a sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, having edible, tuberous, underground stems or rootstocks.
  • kick up one's heels — the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
  • knights of columbus — an international fraternal and benevolent organization of Roman Catholic men, founded in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1882.
  • knock-down-drag-out — marked by unrelenting violence: a knock-down-drag-out fight.
  • knock-out agreement — an agreement between bidders at an auction or sale not to bid against each other
  • left-luggage locker — a coin-operated locker in which luggage can be left
  • leukoencephalopathy — (medicine) Any disease that effects the white matter of the brain.
  • mouse-ear chickweed — any of various similar and related plants of the genus Cerastium
  • northern hog sucker — black sucker.
  • not much to look at — unattractive or unimpressive
  • olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
  • phakoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
  • prick up one's ears — a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
  • pull one's socks up — to make a determined effort, esp in order to regain control of a situation
  • put one's back into — to devote all one's strength to (a task)
  • quick on the uptake — You say that someone is quick on the uptake when they understand things quickly. You say that someone is slow on the uptake when they have difficulty understanding simple or obvious things.
  • rap on the knuckles — a mild reprimand or light sentence
  • rocky mountain goat — a long-haired, white, antelopelike wild goat, Oreamnos americanus, of mountainous regions of western North America, having short, black horns.
  • smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
  • stick to one's guns — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
  • take one's cue from — If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
  • tanizaki jun-ichiro — 1886–1965, Japanese novelist, whose works, such as Some Prefer Nettles (1929) and The Makioka Sisters (1943–48), reflect the tension between Western values and Japanese traditions
  • the buck stops here — the ultimate responsibility lies here
  • to be up shit creek — to be in an extremely bad situation

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