12-letter words containing c, o, k
- chemokinesis — the random movement of cells, such as leucocytes, stimulated by substances in their environment
- chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
- chickahominy — a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Powhatan confederacy that inhabited eastern Virginia.
- chicken coop — a coop for chickens.
- chimney rock — a column of rock rising above the level of the surrounding area or isolated on the face of a steep slope.
- choke collar — a training collar for a dog, that tightens when the dog strains at the leash
- chokeberries — Plural form of chokeberry.
- chook chaser — a small motorcycle, esp for off-road use
- chook raffle — a raffle for which the main prize is a roast chicken
- chuck off at — to abuse or make fun of
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- cinder block — A cinder block is a large grey brick made from coal cinders and cement which is used for building.
- clickthrough — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
- clos network — (networking) A type of network topology that can connect N inputs to N outputs with less that N^2 crosspoint switches.
- closed-stack — having access to the stacks limited to the staff of the library or to a limited group of library users.
- clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop
- cock a snook — to make a rude gesture by putting one thumb to the nose with the fingers of the hand outstretched
- cock feather — the odd-coloured feather set on the shaft of an arrow at right angles to the nock
- cock lobster — a male lobster
- cock sparrow — a male sparrow
- cockeyed bob — a short, violent storm.
- cockeyedness — the condition of being cockeyed
- cockeysville — a town in N Maryland.
- cockfighting — The sport (illegal in certain countries) of setting two cocks to fight each other. Fighting cocks often have had their legs fitted with metal spurs.
- cockieleekie — a soup made from a fowl boiled with leeks
- cockleshells — Plural form of cockleshell.
- cocksureness — The state or condition of being cocksure.
- cocktail bar — a bar which serves cocktails
- cockthrowing — the sport of knocking down, or killing, a cock that is tied to a post
- coconut milk — Coconut milk is the milky juice inside coconuts.
- coffee break — A coffee break is a short period of time, usually in the morning or afternoon, when you stop working and have a cup of coffee.
- coffee maker — Also, coffeemaker. an apparatus for brewing coffee; coffeepot.
- coffee-maker — a domestic appliance that makes coffee
- coffeemakers — Plural form of coffeemaker.
- cold working — Cold working is a process in which metal is shaped at a fairly low temperature. This increases the metal's yield strength but makes it less ductile.
- college park — a city in N Georgia.
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- come back to — If you come back to a topic or point, you talk about it again later.
- come unstuck — If something comes unstuck, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to.
- common stock — Common stock refers to the shares in a company that are owned by people who have a right to vote at the company's meetings and to receive part of the company's profits after the holders of preferred stock have been paid.
- compact disk — an optical disk approximately 4.75 inches (12 cm) in diameter, on which a program, data, music, etc., is digitally encoded for a laser beam to scan, decode, and transmit to a playback system, computer monitor, or television set. Abbreviation: CD.
- compound key — (database) (Or "multi-part key", "concatenated key") A key which consists of more than one attribute of the body of information (e.g. database "record") it identifies.
- computerlike — similar to a computer
- concertstück — a composition in concerto style but shorter than a full concerto
- conduct mark — (in school) a mark for behaviour
- control knob — a knob on an electrical or electronic appliance for regulating heat, volume, etc
- cook islands — a group of islands in the SW Pacific, an overseas territory of New Zealand: consists of the Lower Cooks and the Northern Cooks Capital: Avarua, on Rarotonga. Pop: 10 447 (2013 est). Area: 234 sq km (90 sq miles)
- cook-general — (formerly, esp in the 1920s and '30s) a domestic servant who did cooking and housework
- cookery book — A cookery book is the same as a cookbook.
- cookie press — a device, operating in a manner similar to that of a syringe, in which dough is inserted in a chamber and extruded, by means of a plunger, through one of a number of interchangeable dies to form a shaped cylinder that is sliced into individual cookies.