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11-letter words containing c, o, n, k, e

  • lemon stick — a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.
  • leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
  • luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
  • luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
  • mantle rock — the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's crust; regolith.
  • metchnikoff — Élie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov) 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.
  • microkernel — (operating system)   An approach to operating system design emphasising small modules that implement the basic features of the system kernel and can be flexibly configured.
  • mock orange — Also called syringa. any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Philadelphus, of the saxifrage family, especially P. coronarius, a widely cultivated species having fragrant white flowers.
  • nerve block — an arrest of the passage of impulses through a nerve by means of pressure on the nerve or by injection of an anesthetic into or around the nerve.
  • netherstock — a stocking
  • nickelodeon — an early motion-picture theater where a film or a variety show could be seen, usually for the admission price of a nickel.
  • nose tackle — nose guard
  • not cricket — If you say that someone's behaviour is not cricket, you mean that they have not behaved fairly.
  • on the rack — If you say that someone is on the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally.
  • one o'clock — one hour after noon or midnight
  • onside kick — a kickoff deliberately kicked a short distance in an attempt by the kicking team to regain possession of the ball by recovering it after it has traveled forward the legally required distance of 10 yards, beyond the 50-yard line.
  • open ticket — a return ticket which does not specify a date for travel
  • open-necked — If you are wearing an open-necked shirt or blouse, you are wearing a shirt or blouse which has no buttons at the top or on which the top button is not done up.
  • optokinetic — relating to a reflex whereby the eye follows a moving object
  • overcooking — Present participle of overcook.
  • overlocking — the act of oversewing a hem or fabric edge to prevent fraying
  • penny stock — common stock, usually highly speculative, selling for less than a dollar a share.
  • pocketknife — a knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle, suitable for carrying in the pocket.
  • pocketphone — a mobile phone
  • pond hockey — ice hockey played on a frozen pond
  • psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
  • punk rocker — a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.
  • pyrokinetic — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
  • quick money — money that you make easily or quickly
  • reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
  • rock blenny — a prickleback, Xiphister mucosus, of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska.
  • rock garden — a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants.
  • rock gunnel — any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), especially Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel) common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic.
  • rock pigeon — rock dove.
  • rock-garden — a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants.
  • rocketsonde — a telemeter for gathering data on the atmosphere at very high altitudes, carried aloft by rocket and returned to earth by parachute.
  • roll-necked — (of a garment) having a high neck that may be rolled over
  • schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
  • shacklebone — the wrist
  • sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
  • slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
  • smokescreen — If something that you do or say is a smokescreen, it is intended to hide the truth about your activities or intentions.
  • snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
  • sound check — an on-the-spot rehearsal by a band before a gig to enable the sound engineer to set up the mixer
  • sponge cake — a light, sweet cake made with a comparatively large proportion of eggs but no shortening.
  • stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
  • stockinette — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
  • take action — act, do sth practical
  • take notice — listen, heed
  • technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
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