15-letter words containing e, n, l, o, c, k
- jack-o'-lantern — a hollowed pumpkin with openings cut to represent human eyes, nose, and mouth and in which a candle or other light may be placed, traditionally made for display at Halloween.
- kelmscott manor — a Tudor house near Lechlade in Oxfordshire: home (1871–96) of William Morris
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- kronecker delta — a function of two variables, i and j, which equals 1 when the variables have the same value, i = j, and equals 0 when the variables have different values, i ≠ j.
- lake-of-lucerne — a canton in central Switzerland. 576 sq. mi. (1490 sq. km).
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- lick one's lips — to anticipate or recall something with glee or relish
- long-case clock — tall-case clock.
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- make allowances — to take mitigating circumstances into account in consideration (of)
- mock pennyroyal — pennyroyal (def 2).
- molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
- never look back — to become increasingly successful
- new york school — a loosely associated group of American and European artists and sculptors, especially abstract expressionist painters, active in and near New York City chiefly in the 1940s and 1950s.
- nickel carbonyl — a colorless or yellow, volatile, water-insoluble, poisonous, flammable liquid, Ni(CO) 4 , obtained by the reaction of nickel and carbon monoxide, and used for nickel-plating.
- pedunculate oak — a large deciduous oak tree, Quercus robur, of Eurasia, having lobed leaves and stalked acorns
- percussion lock — a gunlock on a firearm that fires by striking a percussion cap.
- phenylketonuric — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
- pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
- plunket society — the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children
- police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
- push one's luck — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- reception clerk — a person who works in a hotel at the desk or office where guests can books rooms or ask the staff questions
- rocket airplane — an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine.
- rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
- rockwell number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Rockwell test) made by indenting a test piece with a Brale, or with a steel ball of specific diameter, under two successive loads and measuring the resulting permanent indentation.
- rolling kitchen — a mobile kitchen used for feeding troops outdoors.
- round-the-clock — around-the-clock.
- spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- the kos channel — a strait separating Kos from SW Turkey
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- western hemlock — a tall, narrow hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, of western North America: the state tree of Washington.