14-letter words containing k, i, o
- building block — If you describe something as a building block of something, you mean it is one of the separate parts that combine to make that thing.
- building works — construction projects
- cahokia mounds — the largest group of prehistoric Indian earthworks in the US, located northeast of East St Louis
- captain cooker — a wild pig
- carriage clock — a portable clock, usually in a rectangular case with a handle on the top, of a type originally used by travellers
- casino banking — an approach to banking which risks losing investors' money in the quest for maximizing profits
- check-out time — the time by which one has to check out of a hotel
- chinook jargon — a pidgin language containing elements of Native American languages, English, and French: formerly used among fur traders and Indians on the NW coast of North America
- chinook salmon — a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish
- chocolate milk — milk flavored with chocolate syrup or powdered chocolate.
- chopping block — a thick wooden board used for chopping vegetables, meat etc on
- chopping knife — a knife for chopping meat, vegetables etc
- cinnamon stick — a rolled strip of the dried aromatic bark of the tropical Asian lauraceous tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, used as a spice for flavouring food and drink
- clock repairer — a person who mends clocks, watches, etc
- clock-watching — the act of checking the time in anticipation of a break or the end of the working day
- coast live oak — California live oak.
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
- cocktail glass — a glass for serving cocktails, typically bell-shaped and having a foot and a stem.
- cocktail onion — a small pickled onion served with drinks
- cocktail party — A cocktail party is a party, usually held in the early evening, where cocktails or other alcoholic drinks are served. People often dress quite formally for them.
- cocktail sauce — any of various sauces served with a seafood cocktail, typically one consisting of ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, horseradish, and seasonings.
- cocktail stick — a small pointed stick used for holding cherries, olives, etc, in cocktails, and for serving snacks, such as small sausages
- cocktail table — a low table as for serving refreshments, esp. one in a living room
- colouring book — A colouring book is a book of simple drawings which children can colour in.
- communism peak — a peak of the Pamir mountains, in NE Tajikistan. 24,590 feet (7495 meters).
- condensed milk — Condensed milk is very thick sweetened milk that is sold in cans.
- container dock — a dock designed for cargo containers
- cookie monster — (recreation) (From the children's TV program "Sesame Street") Any of a family of early (1970s) hacks reported on TOPS-10, ITS, Multics and elsewhere that would lock up either the victim's terminal (on a time-sharing machine) or the console (on a batch mainframe), repeatedly demanding "I WANT A COOKIE". The required responses ranged in complexity from "COOKIE" through "HAVE A COOKIE" and upward. See also wabbit.
- cotton-picking — Cotton-picking is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying.
- countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
- county cricket — (in Britain) cricket played between county teams competing in the county cricket championship
- coxsackievirus — any of a group of enteroviruses that cause several diseases, as viral meningitis
- croagh patrick — a mountain in NW Republic of Ireland, in Mayo: a place of pilgrimage as Saint Patrick is said to have prayed and fasted there. Height: 765 m (2510 ft)
- crow blackbird — any of several North American grackles, especially purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus.
- custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
- cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
- czechoslovakia — a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993
- dark continent — Africa, especially before the late 19th cent. when little was known of it
- dead reckoning — a method of establishing one's position using the distance and direction travelled rather than astronomical observations
- decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
- decisionmaking — Alternative form of decision making.
- detective work — If you do some detective work, you do something to find out more about a subject or situation that puzzles you.
- diadokokinesia — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
- diadokokinesis — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
- dimethylketone — acetone.
- disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- disk mirroring — (hardware, storage) Use of one or more mirrors of a hard disk.
- docking bridge — a raised platform running from one side to the other of a ship toward the stern, used by officers for supervising docking operations.