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10-letter words containing k, o, l

  • clock card — a card used by employees to register their time of arrival at, and time of departure from, their workplace
  • clock face — the dial of an analogue clock, marked with divisions representing units of time
  • clock golf — a putting game played on a circular area on a lawn
  • clock jack — jack1 (def 19).
  • clock rate — (processor, benchmark)   The fundamental rate in cycles per second at which a computer performs its most basic operations such as adding two numbers or transfering a value from one register to another. The clock rate of a computer is normally determined by the frequency of a crystal. The original IBM PC, circa 1981, had a clock rate of 4.77 MHz (almost five million cycles/second). As of 1995, Intel's Pentium chip runs at 100 MHz (100 million cycles/second). The clock rate of a computer is only useful for providing comparisons between computer chips in the same processor family. An IBM PC with an Intel 486 CPU running at 50 MHz will be about twice as fast as one with the same CPU, memory and display running at 25 MHz. However, there are many other factors to consider when comparing different computers. Clock rate should not be used when comparing different computers or different processor families. Rather, some benchmark should be used. Clock rate can be very misleading, since the amount of work different computer chips can do in one cycle varies. For example, RISC CPUs tend to have simpler instructions than CISC CPUs (but higher clock rates) and pipelined processors execute more than one instruction per cycle.
  • clock-hour — a full 60-minute period, as of class instruction or therapeutic consultation. Compare hour (def 11).
  • clockmaker — a person who makes or mends clocks, watches, etc
  • close work — work that involves focusing your eyes on a nearby object, such as a book or computer screen, for a prolonged period of time
  • close-knit — A close-knit group of people are closely linked, do things together, and take an interest in each other.
  • cloth-like — resembling cloth
  • cloud peak — a mountain in N central Wyoming: highest peak in the Bighorn Mountains. 13,175 feet (4018 meters).
  • cloud rack — a group of moving clouds
  • clove pink — carnation (sense 1)
  • clover key — feature key
  • coal-black — of a very dark black
  • cobweblike — Resembling or characteristic of a cobweb.
  • cockabully — any of several small freshwater fish of New Zealand
  • cockalorum — a self-important little man
  • cockatiels — Plural form of cockatiel.
  • cockblocks — Plural form of cockblock.
  • cockeyedly — in a cockeyed manner
  • cockleboat — cockboat.
  • cockleburr — Alternative form of cocklebur.
  • cockleburs — Plural form of cocklebur.
  • cocksurely — In a cocksure manner.
  • cockwomble — (UK,slang,derogatory) A foolish or obnoxious person.
  • codetalker — A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
  • codewalker — (programming, tool)   A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
  • coffinlike — Resembling a coffin.
  • cokebottle — (character, humour)   /kohk'bot-l/ Any unusual character, particularly one you can't type because it isn't on your keyboard. MIT people used to complain about the "control-meta-cokebottle" commands at SAIL, and SAIL people complained about the "altmode-altmode-cokebottle" commands at MIT. After the demise of the space-cadet keyboard, "cokebottle" was used less, but was often used to describe weird or non-intuitive keystrokes. The OSF/Motif window manager, "mwm" keystroke for switching to the default keybindings and behaviour is control-meta-bang. Since exclamation mark might be thought to look like a Coke bottle, Motif hackers referred to this keystroke as "cokebottle". See also quadruple bucky.
  • cold drink — a beverage that is chilled.
  • coldcocked — to knock (someone) unconscious, as with the fist.
  • cook inlet — an inlet of the Pacific on the coast of S Alaska: part of the Gulf of Alaska
  • cook-chill — a method of food preparation used by caterers, in which cooked dishes are chilled rapidly and reheated as required
  • cookeville — a town in central Tennessee.
  • cookieless — Without cookies (the food).
  • cool drink — any soft drink
  • coral pink — a light to medium yellowish-pink color.
  • corncockle — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Agrostemma githago, that has reddish-purple flowers and grows in cornfields and by roadsides
  • cornflakes — a breakfast cereal made from toasted maize, eaten with milk, sugar, etc
  • cornstalks — Plural form of cornstalk.
  • corpselike — Resembling a corpse.
  • cow killer — a large velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis) of the S and E U.S.: the wingless female has a powerful sting
  • crewelwork — embroidery done with crewel
  • cross talk — interference in one channel from another or others
  • cross-link — a chemical bond, atom, or group of atoms that connects two adjacent chains of atoms in a large molecule such as a polymer or protein
  • crosswalks — Plural form of crosswalk.
  • cuckolding — Present participle of cuckold.
  • cuckoldize — to make (a married man) into a cuckold
  • dark cloud — grey clouds threatening rain
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