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11-letter words containing k, o, t, a

  • clock watch — a watch that strikes the hours. Compare repeater (def 3).
  • coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
  • cock-teaser — a woman who acts flirtatiously and appears to be sexually available, but does not engage in sexual activity
  • cockatrices — Plural form of cockatrice.
  • cockleboats — Plural form of cockleboat.
  • cocktailing — any of various short mixed drinks, consisting typically of gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, or brandy, with different admixtures, as vermouth, fruit juices, or flavorings, usually chilled and frequently sweetened.
  • cook strait — the strait between North and South Islands, New Zealand. Width: 26 km (16 miles)
  • cossack hat — a warm brimless hat of fur or sheepskin
  • cotton cake — cottonseed meal compressed into nuts or cubes of various sizes for feeding to animals
  • countermark — a mark on an object that is additional to a mark already on that object, and that serves a purpose such as enhancing security, or noting a change in the value of that object, etc
  • countersank — Simple past form of countersink.
  • custom-make — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
  • cytokeratin — Either of several forms of keratin found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue.
  • dead-stroke — relating to a stroke made that has no kickback or reverberation
  • debarkation — Disembarkation.
  • delta stock — any of the fourth rank of active securities on the Stock Exchange. Market makers need not display prices of these securities continuously and any prices displayed are taken only as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
  • demarkation — the determining and marking off of the boundaries of something.
  • do a stroke — If someone does not do a stroke of work, they are very lazy and do no work at all.
  • dockization — the process of turning into docks
  • doctorspeak — the language of physicians and other health professionals; specialized or technical jargon used by healthcare workers.
  • double ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
  • double take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
  • double talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
  • double-take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
  • double-talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
  • down-market — appealing or catering to lower-income consumers; widely affordable or accessible.
  • downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
  • earth smoke — fumitory.
  • electroweak — combining both the electromagnetic and weak forces or interactions
  • embarkation — The act of embarking.
  • eton jacket — a waist-length jacket with a V-shaped back, open in front, formerly worn by pupils of Eton College
  • exoskeletal — Pertaining to the exoskeleton.
  • factorylike — Resembling a factory in any of various respects.
  • fast worker — a person who is quick and shrewd in gaining personal advantage: A fast worker, he soon knew everyone who had any pull.
  • fault block — a mass of rock bounded on at least two opposite sides by faults.
  • folktronica — a musical genre that combines elements from folk and electronic music
  • forest park — a city in NW Georgia.
  • gamma stock — any of the third rank of active securities on the London Stock Exchange. Prices displayed by market makers are given as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
  • gazingstock — (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people.
  • get back to — resume
  • go crook at — to rebuke or upbraid
  • goatsuckers — Plural form of goatsucker.
  • granny knot — a reef knot with the ends crossed the wrong way, making it liable to slip or jam
  • hair stroke — a fine line in writing or printing.
  • heart block — a defect in the electrical impulses of the heart resulting in any of various arrhythmias or irregularities in the heartbeat.
  • heartbroken — crushed with sorrow or grief.
  • heat stroke — a disturbance of the temperature-regulating mechanisms of the body caused by overexposure to excessive heat, resulting in fever, hot and dry skin, and rapid pulse, sometimes progressing to delirium and coma.
  • husk tomato — ground cherry (def 1).
  • husk-tomato — ground-cherry
  • i know what — I have an idea
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