11-letter words containing k, o, t
- box-ticking — the process of satisfying bureaucratic administrative requirements rather than assessing the actual merit of something
- bram stoker — Bram [bram] /bræm/ (Show IPA), (Abraham Stoker) 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.
- break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
- breastworks — a defensive work, usually breast high.
- brook trout — a North American freshwater trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, introduced in Europe and valued as a food and game fish
- brotherlike — like a brother
- brushstroke — Brushstrokes are the marks made on a surface by a painter's brush.
- bucket down — If the rain buckets down, or if it buckets down with rain, it rains very heavily.
- bucket shop — an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds
- bucket-load — a large quantity
- bus network — (networking) A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire or set of wires (the bus). Bus networks typically use CSMA/CD techniques to determine which node should transmit data at any given time. Some networks are implemented as a bus, e.g. Ethernet - a one-bit bus operating at 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000 megabits per second. Originally Ethernet was a physical layer bus consisting of a wire (with terminators at each end) to which each node was attached. Switched Ethernet, while no longer physically a bus still acts as one at the logical layers.
- butt stroke — a blow struck with the butt of a rifle, as in close combat.
- by the book — according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
- carrot cake — a sweet cake made with grated carrots
- cartoonlike — cartoonish
- chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
- checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
- checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
- cheek tooth — any of the three posterior chewing teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaws in human adults; molar.
- cheektowaga — a town in NW New York, near Buffalo.
- chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
- choke point — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
- chokepoints — Plural form of chokepoint.
- chop stroke — (in tennis, cricket, etc.) a stroke made with a sharp downward movement of the racket, bat, etc., imparting a backspin to the ball.
- choukoutien — Wade-Giles. Zhoukoudian.
- chucker-out — a person employed at a club, pub, disco, etc, to throw out drunks or troublemakers and stop those considered undesirable from entering
- chukka boot — an ankle-high boot made of suede or rubber and worn for playing polo
- clock in at — If something such as a CD or film clocks in at a particular amount of time, it is that amount of time long.
- clock tower — A clock tower is a tall, narrow building with a clock at the top.
- clock watch — a watch that strikes the hours. Compare repeater (def 3).
- clock-timer — timer (def 4).
- coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
- cock's-foot — a weedy grass, Dactylis glomerata, often grown for pastures.
- 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.
- cockfighter — One who engages in a cockfight.
- 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.
- cold turkey — Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
- cold-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
- computernik — a person who is very interested in, and knowledgeable about, computers
- comstockery — immoderate censorship on grounds of immorality
- comstockism — the practice of immoderately censoring on grounds of immorality
- control key — a key on the keyboard of a computer that is used in conjunction with the standard keys in order to initiate a specific function, such as editing
- cook strait — the strait between North and South Islands, New Zealand. Width: 26 km (16 miles)
- cook's tour — a rapid but extensive tour or survey of anything
- cork-tipped — (of a cigarette) having a filter of cork or some material resembling cork
- cossack hat — a warm brimless hat of fur or sheepskin
- cost keeper — a cost accountant.