11-letter words containing k, o, t
- 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.
- countersink — to enlarge the upper part of (a hole) in timber, metal, etc, so that the head of a bolt or screw can be sunk below the surface
- countersunk — driven or sunk into an enlarged hole
- counterwork — work done in opposition to other work
- countryfolk — people living or raised in the country; rustics.
- crinkleroot — any of several species of the toothwort Dentaria, esp D. diphylla of E North America, which has a fleshy pungent rhizome and clusters of white or pinkish flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- crochetwork — needlework done by crocheting.
- cryokinetic — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of cryokinesis.
- cuckoo spit — a white frothy mass on the stems and leaves of many plants, produced by froghopper larvae (cuckoo spit insects), which feed on the plant juices
- cuckoo-spit — Also called frog spit. a frothy secretion found on plants, exuded by the young of certain insects, as the froghoppers, and serving as a protective covering.
- cuckoopints — Plural form of cuckoopint.
- 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.
- cytokinesis — division of the cytoplasm of a cell, occurring at the end of mitosis or meiosis
- cytokinetic — of or relating to cytokinesis
- dead-stroke — relating to a stroke made that has no kickback or reverberation
- debarkation — Disembarkation.
- deep pocket — extensive financial resources; great wealth
- 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.
- desert rock — a type of heavy-metal music that has strong country-rock and folk influences
- desk editor — someone employed to read through newspaper text before publication to correct errors
- deuterotoky — parthenogenesis in which both males and females are produced
- do a stroke — If someone does not do a stroke of work, they are very lazy and do no work at all.
- dock strike — an industrial dispute involving dock workers
- dockization — the process of turning into docks
- doctorspeak — the language of physicians and other health professionals; specialized or technical jargon used by healthcare workers.
- don't knows — people who have not reached a definite opinion on a subject, esp as a response to a questionnaire
- donkey vote — a vote on a preferential ballot on which the voter's order of preference follows the order in which the candidates are listed
- 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 knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- double knot — any of various knots that are reinforced with a second tying
- 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-knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- 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.
- doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
- down ticket — relating to or noting a candidate or political contest that is relatively low-profile and local compared to one listed in a higher place on the ballot: Very popular presidential nominees often cause down-ballot candidates to win.
- 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)
- downstrokes — Plural form of downstroke.
- drillstocks — Plural form of drillstock.
- drunkometer — a device for measuring the amount of alcohol in a person's breath to determine the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream.
- duke it out — (in Continental Europe) the male ruler of a duchy; the sovereign of a small state.
- earth smoke — fumitory.
- electroweak — combining both the electromagnetic and weak forces or interactions
- embarkation — The act of embarking.