11-letter words containing k, r, o, t
- 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
- cost keeper — a cost accountant.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- doctorspeak — the language of physicians and other health professionals; specialized or technical jargon used by healthcare workers.
- 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.
- earth smoke — fumitory.
- electroweak — combining both the electromagnetic and weak forces or interactions
- embarkation — The act of embarking.
- 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.
- folklorists — Plural form of folklorist.
- folktronica — a musical genre that combines elements from folk and electronic music
- footlockers — Plural form of footlocker.
- forest park — a city in NW Georgia.
- forethinker — someone who forethinks
- fork-tender — (of food, especially meat) cooked so that it can be cut or pierced easily with a fork.
- fort rucker — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SE Alabama, NW of Dothan.
- forty winks — a short nap.
- four-stroke — four-cycle.
- french knot — an ornamental stitch made by looping the thread three or four times around the needle before putting it into the fabric
- frost smoke — an ice fog caused by extremely cold air flowing over a body of comparatively warm water, especially in polar regions.
- 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
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- 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.