12-letter words containing k, r
- clickstreams — Plural form of clickstream.
- clickthrough — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
- clos network — (networking) A type of network topology that can connect N inputs to N outputs with less that N^2 crosspoint switches.
- clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop
- cluster pack — a package containing a collection of related goods, sold as a single unit
- cock feather — the odd-coloured feather set on the shaft of an arrow at right angles to the nock
- cock lobster — a male lobster
- cock sparrow — a male sparrow
- cocksureness — The state or condition of being cocksure.
- cocktail bar — a bar which serves cocktails
- cockthrowing — the sport of knocking down, or killing, a cock that is tied to a post
- coffee break — A coffee break is a short period of time, usually in the morning or afternoon, when you stop working and have a cup of coffee.
- coffee maker — Also, coffeemaker. an apparatus for brewing coffee; coffeepot.
- coffee-maker — a domestic appliance that makes coffee
- coffeemakers — Plural form of coffeemaker.
- cold working — Cold working is a process in which metal is shaped at a fairly low temperature. This increases the metal's yield strength but makes it less ductile.
- college park — a city in N Georgia.
- computerlike — similar to a computer
- concertstück — a composition in concerto style but shorter than a full concerto
- conduct mark — (in school) a mark for behaviour
- control knob — a knob on an electrical or electronic appliance for regulating heat, volume, etc
- cook-general — (formerly, esp in the 1920s and '30s) a domestic servant who did cooking and housework
- cookery book — A cookery book is the same as a cookbook.
- cookie press — a device, operating in a manner similar to that of a syringe, in which dough is inserted in a chamber and extruded, by means of a plunger, through one of a number of interchangeable dies to form a shaped cylinder that is sliced into individual cookies.
- cooling rack — a wire frame used for cooling food on
- cooper creek — an intermittent river in E central Australia, in the Channel Country: rises in central Queensland and flows generally southwest, reaching Lake Eyre only during wet-year floods; scene of the death of the explorers Burke and Wills in 1861; the surrounding basin provides cattle pastures after the floods subside. Total length: 1420 km (880 miles)
- cork cambium — a layer of meristematic cells in the cortex of the stems and roots of woody plants, the outside of which gives rise to cork cells and the inside to secondary cortical cells (phelloderm)
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- corn-cracker — a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of a class of poor white people in the southern U.S.
- corner brook — a city in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the W part of the island.
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- countercheck — a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
- countersinks — Plural form of countersink.
- country folk — people who live in the country
- country park — an area of countryside, usually not less than 10 hectares, set aside for public recreation: often funded by a Countryside Commission grant
- country risk — the risk associated with an overseas investment due to the conditions prevailing in the country in which it is made
- country rock — the rock surrounding a mineral vein or igneous intrusion
- county clerk — a senior local government official
- courtierlike — resembling a courtier in manner
- crack a book — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- crack a joke — make a funny remark
- crack willow — a species of commonly grown willow, Salix fragilis, with branches that snap easily
- crackbrained — insane, idiotic, or crazy
- cracker feed — Cracker feed is the raw materials used in different cracking processes.
- cracker jack — a confection of sweet, glazed popcorn and peanuts
- crackerberry — bunchberry.
- crank letter — a hostile or fanatical letter, often sent anonymously.
- credit check — a check performed by a company selling goods on credit to establish if a potential customer is creditworthy
- cricket ball — the ball used to play cricket
- cricket frog — either of two tree frogs, Acris gryllus or A. crepitans, of eastern and central U.S., having a clicking call.