11-letter words containing k, u, o
- computernik — a person who is very interested in, and knowledgeable about, computers
- cook's tour — a rapid but extensive tour or survey of anything
- cornhuskers — Plural form of cornhusker.
- cornhusking — the removal of the husk from corn
- 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.
- course book — A course book is a textbook that students and teachers use as the basis of a course.
- course work — Course work is work that students do during a course, rather than in exams, especially work that counts towards a student's final grade.
- cousin jack — a Cornishman, especially a Cornish miner.
- crack house — a house or flat where drugs are dealt and used
- crocus sack — a burlap bag.
- 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 wasp — any of several small, metallic-green or -blue wasps of the family Chrysididae that deposit their eggs in nests of other wasps.
- 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.
- cupronickel — any ductile corrosion-resistant copper alloy containing up to 40 per cent nickel: used in coins, condenser tubes, turbine blades, etc
- custom-make — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
- deuterotoky — parthenogenesis in which both males and females are produced
- dick around — to spend time wastefully or unprofitably
- dockominium — a dock or boat slip bought and sold as real property.
- donkeypunch — Alternative form of donkey punch.
- double back — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- 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 lock — a spring lock that can also serve as a deadbolt by an extra turn of the key
- 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-bank — to have two rowers pull (each of a number of oars).
- double-book — to overbook by accepting more than one reservation for the same hotel room, airplane seat, etc.
- double-deck — Also, double-decked. having two decks, tiers, or levels: a double-deck bunk; a double-deck bus.
- double-knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- double-lock — to lock with two turns of a key, so that a second bolt is engaged.
- double-park — If someone double-parks their car or their car double-parks, they park in a road by the side of another parked car.
- 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.
- doublecheck — Alternative form of double-check.
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
- drudge-work — work that is menial and tedious and therefore distasteful; drudgery.
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- 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.
- dummy block — a freely moving cylinder for transmitting the pressure of a ram to a piece being extruded.
- duplex lock — a lock capable of being opened either by a master key or a change key, each operating its own mechanism.
- eksi sozluk — (web) ("Sour Dictionary") An online, Turkish, colaborative, hypertext dictionary.