11-letter words containing k
- clock watch — a watch that strikes the hours. Compare repeater (def 3).
- clock-radio — a device combining the functions of a radio and alarm clock which can be used to play the radio at a set time
- clock-timer — timer (def 4).
- close ranks — to maintain discipline or solidarity, esp in anticipation of attack
- closed book — something deemed unknown or incapable of being understood
- clutch disk — The clutch disk or clutch plate is the rotating part of the clutch, to which the friction material is attached.
- 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-a-hoop — If you are cock-a-hoop, you are extremely pleased about something that you have done.
- 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.
- cockblocker — Agent noun of cockblock: one who cockblocks.
- cockchafers — Plural form of cockchafer.
- cockcrowing — The crowing sound of a cock.
- cockeye bob — a sudden storm or cyclone
- cockfighter — One who engages in a cockfight.
- cockleboats — Plural form of cockleboat.
- cockleshell — the shell of the cockle
- cockroaches — Plural form of cockroach.
- cocksuckers — (vulgar) Plural form of cocksucker.
- 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.
- cocky's joy — golden syrup
- code monkey — a computer programmer who is able to perform only routine tasks
- codebreaker — A person who solves a code or codes.
- coffee cake — a sponge cake flavoured with coffee
- coffeemaker — Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.
- 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.
- command key — (on a computer keyboard) a key used when executing commands
- 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
- congo snake — any of several eel-shaped salamanders, as the amphiuma or siren.
- connie mack — Connie [kon-ee] /ˈkɒn i/ (Show IPA), (Cornelius McGillicuddy) 1862–1956, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- 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
- cooked mode — The normalUnix character-input mode, with interrupts enabled and with erase, kill and other special-character interpretations performed directly by the tty driver. Opposite of raw mode. See also rare mode. Other operating systems often have similar mode distinctions, and the raw/rare/cooked way of describing them has spread widely along with the C language and other Unix exports. Most generally, "cooked mode" may refer to any mode of a system that does extensive preprocessing before presenting data to a program.
- cookie bear — cookie monster
- cookie file — (operating system) A collection of fortune cookies in a format that facilitates retrieval by a fortune program. There are many cookie files in public distribution, and site admins often assemble their own from various sources.
- cooking oil — a type of oil used for cooking food
- copying ink — a special ink used for writing when copies by impression are to be taken
- coral snake — any venomous elapid snake of the genus Micrurus and related genera, of tropical and subtropical America, marked with red, black, yellow, and white transverse bands
- cork-tipped — (of a cigarette) having a filter of cork or some material resembling cork
- corkscrewed — Simple past tense and past participle of corkscrew.
- corn cockle — a tall annual weed (Agrostemma githago) of the pink family, with flat, pinkish flowers and poisonous seeds, often found in grainfields
- corn picker — a machine for picking the ears of corn from standing stalks and removing the husks.
- corn whisky — whisky made from maize
- corn-picker — a machine for removing ears of maize from the standing stalks, often also equipped to separate the corn from the husk and shell
- corncockles — Plural form of corncockle.