10-letter words containing o, a, k, c
- dockmackie — a North American shrub, Viburnum acerifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having long stemmed clusters of white flowers and ovoid, almost black berries.
- dockmaster — a person who supervises the dry-docking of ships.
- doodlesack — bagpipe (def 1).
- dreadlocks — a hair style, especially among Rastafarians, in which the hair is worn in long, ropelike locks.
- drop black — carbon, as animal black or lampblack, formed into pellets by mixing with water or glue: used as a black pigment.
- duckboards — Plural form of duckboard.
- eukaryotic — (biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- facebooker — A person using the social networking website Facebook.
- flash-lock — stanch1 (def 5).
- folk dance — a dance that originated among, and has been transmitted through, the common people. Compare court dance.
- folk magic — any attempt to practice charms, spells, etc., to control events or people.
- force back — If you force back an emotion or desire, you manage, with an effort, not to experience it.
- frock coat — a man's close-fitting, knee-length coat, single-breasted or double-breasted and with a vent in the back.
- frock tart — a person who makes or designs costumes for films or television
- fuck about — to act in a stupid or aimless manner
- gas cooker — cooking stove that runs on gas
- genoa cake — a rich fruit cake, usually decorated with almonds
- go back on — at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
- go back to — revert
- goalkicker — a person who makes a goal kick
- goatsucker — nightjar (def 2).
- gobsmacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
- gottschalk — Louis Moreau [maw-roh,, moh-] /mɔˈroʊ,, moʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1829–69, U.S. pianist and composer.
- hack board — Falconry. a board or platform at which hawks being flown at hack are fed.
- hack house — Falconry. a shed where young hawks are kept and fed while at hack.
- hackamores — Plural form of hackamore.
- hacked off — (jargon) (Analogous to "pissed off") Said of system administrators who have become annoyed, upset, or touchy owing to suspicions that their sites have been or are going to be victimised by crackers, or used for inappropriate, technically illegal, or even overtly criminal activities. For example, having unreadable files in your home directory called "worm", "lockpick", or "goroot" would probably be an effective (as well as impressively obvious and stupid) way to get your sysadmin hacked off at you.
- hackerazzo — a person who hacks into the computer or phone of a celebrity in order to gain information about him or her
- hackintosh — 1. (jargon, computer) An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into emulating a Macintosh (also called a "Mac XL"). 2. (jargon, computer) A Macintosh assembled from parts theoretically belonging to different models in the line.
- halfcocked — Simple past tense and past participle of halfcock.
- hammerlock — a hold in which one arm of an opponent is twisted and forced upward behind his back.
- hard-knock — beset with hardship.
- headstocks — Plural form of headstock.
- heath cock — the male of the black grouse.
- hog-backed — cambered, as the ridge of a roof, a hill, etc.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- hydrocrack — to crack (petroleum or the like) in the presence of hydrogen.
- in back of — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- jabberwock — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- jack block — a block used in raising or lowering a topgallant yard.
- jack frost — frost or freezing cold personified.
- jack towel — a long towel with the ends sewed together, for hanging on a roller.
- jackbooted — wearing jackboots.
- jacksonian — of or relating to Andrew Jackson, his ideas, the period of his presidency, or the political principles or social values associated with him: Jacksonian democracy.
- jacksonism — the group of political principles or attitudes associated with Andrew Jackson.
- jackstones — Plural form of jackstone.
- jacky howe — (formerly) a sleeveless flannel shirt worn by sheep shearers
- jockey cap — a cap with a long visor, worn by jockeys.
- jockstraps — Plural form of jockstrap.