16-letter words containing o, a, k, c
- stick at nothing — to be prepared to do anything; be unscrupulous or ruthless
- stick out a mile — to be extremely obvious
- stock allocation — Stock allocation is the decisions made about how quantities held at a central point will be distributed amongst several outlets in a retail chain.
- stock car racing — the sport of racing in stock cars
- stock management — the monitoring and control of goods and stock so that new stock can be ordered as required and the right numbers and quantities made available at all times
- stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
- symbolical books — the books containing the creeds, beliefs, or doctrine of religious groups that have emerged since the Reformation
- take one's place — to take up one's usual or specified position
- the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
- the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
- to break the ice — If you break the ice at a party or meeting, or in a new situation, you say or do something to make people feel relaxed and comfortable.
- to keep a secret — If you say that someone can keep a secret, you mean that they can be trusted not to tell other people a secret that you have told them.
- to lose track of — If you lose track of someone or something, you no longer know where they are or what is happening.
- to pass the buck — If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.
- to rock the boat — If you say that someone is rocking the boat, you mean that they are upsetting a calm situation and causing trouble.
- to stake a claim — If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
- to take the cake — If someone has done something very stupid, rude, or selfish, you can say that they take the cake or that what they have done takes the cake, to emphasize your surprise at their behavior.
- tracking station — a facility equipped with instrumentation for following the flight path of, communicating with, and collecting data from a rocket or spacecraft.
- travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
- trick photograph — a photograph that creates an illusion
- trick-or-treater — a person, typically a child, who goes from door to door in costume on Halloween asking for candy or other treats
- trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
- unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
- upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
- vest-pocket park — pocket park.
- waterless cooker — a tight-lidded kitchen utensil in which food can be cooked using only a small amount of water or only the juices emitted while cooking.
- weak interaction — the interaction between elementary particles and the intermediate vector bosons that carry the weak force from one particle to another.