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14-letter words containing o, a, k, r

  • carbonate rock — Carbonate rock is a sedimentary rock which is composed mainly of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃).
  • carriage clock — a portable clock, usually in a rectangular case with a handle on the top, of a type originally used by travellers
  • case framework — A set of products and conventions that allow CASE tools to be integrated into a coherent environment.
  • champagne cork — a cork used in a champagne bottle
  • chaparral cock — roadrunner
  • chinook jargon — a pidgin language containing elements of Native American languages, English, and French: formerly used among fur traders and Indians on the NW coast of North America
  • clock repairer — a person who mends clocks, watches, etc
  • cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
  • cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
  • cocktail party — A cocktail party is a party, usually held in the early evening, where cocktails or other alcoholic drinks are served. People often dress quite formally for them.
  • common grackle — a large songbird, Quiscalus quiscula, of the family Icteridae, of central and eastern North America, having iridescent black plumage varying in color.
  • container dock — a dock designed for cargo containers
  • corporate park — office park.
  • counter-attack — If you counter-attack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
  • counterattacks — Plural form of counterattack; Alternative spelling of counter-attacks.
  • covered market — an indoor market
  • coxsackievirus — any of a group of enteroviruses that cause several diseases, as viral meningitis
  • cracker bonbon — a thin, crisp biscuit.
  • croagh patrick — a mountain in NW Republic of Ireland, in Mayo: a place of pilgrimage as Saint Patrick is said to have prayed and fasted there. Height: 765 m (2510 ft)
  • crow blackbird — any of several North American grackles, especially purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus.
  • crummock water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Length: 4 km (2.5 miles)
  • dark chocolate — Dark chocolate is dark brown chocolate that has a stronger and less sweet taste than milk chocolate.
  • dark continent — Africa, especially before the late 19th cent. when little was known of it
  • daycare worker — a person who works in a daycare centre
  • dead reckoning — a method of establishing one's position using the distance and direction travelled rather than astronomical observations
  • decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
  • disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
  • dongle cracker — (security)   Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
  • donkey's years — a very long time; eons.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • dread to think — If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
  • duck on a rock — a children's game in which one player stands guard over a stone on a rock while the other players attempt to knock it off by throwing another stone in turn: if the thrower is tagged by the guard while trying to recover the stone, the two players then change positions.
  • dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
  • factory worker — manufacturing labourer
  • flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
  • florence flask — a round bottle having a flat bottom and long neck, for use in laboratories.
  • for god's sake — Some people use expressions such as for God's sake, for heaven's sake, for goodness sake, or for Pete's sake in order to express annoyance or impatience, or to add force to a question or request. The expressions 'for God's sake' and 'for Christ's sake' could cause offence.
  • for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
  • forward market — future commodities trading
  • four of a kind — a set of four cards of the same denominations.
  • franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
  • freeboard deck — (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.
  • front walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
  • fruit cocktail — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
  • garboard plank — the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull
  • greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
  • ground leakage — Ground leakage is the flow of current from a live conductor to the earth through the insulation.
  • groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
  • heterokaryosis — condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.
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