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11-letter words containing o, c, l, k

  • quail clock — a clock that announces the hours by a sound resembling that of a quail.
  • rickrolling — the playfully pointless practice of performing or playing the song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ by the British singer Rick Astley to a person or group of people either at a public event or online by means of a disguised hyperlink
  • rock blenny — a prickleback, Xiphister mucosus, of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska.
  • rock flower — any shrub of the genus Crossosoma, native to the arid regions of the southwestern U.S., having thick, narrow leaves and solitary flowers.
  • rock gunnel — any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), especially Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel) common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic.
  • rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
  • rock salmon — (formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish: now called rockfish or catfish
  • rockefeller — John D(avison) [dey-vuh-suh n] /ˈdeɪ və sən/ (Show IPA), 1839–1937, and his son John D(avison), Jr. 1874–1960, U.S. oil magnates and philanthropists.
  • rocket fuel — an explosive charge that powers a rocket
  • rocket sled — a sled propelled along a long track by rocket engines, for testing the effects of high rates of acceleration and deceleration.
  • roll-necked — (of a garment) having a high neck that may be rolled over
  • rollicksome — rollicking; frolicsome.
  • safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
  • schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
  • school book — School books are books giving information about a particular subject, which children use at school.
  • school milk — (formerly, in Britain) a third of a pint of milk, originally provided free by the local education authority to all young pupils, then later given only to children who passed a needs or means test
  • school-book — a book for study in schools.
  • scissorlike — like scissors; moving, operating, or crossing in a manner suggesting the blades of scissors.
  • shacklebone — the wrist
  • shell shock — battle fatigue.
  • sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
  • shuttlecock — Also called shuttle. the object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown.
  • silk cotton — the silky covering of the seeds of certain tropical trees of the bombax family, used for stuffing cushions, pillows, etc.
  • six o'clock — 6 P.M., 1800 hours
  • skin colour — the colour of a person's skin, ie Black, White, etc
  • slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
  • slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
  • slop bucket — slop pail.
  • slow cooker — an electric cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid for cooking meats, casseroles, etc., for several hours at relatively low temperatures, usually around 200° F (93.3° C).
  • social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
  • sock cymbal — high-hat
  • sock lining — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
  • sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
  • sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
  • sockdologer — a decisive blow or remark
  • sound block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
  • spondulicks — money; cash.
  • spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
  • stick float — a float attached at the top and bottom to the line
  • stock clerk — a worker in a stockroom who is in charge of the materials and goods stored there.
  • stock level — the quantity or number of goods or raw materials kept on the premises of a shop or business
  • stock split — the act or result of splitting stock
  • stock-still — completely still; motionless.
  • stockholder — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
  • stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
  • swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
  • swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
  • ten o'clock — 10 A.M., 1100 hours
  • tower block — a high-rise building.
  • trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
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