15-letter words containing o, k, e, c
- reception clerk — a person who works in a hotel at the desk or office where guests can books rooms or ask the staff questions
- record-breaking — top, most successful
- research worker — investigative scientist
- risk one's neck — to take a great risk
- rocket airplane — an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine.
- rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
- rocket research — research into rocket engines for spacecraft
- rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose.
- rockwell number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Rockwell test) made by indenting a test piece with a Brale, or with a steel ball of specific diameter, under two successive loads and measuring the resulting permanent indentation.
- rolling kitchen — a mobile kitchen used for feeding troops outdoors.
- round-the-clock — around-the-clock.
- runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
- save one's neck — to escape from a difficult or dangerous situation
- scavenge stroke — (in a reciprocating engine) the stroke of a piston in a four-stroke cycle that pushes the burnt gases out as exhaust
- schottky defect — an unoccupied position in a crystal lattice caused by the relocation of an atom or ion from the interior to the surface of the crystal.
- schottky effect — a reduction in the energy required to remove an electron from a solid surface in a vacuum when an electric field is applied to the surface
- see the back of — to be rid of
- sherlock holmes — a fictitious British detective with great powers of deduction, the main character in many stories by A. Conan Doyle
- shock resistant — not affected by impact
- shock treatment — electroconvulsive therapy
- shock-resistant — strong or resilient enough to sustain minor impacts without damage to the internal mechanism: a shock-resistant watch.
- shockwave flash — flash
- smoking-concert — a concert where smoking is allowed.
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- spell a paddock — to give a field a rest period by letting it lie fallow
- spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
- stalactite work — (in Islamic architecture) intricate decorative corbeling in the form of brackets, squinches, and portions of pointed vaults.
- stick-to-it-ive — tenaciously resolute; persevering: Stick-to-it-ive people get ahead in life.
- stock character — a character in literature, theater, or film of a type quickly recognized and accepted by the reader or viewer and requiring no development by the writer.
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- stokesay castle — a fortified manor house near Craven Arms in Shropshire: built in the 12th century, with a 16th-century gatehouse
- take account of — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- take one's pick — If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things.
- tall-case clock — a pendulum clock tall enough to stand on the floor; a grandfather's or grandmother's clock.
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- ten-weeks stock — a stock, Matthiola incana annua, of the mustard family, having spikes of white, lilac, or crimson flowers.
- terror-stricken — overwhelmed by terror; terrified.
- the kos channel — a strait separating Kos from SW Turkey
- the wrong track — the incorrect line of investigation, inquiry, etc
- the-sketch-book — a collection of essays and stories (1819–20) by Washington Irving.
- thomas a becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
- ticket of leave — (formerly) a permit allowing a convict to leave prison, under certain restrictions, and go to work before having served a full term, somewhat similar to a certificate of parole.
- tongue in cheek — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- tongue-in-cheek — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- turnkey project — a complete project usually including many major units of plant completed under one overall contract, such as a chemical works or power station complex
- walleye pollock — a cod, Theragra chalcogramma, ranging the northern Pacific, that is related to and resembles the pollock.
- watch the clock — If you are watching the clock, you keep looking to see what time it is, usually because you are bored by something and want it to end as soon as possible.
- weekend cottage — a cottage where people spend weekends
- western hemlock — a tall, narrow hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, of western North America: the state tree of Washington.