16-letter words containing o, k, e, f
- oak leaf cluster — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a small bronze twig bearing four oak leaves and three acorns, worn on the ribbon of another decoration for valor, wounds, or distinguished service to signify a second award of the same medal.
- off one's rocker — Also called runner. one of the curved pieces on which a cradle or a rocking chair rocks.
- off one's stroke — performing or working less well than usual
- okefenokee swamp — a large wooded swamp area in SE Georgia.
- on the back foot — at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent
- on the stroke of — punctually at
- one for the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
- ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
- portfolio worker — a person in portfolio employment
- preference stock — preferred stock.
- rape of the lock — a mock-epic poem (1712) by Alexander Pope.
- scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
- sheffer's stroke — a function of two sentences, equivalent to the negation of their conjunction, and written p|q (p and q are both not true) where p,q, are the arguments: p|q is false only when p,q are both true. It is possible to construct all truth functions out of this one alone
- software package — bundle of files to execute computer program
- speak for itself — be self-evident
- spring snowflake — a European amaryllidaceous plant, Leucojum vernum, with white nodding bell-shaped flowers
- stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
- take (to) flight — to run away; flee
- take a page from — to follow the example of; imitate
- take for granted — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- take the lid off — to make startling or spectacular revelations about
- the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
- to lose track of — If you lose track of someone or something, you no longer know where they are or what is happening.
- unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
- wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
- windsor, duke of — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).