11-letter words containing o, k, l, a
- boilermaker — a person who works with metal in heavy industry; plater or welder
- bottle bank — A bottle bank is a large container into which people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be used again.
- bottle rack — a rack for bottles, such as bottles of wine
- bottle-jack — a large jack used for heavy lifts
- brake block — the part of the brake in a train or on a bicycle that is applied to the wheel to slow the vehicle down or stop it
- break loose — to free oneself by force
- broken coal — anthracite in pieces ranging from 2 1/2 to 4 inches (6.5 to 11 cm) in extreme dimension; the largest commercial size, larger than egg coal.
- broken play — an improvised offensive play that results when the originally planned play has failed to be executed properly.
- bucket-load — a large quantity
- cache block — cache line
- cartoonlike — cartoonish
- casual work — temporary, as opposed to permanent or regular, employment
- chalkboards — Plural form of chalkboard.
- chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
- chockablock — pulled so tight as to have the blocks touching
- clock in at — If something such as a CD or film clocks in at a particular amount of time, it is that amount of time long.
- clock radio — a radio combined with an alarm clock in a compact cabinet, the clock serving as a timer to turn the radio on or off at a preset time.
- clock watch — a watch that strikes the hours. Compare repeater (def 3).
- clock-radio — a device combining the functions of a radio and alarm clock which can be used to play the radio at a set time
- close ranks — to maintain discipline or solidarity, esp in anticipation of attack
- coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
- cockleboats — Plural form of cockleboat.
- cocktailing — any of various short mixed drinks, consisting typically of gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, or brandy, with different admixtures, as vermouth, fruit juices, or flavorings, usually chilled and frequently sweetened.
- coral snake — any venomous elapid snake of the genus Micrurus and related genera, of tropical and subtropical America, marked with red, black, yellow, and white transverse bands
- cycloalkane — any saturated hydrocarbon similar to an alkane but having a cyclic molecular structure and the general formula CnH2n
- cycloalkene — (organic chemistry) Any unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.
- deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
- delta stock — any of the fourth rank of active securities on the Stock Exchange. Market makers need not display prices of these securities continuously and any prices displayed are taken only as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
- diazoalkane — any diazo compound having the general formula R 2 CN 2 , where R is hydrogen or any saturated organic group, as diazomethane, CH 2 N 2 .
- doodle-sack — bagpipe (def 1).
- doodlesacks — Plural form of doodlesack.
- double back — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- double ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- double take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
- double talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
- double-bank — to have two rowers pull (each of a number of oars).
- double-park — If someone double-parks their car or their car double-parks, they park in a road by the side of another parked car.
- double-take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
- double-talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- dreadlocked — Wearing dreadlocks.
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- electroweak — combining both the electromagnetic and weak forces or interactions
- english oak — a species, Q. robur of the genus Quercus.
- exoskeletal — Pertaining to the exoskeleton.
- factorylike — Resembling a factory in any of various respects.
- fault block — a mass of rock bounded on at least two opposite sides by faults.
- flock paper — a wallpaper treated with flock to emphasize a design or effect.
- floorwalker — a person employed in a store to direct customers and supervise salespeople.
- floral park — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.