11-letter words containing o, s, k
- bram stoker — Bram [bram] /bræm/ (Show IPA), (Abraham Stoker) 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.
- break loose — to free oneself by force
- breastworks — a defensive work, usually breast high.
- breshkovsky — Catherine, 1844–1934, Russian revolutionary of noble birth: called “the little grandmother of the Russian Revolution.”.
- brooklynese — the speech, especially the pronunciation, thought to be characteristic of a person coming from New York City, especially Brooklyn.
- brown snake — any of various common venomous snakes of the genus Pseudonaja
- brushstroke — Brushstrokes are the marks made on a surface by a painter's brush.
- bucket shop — an unregistered firm of stockbrokers that engages in speculation with clients' funds
- bus network — (networking) A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire or set of wires (the bus). Bus networks typically use CSMA/CD techniques to determine which node should transmit data at any given time. Some networks are implemented as a bus, e.g. Ethernet - a one-bit bus operating at 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000 megabits per second. Originally Ethernet was a physical layer bus consisting of a wire (with terminators at each end) to which each node was attached. Switched Ethernet, while no longer physically a bus still acts as one at the logical layers.
- butt stroke — a blow struck with the butt of a rifle, as in close combat.
- canker sore — an ulceration, esp of the lips or lining of the oral cavity
- cankerworms — Plural form of cankerworm.
- carbon sink — areas of vegetation, esp forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
- caseworkers — Plural form of caseworker.
- casual work — temporary, as opposed to permanent or regular, employment
- chain-smoke — Someone who chain-smokes smokes cigarettes or cigars continuously.
- chalkboards — Plural form of chalkboard.
- chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
- checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
- checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
- chess clock — a timer for chess players, having a dial for each player on which his or her accumulated time is recorded and a device for stopping one timer and starting the other at the end of each move.
- chokepoints — Plural form of chokepoint.
- chop stroke — (in tennis, cricket, etc.) a stroke made with a sharp downward movement of the racket, bat, etc., imparting a backspin to the ball.
- chucklesome — amusing; full of humour
- clock speed — clock rate
- close ranks — to maintain discipline or solidarity, esp in anticipation of attack
- closed book — something deemed unknown or incapable of being understood
- coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
- cock's-foot — a weedy grass, Dactylis glomerata, often grown for pastures.
- cock-teaser — a woman who acts flirtatiously and appears to be sexually available, but does not engage in sexual activity
- cockatrices — Plural form of cockatrice.
- cockchafers — Plural form of cockchafer.
- cockleboats — Plural form of cockleboat.
- cockleshell — the shell of the cockle
- cockroaches — Plural form of cockroach.
- cocksuckers — (vulgar) Plural form of cocksucker.
- cocky's joy — golden syrup
- comstockery — immoderate censorship on grounds of immorality
- comstockism — the practice of immoderately censoring on grounds of immorality
- congo snake — any of several eel-shaped salamanders, as the amphiuma or siren.
- cook strait — the strait between North and South Islands, New Zealand. Width: 26 km (16 miles)
- cook's tour — a rapid but extensive tour or survey of anything
- 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
- corkscrewed — Simple past tense and past participle of corkscrew.
- corn whisky — whisky made from maize
- corncockles — Plural form of corncockle.
- cornerbacks — Plural form of cornerback.
- cornhuskers — Plural form of cornhusker.
- cornhusking — the removal of the husk from corn
- cossack hat — a warm brimless hat of fur or sheepskin