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12-letter words containing p, o, c, k, e

  • penny stocks — Penny stocks are high-risk stock that sells for a very low price outside of the main stock exchange.
  • picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
  • pigeon clock — a device for timing the arrivals of pigeons being raced, consisting of a magazine for holding the identification bands of the contestants in the order in which they are inserted and a recording clock to register the times of insertion.
  • pilot jacket — a type of leather jacket associated with U.S. Army pilots in World War II
  • pocket drive — a small portable memory device that can be plugged into the USB port of many different types of computer
  • pocket knife — A pocket knife is a small knife with several blades which fold into the handle so that you can carry it around with you safely.
  • pocket money — money for small, current expenses.
  • pocket mouse — any of numerous burrowing rodents, especially of the genus Perognathus, chiefly inhabiting arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, having fur-lined cheek pouches and a long tail.
  • pocket piece — (in a window frame) a removable part of a pulley stile permitting access to sash weights.
  • pocket-sized — If you describe something as pocket-sized, you approve of it because it is small enough to fit in your pocket.
  • policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
  • pork-chopper — a labor official put on the union payroll as a reward for past loyalty or services.
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • receipt book — book containing receipt slips
  • rock chopper — a Roman Catholic
  • rocker panel — body paneling below the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
  • rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets
  • scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
  • septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
  • shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
  • skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
  • slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
  • slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
  • soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
  • specksioneer — a whaler
  • sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
  • spotted dick — a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing dried fruit
  • stage pocket — one of several metal boxes placed backstage in the floor (floor pocket) or wall of a theater and containing jacks for electric cables used in lighting units.
  • stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
  • to keep pace — If something keeps pace with something else that is changing, it changes quickly in response to it.
  • watch pocket — a small pocket in a garment, as in a vest or trousers, for holding a pocket watch, change, etc. Compare fob1 (def 1).
  • water pocket — a cavity at the foot of a cliff formed by the falling action of an intermittent stream.
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