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15-letter words containing s, t, o, c, k

  • knock spots off — to outstrip or outdo with ease
  • leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
  • lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • lifestyle block — a semi-rural property comprising a house and land for small-scale farming
  • liquorice stick — a long, stick-shaped, liquorice-flavoured sweet, often dipped in sherbet, etc
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • make tracks for — to go or head towards
  • monkey, scratch — scratch monkey
  • motion sickness — a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from stimulation by motion of the semicircular canals of the ear during travel by car, plane, etc.
  • musculoskeletal — concerning, involving, or made up of both the muscles and the bones: the musculoskeletal system.
  • official strike — a collective stoppage of work by part or all of the workforce of an organization with the approval of the trade union concerned. The stoppage may be accompanied by the payment of strike pay by the trade union concerned
  • oil of the sick — holy oil used in the sacrament of extreme unction.
  • okhotsk current — a cold ocean current flowing SW from the Bering Sea, E of the Kurile Islands, along the E coast of Japan where it meets the Japan Current.
  • phenakistoscope — an early form of a zoetrope in which figures are depicted in different poses around the edge of a disc. When the disc is spun, and the figures observed through the apertures around the edge of the disc, they appear to be moving
  • planck constant — the fundamental constant of quantum mechanics, expressing the ratio of the energy of one quantum of radiation to the frequency of the radiation and approximately equal to 6.624 × 10− 27 erg-seconds. Symbol: h.
  • plunket society — the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children
  • postman's knock — a children's party game in which a kiss is exchanged for a pretend letter
  • preferred stock — stock that has a superior claim to that of common stock with respect to dividends and often to assets in the event of liquidation.
  • rocket research — research into rocket engines for spacecraft
  • rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
  • 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
  • scotch woodcock — toast spread with anchovy paste and topped with loosely scrambled eggs.
  • see the back of — to be rid of
  • shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
  • 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.
  • shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
  • smoking-concert — a concert where smoking is allowed.
  • sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
  • stalactite work — (in Islamic architecture) intricate decorative corbeling in the form of brackets, squinches, and portions of pointed vaults.
  • starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
  • 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.
  • stocking stitch — stockinette (def 2).
  • stokesay castle — a fortified manor house near Craven Arms in Shropshire: built in the 12th century, with a 16th-century gatehouse
  • stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
  • 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.
  • 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-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.
  • to call in sick — If you call in sick, you telephone the place where you work to tell them you will not be coming to work because you are ill.
  • turkish cypriot — denoting ethnically Turkish inhabitants of Cyprus
  • turkish tobacco — a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.
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