16-letter words containing t, o, k, u

mobutu sese seko — (Joseph-Désiré Mobutu) 1930–97, Zairian political leader: president 1965–97.
mock turtle soup — a rich, clear soup prepared to resemble green turtle soup, made with a calf's head or other meat, seasonings, and often with wine.
mount kosciuszko — a mountain in Australia, in SE New South Wales in the Australian Alps: the highest peak in Australia. Height: 2230 m (7316 ft)
muskegon heights — a city in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
nassella tussock — type of tussock grass
network computer — a relatively inexpensive computer with minimal processing power, designed primarily to provide access to computer networks, as corporate intranets or the Internet. Abbreviation: NC.
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.
ocellated turkey — a wild turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, of Yucatán, Belize, and Guatemala, typically having green, blue, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and eyelike spots on the tail.
out like a light — If someone goes out like a light, they fall asleep or become unconscious very quickly or immediately.
pick up stompies — to come late to a conversation and so misunderstand what is being discussed
punctuation mark — any of a group of conventional marks or characters used in punctuation, as the period, comma, semicolon, question mark, or dash.
put a sock in it — be quiet!
put the skids to — to thwart or cause to fail
rock creek butte — a mountain in NE Oregon: highest peak in the Blue Mountains. 9106 feet (2777 meters).
round the wrekin — the long way round
run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
south lake tahoe — a city in E California.
speak in tongues — to engage in glossolalia
square kilometer — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one kilometer on each side. 2 , sq. km. Abbreviation: km.
stick out a mile — to be extremely obvious
stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
take one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
take the trouble — If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
the cuckoo's egg — A great book (and subsequent BBC TV series) telling the true story of Clifford Stoll, an astronomy professor at UCB's Lawrence Berkeley Lab. A 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorised user (a cracker) on his system. The cracker, code named "Hunter", was breaking into US computer systems and stealing sensitive military and security information. Hunter was part of a spy ring paid in cash and cocaine, and reporting to the KGB.
the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
thinking through — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
to pass the buck — If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.
to speak volumes — If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
to try your luck — If someone tries their luck at something, they try to succeed at it, often when it is very difficult or there is little chance of success.
tokugawa iyeyasu — Tokugawa [taw-koo-gah-wah] /ˈtɔ kuˈgɑ wɑ/ (Show IPA), 1542–1616, Japanese general and public servant.
tollhouse cookie — a crisp cookie containing bits of chocolate and sometimes chopped nuts.
tool builder kit — (tool) (TBK) A product from IPSYS which allows users to develop CASE tools appropriate to any software engineering methodology.
trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
unknown quantity — mathematics: amount not known
up to one's neck — If you say that someone is in some sort of trouble or criminal activity up to their neck, you mean that they are deeply involved in it.
voluntary worker — a person who serves or acts in a specified function of their own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
week in week out — If you say that something happens week in week out, you do not like it because it happens all the time, and never seems to change.
what do you know — People sometimes say 'What do you know!' when they are very surprised about something.
wrought ironwork — decorative work in wrought iron

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