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12-letter words containing ock

  • peacock worm — feather-duster worm.
  • penny stocks — Penny stocks are high-risk stock that sells for a very low price outside of the main stock exchange.
  • 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.
  • pillow block — a cast-iron or steel block for supporting a journal or bearing.
  • plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
  • 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.
  • quartz clock — an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation of the timepiece (quartz clock or quartz watch)
  • rappahannock — a river flowing SE from N Virginia into the Chesapeake Bay: Civil War battle 1863. 185 miles (300 km) long.
  • ring knocker — a commissioned officer in the U.S. armed forces who is a graduate of a military academy.
  • rock and rye — a bottled drink made with rye whiskey, rock candy, and fruit.
  • rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
  • rock carving — the practice of carving on rock
  • rock chopper — a Roman Catholic
  • rock climber — sb who scales mountains
  • rock cornish — a small hybrid chicken produced by mating Cornish and White Rock chickens and marketed especially as a roaster.
  • rock crystal — transparent quartz, especially when colorless.
  • rock glacier — a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice.
  • rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
  • rock lobster — spiny lobster.
  • rock springs — a city in SW Wyoming.
  • rock wallaby — any wallaby of the genus Petrogale, having a banded or striped coat, slender body, and long legs and feet, inhabiting caves and rocky areas in Australia.
  • rock-shelter — a shallow cave or cavelike area, as one formed by an overhanging cliff or standing rocks, occupied by Stone Age peoples, possibly for extended periods.
  • rocker panel — body paneling below the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
  • rocket motor — engine of a spacecraft
  • rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets
  • rocket range — a firing range for rockets
  • rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
  • rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
  • rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
  • rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
  • saddle block — a type of spinal anaesthesia producing sensory loss in the buttocks, inner sides of the thighs, and perineum
  • self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • self-mockery — gentle humour at one's own expense
  • self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
  • 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.
  • shellshocked — suffering from shellshock
  • shock horror — A shock horror story is presented in a way that is intended to cause great shock or anger.
  • shock tactic — Shock tactics are a way of trying to influence people's attitudes to a particular matter by shocking them.
  • shock troops — soldiers trained to attack
  • 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.
  • snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
  • socket joint — a joint in which the rounded end of one part fits into the cavity of another part
  • solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
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