12-letter words that end in k
- cavity block — a precast concrete block that contains a cavity or cavities
- central bank — a national bank that does business mainly with a government and with other banks: it regulates the volume and cost of credit
- central park — a public park in central Manhattan, New York City. 840 acres (340 hectares).
- channel back — an upholstered chair or sofa back having deep vertical grooves.
- chapter book — a children's book, typically a work of fiction, of moderate length and complexity, divided into chapters and intended for readers approximately seven to ten years old
- charity work — unpaid work, usually fundraising, done in aid of a charity
- chatter mark — any of a series of grooves, pits, and scratches on the surface of a rock, usually made by the movement of a glacier
- cheddar pink — a low, mat-forming European plant, Dianthus gratianopolitanus, of the pink family, having solitary, fragrant, rose-colored flowers with fringed petals.
- cheese steak — a sandwich of sliced steak topped with melted cheese and fried onions, usually served on a long roll.
- chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
- chicken hawk — any of various hawks, esp. an accipiter, that prey, or are reputed to prey, on barnyard fowl
- chimney rock — a column of rock rising above the level of the surrounding area or isolated on the face of a steep slope.
- chuck-a-luck — a gambling game in which players bet on the way three dice, contained in an hourglass-shaped cage, will fall when the cage is pivoted
- cinder block — A cinder block is a large grey brick made from coal cinders and cement which is used for building.
- cinder track — a racetrack covered with fine cinders
- clos network — (networking) A type of network topology that can connect N inputs to N outputs with less that N^2 crosspoint switches.
- closed-stack — having access to the stacks limited to the staff of the library or to a limited group of library users.
- clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop
- cluster pack — a package containing a collection of related goods, sold as a single unit
- cock a snook — to make a rude gesture by putting one thumb to the nose with the fingers of the hand outstretched
- coconut milk — Coconut milk is the milky juice inside coconuts.
- coffee break — A coffee break is a short period of time, usually in the morning or afternoon, when you stop working and have a cup of coffee.
- college park — a city in N Georgia.
- come unstuck — If something comes unstuck, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to.
- common stock — Common stock refers to the shares in a company that are owned by people who have a right to vote at the company's meetings and to receive part of the company's profits after the holders of preferred stock have been paid.
- compact disk — an optical disk approximately 4.75 inches (12 cm) in diameter, on which a program, data, music, etc., is digitally encoded for a laser beam to scan, decode, and transmit to a playback system, computer monitor, or television set. Abbreviation: CD.
- concertstück — a composition in concerto style but shorter than a full concerto
- conduct mark — (in school) a mark for behaviour
- cookery book — A cookery book is the same as a cookbook.
- cooling rack — a wire frame used for cooling food on
- cooper creek — an intermittent river in E central Australia, in the Channel Country: rises in central Queensland and flows generally southwest, reaching Lake Eyre only during wet-year floods; scene of the death of the explorers Burke and Wills in 1861; the surrounding basin provides cattle pastures after the floods subside. Total length: 1420 km (880 miles)
- corner brook — a city in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the W part of the island.
- countercheck — a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
- country folk — people who live in the country
- country park — an area of countryside, usually not less than 10 hectares, set aside for public recreation: often funded by a Countryside Commission grant
- country risk — the risk associated with an overseas investment due to the conditions prevailing in the country in which it is made
- country rock — the rock surrounding a mineral vein or igneous intrusion
- county clerk — a senior local government official
- crack a book — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- cracker jack — a confection of sweet, glazed popcorn and peanuts
- credit check — a check performed by a company selling goods on credit to establish if a potential customer is creditworthy
- crochet hook — a hooked needle used for crocheting
- cuckoo clock — A cuckoo clock is a clock with a door from which a toy cuckoo comes out and makes noises like a cuckoo every hour or half hour.
- culebra peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,069 feet (4288 meters).
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- cushion pink — a low-growing mountain plant, Silene acaulis, of Europe and North America, having deep pink to purplish, solitary flowers and forming mosslike patches on rocky or barren ground.
- czechoslovak — Czechoslovak means belonging or relating to the former state of Czechoslovakia.
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- dawson creek — a town in W Canada, in NE British Columbia: SE terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 10 754 (2001)
- dessert fork — a fork used for eating certain desserts, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner fork.