Air cock () A faucet to allow escape of air. |
Andean (a.) Pertaining to the Andes. |
Bed rock () The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig. |
Cock (n.) The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls. |
Cock (n.) A vane in the shape of a cock |
Cock (n.) A chief man |
Cock (n.) The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning |
Cock (n.) A faucet or valve. |
Cock (n.) The style of gnomon of a dial. |
Cock (n.) The indicator of a balance. |
Cock (n.) The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch. |
Cock (v. t.) To set erect |
Cock (v. t.) To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim. |
Cock (v. t.) To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner. |
Cock (v. t.) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation. |
Cock (v. i.) To strut |
Cock (n.) The act of cocking |
Cock (n.) The notch of an arrow or crossbow. |
Cock (n.) The hammer in the lock of a firearm. |
Cock (v. t.) To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing. |
Cock (v. i.) To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing. |
Cock (n.) A small concial pile of hay. |
Cock (v. t.) To put into cocks or heaps, as hay. |
Cock (n.) A small boat. |
Cock (n.) A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths. |
Cock-a-hoop (a.) Boastful |
Cock-brained (a.) Giddy |
Cock-padle (n.) See Lumpfish. |
Dandy-cock (n. fem.) Alt. of Dandy-hen |
Rock (n.) See Roc. |
Rock (n.) A distaff used in spinning |
Rock (n.) A large concreted mass of stony material |
Rock (n.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. |
Rock (n.) That which resembles a rock in firmness |
Rock (n.) Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. |
Rock (n.) The striped bass. See under Bass. |
Rock (v. t.) To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath |
Rock (v. t.) To move as in a cradle |
Rock (v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward |
Rock (v. i.) To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support |
Rock shaft () A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines |
Rock staff (v. i.) An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge. |
Sea cock () In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea. |
Sea cock () The black-bellied plover. |
Sea cock () A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini). |
Water cock () A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also kora. |
rock climbing | the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment) |
rock careen sway tilt | pitching dangerously to one side |
cock sucking blowjob | slang for fellatio |
cock | adult male bird |
gamecock fighting cock | a cock bred and trained for fighting |
cock of the rock Rupicola rupicola | tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest |
cock of the rock Rupicola peruviana | bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola |
rock wren Salpinctes obsoletus | wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico |
rock wren Xenicus gilviventris | short-tailed bird resembling a wren |
Andean condor Vultur gryphus | large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff |
rock python rock snake Python sebae | very large python of tropical and southern Africa |
rock rattlesnake Crotalus lepidus | mountain rock dweller of Mexico and most southern parts of United States southwest |
Plymouth Rock | an American breed of domestic fowl |
Rock Cornish | small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl |
jungle cock | male jungle fowl |
cock rooster | adult male chicken |
turkey cock gobbler tom tom turkey | male turkey |
blackcock black cock | male black grouse |
Greek partridge rock partridge Alectoris graeca | of mountainous areas of southern Europe |
rock dove rock pigeon Columba livia | pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended |
roadrunner chaparral cock Geococcyx californianus | speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas |
rock wallaby rock kangaroo | slender long-legged Australian wallabies living in caves and rocky areas |
rock crab Cancer irroratus | crab of eastern coast of North America |
spiny lobster langouste rock lobster crawfish crayfish sea crawfish | large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters |
acorn barnacle rock barnacle Balanus balanoides | barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones |
rock hopper crested penguin | small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand |
pika mouse hare rock rabbit coney cony | small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America |
rock squirrel Citellus variegatus | large grey ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States |
rock hyrax rock rabbit Procavia capensis | hyrax that lives in rocky areas |
rock bass rock sunfish Ambloplites rupestris | game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes |
rock sea bass rock bass Centropristis philadelphica | a kind of sea bass |
rock hind Epinephelus adscensionis | found around rocky coasts or on reefs |
rock beauty Holocanthus tricolor | gold and black butterflyfish found from West Indies to Brazil |
rock gunnel butterfish Pholis gunnellus | slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters |
ballcock ball cock | floating ball that controls level in a water tank |
bore bit borer rock drill stone drill | a drill for penetrating rock |
hammer cock | the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled |
rock bit roller bit | a drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers |
rock garden rockery | a garden featuring rocks, usually alpine plants |
safety valve relief valve escape valve escape cock escape | a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler), it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level |
stopcock cock turncock | faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid |
cock prick dick shaft pecker peter tool putz | obscene terms for penis |
rock opera | albums of rock music that aspired to the status of art, first appeared in the s |
fairytale fairy tale fairy story cock-and-bull story song and dance | an interesting but highly implausible story, often told as an excuse |
rock concert | a performance of rock music |
rock 'n' roll rock'n'roll rock-andoll rock and roll rock rock music | a genre of popular music originating in the s, a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western, rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll. |
progressive rock art rock | a style of rock music that emerged in the s, associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms, intended for listening and not dancing |
psychedelic rock acid rock | a musical style that emerged in the s, rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience |
punk rock punk | rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation, in part a reaction against progressive rock |
cock-a-doodle-doo | an imitation of the crow of a cock |