12-letter words containing a, c, k, n, o
- country park — an area of countryside, usually not less than 10 hectares, set aside for public recreation: often funded by a Countryside Commission grant
- cryoplankton — minute organisms, esp algae, living in ice, snow, or icy water
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- cycloalkanes — Cycloalkanes are molecules which contain only carbon-hydrogen bonds, with the carbon atoms joined in a ring.
- dawson creek — a town in W Canada, in NE British Columbia: SE terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 10 754 (2001)
- diamondbacks — Plural form of diamondback.
- economy pack — a large pack of goods that is cheaper than a normal-sized pack
- epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
- fall back on — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- fort jackson — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in N central South Carolina, NE of Columbia.
- futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
- gondola back — a chair or couch back curving forward and downward to form arms.
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- jacket crown — a type of artificial, tooth-colored dental crown made of acrylic or porcelain
- jackson hole — a valley in NW Wyoming, near the Teton Range: wildlife preserve.
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- jickajogging — the act of moving in a jogging or rolling motion
- john hancock — Herbert Jeffrey ("Herbie") born 1940, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- kachina doll — a Hopi Indian doll carved from cottonwood root in representation of a kachina and given as a gift to a child or used as a household decoration.
- karyokinetic — Of or pertaining to karyokinesis.
- keep company — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- keratinocyte — An epidermal cell that produces keratin.
- ketoconazole — a synthetic substance, C 26 H 28 Cl 2 N 4 O 4 , used to treat a variety of fungal infections.
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- kittikachorn — Thanom [thah-nom] /θɑˈnɒm/ (Show IPA), 1911–2004, Thai army officer and statesman: premier 1963–73.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- knock around — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- kona cyclone — a slow-moving cyclone occuring during the winter over the subtropical Pacific Ocean.
- lake jackson — a town in S Texas.
- lancet clock — a mantel clock having a case formed like an acutely pointed arch.
- lincoln park — a city in SE Michigan.
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- look askance — glance sidelong or with suspicion
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- markov chain — a Markov process restricted to discrete random events or to discontinuous time sequences.
- mental block — inability to recall
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- mooring rack — a row of piles, connected at the tops, to which ships or boats can be moored.
- network card — network interface controller
- noam chomsky — (Avram) Noam [nohm,, noh-uh m] /noʊm,, ˈnoʊ əm/ (Show IPA), born 1928, U.S. linguist, educator, and political activist.
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pancake coil — a coil (of wire, etc) wound in a flat circular shape
- pancake roll — A pancake roll is an item of Chinese food consisting of a small roll of thin crisp pastry filled with vegetables and sometimes meat.