12-letter words containing a, g, k
- boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
- brake lining — a curved thin strip of an asbestos composition riveted to a brake shoe to provide it with a renewable surface
- break a leg! — good luck!
- break ground — to do something that has not been done before
- breakdancing — a type of vigorous dance
- breakthrough — A breakthrough is an important development or achievement.
- breathtaking — If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.
- bright spark — If you say that some bright spark had a particular idea or did something, you mean that their idea or action was clever, or that it seemed clever but was silly in some way.
- brooks range — a mountain range in N Alaska. Highest peak: Mount Isto, 2761 m (9058 ft)
- bushwhacking — to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc.
- cage cricket — a form of cricket played in an enclosed space, in which six players compete as individuals
- care package — Also, CARE package. a package containing food, clothing, or other items sent as necessities to the needy.
- cargo pocket — a large patch pocket, usually pleated at the sides and often having a flap.
- carving fork — a large, two-tined fork with a metal guard to protect the hand, used to hold meat in place as it is being carved
- casing knife — a knife for trimming wallpaper after it has been attached.
- changchiakou — Zhangjiakou
- change-maker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
- changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- clickjacking — the practice of using a disguised hyperlink to direct an internet user to a website he or she does not wish to visit
- college park — a city in N Georgia.
- cook-general — (formerly, esp in the 1920s and '30s) a domestic servant who did cooking and housework
- cooking salt — a type of salt used in cooking
- cooling rack — a wire frame used for cooling food on
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- damaskeening — Present participle of damaskeen.
- dark glasses — Dark glasses are glasses which have dark-coloured lenses to protect your eyes in the sunshine.
- daughterlike — Resembling a daughter.
- deck passage — overnight accommodation on a vessel other than in a regular sleeping space.
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- disembarking — Present participle of disembark.
- disk storage — space for storing information on a disk
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- eke a living — If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.
- 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.
- fell-walking — the sport of hiking over fells
- figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
- flux linkage — the product of the magnetic flux and the number of turns in a given coil.
- frankalmoign — a form of tenure by which religious bodies held lands, esp on condition of praying for the soul of the donor
- free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
- galligaskins — loose hose or breeches worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- gallsickness — a disease of cattle and sheep, caused by infection with rickettsiae of the genus Anaplasma, resulting in anaemia and jaundice
- gallygaskins — galligaskins.
- gammon steak — a thick cut of meat made from smoked or cured bacon or ham and often served with pineapple or fried egg
- garment rack — A garment rack is a rail used in stores to hang items of clothing on display, such as shirts and coats.
- garter snake — any of numerous harmless snakes of the genus Thamnophis, common in North and Central America, ranging in size from 14 to 30 inches (36 to 76 cm) and typically having three longitudinal stripes on the back.