12-letter words containing d, e, k
- stockbreeder — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- sydney silky — silky terrier.
- systems desk — a team of people who provide help with computer problems, for example within a company or institution
- systems disk — a disk used to store computer programs, esp the basic operating programs of a computer
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- take hold of — grasp, seize sth
- take in hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
- thick-lipped — having thick lips
- thick-witted — lacking intelligence; thickheaded; dull; stupid.
- thin-skinned — having a thin skin.
- third market — a market established by the London Stock Exchange in 1987 to trade in shares in companies required to provide less detailed information than that required by the main market or the unlisted securities market
- three-decker — any ship having three decks, tiers, etc.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- tickled pink — to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate.
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- tonnage deck — the upper deck in a vessel with only two decks.
- track record — a record of achievements or performance: an executive with a good track record.
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- trial docket — docket (def 1).
- trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- trick ending — an ending of a story or play, etc., that employs a surprise element or character to resolve the plot.
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- truck driver — sb employed to drive a lorry
- tuckered out — exhausted
- turtlenecked — having a turtleneck
- un-earmarked — any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.
- under-keeper — a person who guards or watches, as at a prison or gate.
- underblanket — a blanket placed under a bottom sheet
- underkingdom — the domain of an underking
- underskilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- underskinker — a subordinate bartender
- understocked — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- undertakable — able to be undertaken
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- unkindliness — an unkindly nature or quality
- unlikelihood — the state of being unlikely; improbability.
- unlooked-for — not expected, anticipated, or foreseen: They were confronted with an unlooked-for situation.
- unprovokedly — in an unprovoked manner
- unstockinged — not wearing or covered by stockings
- video jockey — a person who plays, announces, and comments on videocassette recordings, as on a music video broadcast or at a discotheque.
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- waking dream — an experience you have while you are awake that feels similar to dreaming
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.