12-letter words containing e, k, o
- storage tank — A storage tank is a large vessel for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- stottie cake — a flat round loaf
- stratotanker — an aircraft that can refuel other aircrafts at high speeds and altitudes
- streetworker — a social worker who works with youths of a neighborhood.
- strike force — a military force armed and trained for attack.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- summer stock — the production of plays, musical comedy, etc., during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, often by a repertory company.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- t-bone steak — a loin steak having some tenderloin, characterized by its T -shaped bone.
- take an oath — pledge
- take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- take counsel — receive advice
- take hold of — grasp, seize sth
- take offence — be upset or shocked
- take offense — If someone takes offense at something you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.
- take pity on — show compassion, mercy
- take to task — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- take to wife — to marry (a woman)
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- technojunkie — a person addicted to or obsessed by new technology
- the bollocks — something excellent
- the kootenay — a lake in British Columbia: fed chiefly by the Kootenay; drains into the Columbia River
- the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- the new look — a fashion in women's clothes introduced in 1947, characterized by long full skirts
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- tick trefoil — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Desmodium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and jointed pods with hooked hairs by which they adhere to objects.
- ticket booth — kiosk: sells tickets
- tickler coil — the coil by which the plate circuit of a vacuum tube is inductively coupled with the grid circuit in the process of regeneration.
- tie the knot — an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- to keep pace — If something keeps pace with something else that is changing, it changes quickly in response to it.
- to keep time — If you keep time when playing or singing music, you follow or play the beat, without going too fast or too slowly.
- to know best — If you say that a particular person knows best, you mean that they have a lot of experience and should therefore be trusted to make decisions for other people.
- to make time — If you make time for a particular activity or person, you arrange to have some free time so that you can do the activity or spend time with the person.
- to mark time — If you are marking time, you are doing something that is not particularly useful or interesting while you wait for something more important or interesting to happen.
- to take time — If you say that something will take time, you mean that it will take a long time.
- to take vows — to enter a religious order and commit oneself to its rule of life by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, which may be taken for a limited period as simple vows or as a perpetual and still more solemn commitment as solemn vows
- to the skies — extremely highly
- toe the mark — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- token strike — a brief strike intended to convey strength of feeling on a disputed issue
- tonnage deck — the upper deck in a vessel with only two decks.
- tooth socket — a bony hollow into which a tooth fits
- torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
- touch-tackle — touch football.
- tough cookie — If you say that someone is a tough cookie, you mean that they have a strong and determined character.
- track record — a record of achievements or performance: an executive with a good track record.
- trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
- trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
- 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.