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12-letter words containing k, e, g, p

  • pigeon clock — a device for timing the arrivals of pigeons being raced, consisting of a magazine for holding the identification bands of the contestants in the order in which they are inserted and a recording clock to register the times of insertion.
  • pipe jacking — a method of laying underground pipelines by assembling the pipes at the foot of an access shaft and pushing them through the ground
  • pork sausage — a sausage made with pork
  • poughkeepsie — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
  • power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
  • powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • pre-packaged — Pre-packaged foods have been prepared in advance and put in plastic or cardboard containers to be sold.
  • premarketing — before the development of a market
  • prepackaging — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
  • raking piece — a sloping piece of scenery, as on a television or stage set, especially such a piece used for masking the side of a ramp.
  • reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
  • rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
  • safe-keeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
  • scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
  • send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
  • skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
  • sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
  • speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
  • spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
  • springkeeper — a salamander
  • stage pocket — one of several metal boxes placed backstage in the floor (floor pocket) or wall of a theater and containing jacks for electric cables used in lighting units.
  • suckers' gap — a temporary improvement, occurring between two periods of inclement weather, which deceives people into acting in expectation of continued fine weather
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • time-keeping — a person or thing that keeps time.
  • walking pace — the speed at which someone walks
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