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12-letter words containing k, e, p, i, t

  • pocket-sized — If you describe something as pocket-sized, you approve of it because it is small enough to fit in your pocket.
  • poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
  • poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • 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
  • premarketing — before the development of a market
  • price ticket — a ticket or label on an article for sale showing its price
  • prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
  • private joke — a joke that is understood only by a certain social group
  • quickstepped — Simple past tense and past participle of quickstep.
  • radar picket — a ship, vehicle, or aircraft stationed at a distance from a protected force to increase radar detection range.
  • receipt book — book containing receipt slips
  • septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
  • sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
  • soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
  • speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
  • split ticket — a ballot on which not all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party.
  • spotted dick — a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing dried fruit
  • strike plate — strike (def 67).
  • strike price — The strike price is the price of an option when it is exercised.
  • take part in — join in
  • take pity on — show compassion, mercy
  • take up with — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • thick-lipped — having thick lips
  • tickled pink — to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate.
  • time-keeping — a person or thing that keeps time.
  • tip the wink — to give a hint
  • tipper truck — a truck or lorry the rear platform of which can be raised at the front end to enable the load to be discharged by gravity
  • 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.
  • trailer park — an area where house trailers may be parked, usually having running water, electrical outlets, etc.
  • warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
  • wicketkeeper — the player on the fielding side who stands immediately behind the wicket to stop balls that pass it.
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