12-letter words containing k, e, r, o
- kindred soul — like-minded person
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kirk session — the lowest court of the Presbyterian Church
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- kitty-corner — diagonal.
- kleptocratic — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
- korea strait — a strait between Korea and Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. 120 miles (195 km) long.
- kosher-style — (of a cuisine, restaurant, etc.) featuring traditional Jewish dishes, but not adhering to the dietary laws: kosher-style cooking.
- kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.
- labor market — the available supply of labor considered with reference to the demand for it.
- lake ontario — a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- lake torrens — a shallow salt lake in E central South Australia, about 8 m (25 ft) below sea level. Area: 5776 sq km (2230 sq miles)
- leader block — Nautical. lead block.
- leon trotsky — Leon (Lev or Leib, Davidovich Bronstein) 1879–1940, Russian revolutionary and writer: minister of war 1918–25.
- lesser-known — less widely known; less famous
- letter stock — unregistered stock sold privately by a company so as not to have a negative effect on the price of its publicly traded stock.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- likely story — dubious account
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- look daggers — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- lover's knot — love knot.
- make history — do sth of great significance
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- market cross — a place in a town or village where a cross was set up and a regular market was held
- market order — an order to buy or sell a specified amount of a security at the best price available.
- markov model — (probability, simulation) A model or simulation based on Markov chains.
- mary of teck — Mary (def 4).
- masterstroke — a masterly action or achievement; an extremely skillful or effective action: War was avoided by a masterstroke of diplomacy.
- melrose park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- memory stick — computing: flashcard, dongle
- mercy stroke — coup de grâce.
- meroplankton — a floating mass of eggs and larvae of organisms that are nektonic or benthic in their adult stage; temporary plankton.
- mesokurtosis — (statistics) The property of having zero normalised kurtosis.
- metalworkers — Plural form of metalworker.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- microtektite — a microscopic tektite found in ocean sediments and polar ice.
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- mock-serious — pretending to be serious as a joke, etc
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- modern greek — the Greek language since c1500. Abbreviation: ModGk.
- mole cricket — any of several burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae that have fossorial forelegs and that feed on the roots of plants.
- money market — the short-term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
- moonstricken — Moonstruck.