12-letter words containing k, e, t, o, l
- poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- rock lobster — spiny lobster.
- rock-shelter — a shallow cave or cavelike area, as one formed by an overhanging cliff or standing rocks, occupied by Stone Age peoples, possibly for extended periods.
- rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets
- rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
- rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
- roller-skate — to glide about by means of roller skates.
- salmon steak — a thick slice of salmon
- sankt pölten — a city in NE Austria, the capital of Lower Austria state. Pop: 49 121 (2001)
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- skeleton bob — a small sledge for racing over a frozen track, steered by the rider by movements of the head and shoulders
- skeleton car — a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
- skeleton key — a key with nearly the whole substance of the bit filed away so that it may open various locks.
- skeleton law — a framework or basic outline of law or rule
- skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
- skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stock saddle — Western saddle.
- stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
- take counsel — receive advice
- take hold of — grasp, seize sth
- the bollocks — something excellent
- 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.
- 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.
- touch-tackle — touch football.
- 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.
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- well-stocked — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- west suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk, in E England.
- work to rule — If workers work to rule, they protest by working according to the rules of their job without doing any extra work or taking any new decisions.
- yellowjacket — (chiefly, US) A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.