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

  • pocket piece — (in a window frame) a removable part of a pulley stile permitting access to sash weights.
  • 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
  • pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
  • 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
  • private joke — a joke that is understood only by a certain social group
  • receipt book — book containing receipt slips
  • rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets
  • rohnert park — a city in W California.
  • sankt pölten — a city in NE Austria, the capital of Lower Austria state. Pop: 49 121 (2001)
  • septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
  • short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
  • skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
  • 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.
  • soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
  • sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
  • spotted dick — a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing dried fruit
  • 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.
  • stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
  • take pity on — show compassion, mercy
  • 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.
  • torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
  • watch pocket — a small pocket in a garment, as in a vest or trousers, for holding a pocket watch, change, etc. Compare fob1 (def 1).
  • water pocket — a cavity at the foot of a cliff formed by the falling action of an intermittent stream.
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