11-letter words containing k, e, t, o
- stock order — A stock order is a request, often created automatically by retail software, for new supplies to refill the inventory and replenish shelves.
- stock power — a power of attorney permitting a person other than the owner of stock in a corporation to transfer the title of ownership to a third party.
- stock-route — a public trail having right of way across private properties and over which cattle and sheep may be herded to grazing grounds or to market.
- stockbroker — a broker, especially one employed by a member firm of a stock exchange, who buys and sells stocks and other securities for customers.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stockholder — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stockinette — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
- stockjobber — a stock salesperson, especially one who sells or promotes worthless securities.
- stockkeeper — a person responsible for inventorying and monitoring stock levels
- stoke poges — a village in S Buckinghamshire, in S England, W of London: the churchyard here is believed to be the setting of Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
- stokes' law — the law that the force that retards a sphere moving through a viscous fluid is directly proportional to the velocity of the sphere, the radius of the sphere, and the viscosity of the fluid.
- stone broke — having no money whatsoever.
- stone-broke — having no money whatsoever.
- stoneworker — any construction, as walls or the like, of stone; stone masonry.
- stony-broke — completely without money; penniless
- storekeeper — a person who owns a store.
- strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- strike home — to deliver an effective blow
- strike note — the note produced by a bell when struck, defining its musical pitch
- strike zone — the area above home plate extending from the batter's knees to his or her shoulders.
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- strip poker — a game of poker in which the losers in a hand remove an article of clothing.
- stroke hole — (in a handicap match) a hole at which players with a handicap deduct a stroke from the number taken to play the hole.
- stroke play — medal play.
- subnotebook — a laptop computer smaller and lighter than a notebook, typically weighing less than 5 pounds (2.3 kg).
- sucket fork — a utensil for sweetmeats of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having fork tines at one end and a spoon bowl at the other end of a common stem.
- tae kwon do — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
- tailor-make — to make or adjust to meet the needs of the particular situation, individual, object, etc.: to tailor-make a tour.
- take a joke — have a sense of humour
- take action — act, do sth practical
- take notice — listen, heed
- take office — come to power
- take out of — 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.
- take out on — If you take something out on someone, you behave in an unpleasant way towards them because you feel angry or upset, even though this is not their fault.
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
- ten o'clock — 10 A.M., 1100 hours
- tena koutou — a Māori greeting to two or more people
- tenterhooks — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
- textbookish — suggesting a textbook, especially in literary style or composition.
- the dakotas — North Dakota and South Dakota
- the like of — any person or thing like
- the network — network, the
- the tussock — country where tussock grass grows
- thelytokous — pertaining to or produced by thelytoky.
- theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
- tickety-boo — fine; OK.
- to be frank — You can say 'to be frank' or 'to be frank with you' to introduce a statement which is your honest opinion, especially when the person you are talking to might not like it.
- to go broke — If a company or person goes broke, they lose money and are unable to continue in business or to pay their debts.
- to speak of — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.