12-letter words containing k, e, t, o
- concertstück — a composition in concerto style but shorter than a full concerto
- cookie sheet — A cookie sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as cookies in an oven.
- cooking time — the time that something needs to cook
- countercheck — a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
- countersinks — Plural form of countersink.
- county clerk — a senior local government official
- courtierlike — resembling a courtier in manner
- cricket frog — either of two tree frogs, Acris gryllus or A. crepitans, of eastern and central U.S., having a clicking call.
- crochet hook — a hooked needle used for crocheting
- crook rafter — a rafter for maintaining the angle between a principal rafter and a tie or collar beam.
- crookes tube — a type of cathode-ray tube in which the electrons are produced by a glow discharge in a low-pressure gas
- cross stroke — the horizontal line through the vertical of a t or f.
- cryptolocker — (security) The best known example of the kind of malware known as ransomware. CryptoLocker encrypts files on your computer and then demands that you send the malware operator money in order to have the files decrypted. According to FBI estimates, CryptoLocker had more than 500,000 victims between September 2013 and May 2014. Around 1.3 percent paid to free their files, earning the malware makers around $3 million. The criminal network was smashed by authorities and security researchers in May 2014 and a tool put online to decryt victim's files for free.
- csk software — (company) An international software company formed by the merger of Quay Financial Software and Micrognosis, and fully owned by CSK Corporation, Japan. CSK Software is based in Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with offices in London (UK), Zurich (Switzerland), Madrid (Spain), and Singapore. Products segments are RDD: Real-time data delivery, main product is Slingshot for delivering real-time data over the Internet (real push technology). ETS: Electronic Trading Systems, price calculation and automatic trading (with connections to XONTRO and XETRA). EAI: Enterprise Application Integration, main product is XGen, a universal message converter with GUI and connections also to SWIFT. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: CSK Software AG, Opernplatz 2, D-60313 Frankfurt, Germany. Tel: +49 (69) 509 520. Fax: +49 (69) 5095 2333.
- cutwork lace — point coupé (def 2).
- cutwork-lace — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
- cytokinetics — (biology) The study of cytokinesis.
- cytoskeletal — of or relating to a cytoskeleton
- cytoskeleton — a network of fibrous proteins that governs the shape and movement of a biological cell
- deep pockets — If you say that a person or organization has deep pockets, you mean that they have a lot of money with which to pay for something.
- dessert fork — a fork used for eating certain desserts, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner fork.
- disk storage — space for storing information on a disk
- do the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- don't ask me — You reply 'don't ask me' when you do not know the answer to a question, usually when you are annoyed or surprised that you have been asked.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- double truck — Typesetting. a chase for holding the type for a center spread, especially for a newspaper.
- double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- drinker moth — a large yellowish-brown bombycid eggar moth, Philudoria potatoria, having a stout hairy body, the larvae of which drink dew and feed on grasses
- east suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk county, in E England.
- electro-funk — a type of electronic music, originating in the 1980s, characterized by the use of synthesizers with a heavy rhythm and punctuated bass, often influenced by the genres of funk and hip-hop
- electroshock — Of or relating to medical treatment by means of electric shocks.
- endoskeletal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
- endoskeleton — An internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates.
- enterokinase — (enzyme) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin.
- eskimo-aleut — (designating or of) a family of languages including Aleut and the Eskimo languages
- exoskeletons — Plural form of exoskeleton.
- floor 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.
- folk society — an often small, homogeneous, and isolated community or society functioning chiefly through primary contacts and strongly attached to its traditional ways of living.
- foretokening — Indication in advance.
- forex market — short for
- fort detrick — a military reservation in N Maryland, NW of Frederick.
- fort kearney — a former fort in S Nebraska, near Kearney: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- fortresslike — Resembling a fortress in shape or impregnability.
- frog sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- frog-sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- function key — a key on a computer keyboard or terminal that, when pressed, alone or in combination with other keys, causes a specific computational or mechanical operation to be carried out.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- gammon steak — a thick cut of meat made from smoked or cured bacon or ham and often served with pineapple or fried egg