12-letter words containing k, e, t, o
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- 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.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
- statute book — a book containing the laws enacted by the legislature of a state or nation.
- stock market — a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
- stock record — a record kept of the amount, type, etc., of raw materials and supplies on hand, as in a manufacturing plant.
- stock saddle — Western saddle.
- stock ticker — ticker (def 1).
- stockbreeder — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
- stonebreaker — a person that breaks up stone
- stoney creek — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- storage tank — A storage tank is a large vessel for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- stottie cake — a flat round loaf
- stratotanker — an aircraft that can refuel other aircrafts at high speeds and altitudes
- streetworker — a social worker who works with youths of a neighborhood.
- strike force — a military force armed and trained for attack.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- summer stock — the production of plays, musical comedy, etc., during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, often by a repertory company.
- t-bone steak — a loin steak having some tenderloin, characterized by its T -shaped bone.
- take an oath — pledge
- take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- take counsel — receive advice
- take hold of — grasp, seize sth
- take offence — be upset or shocked
- take offense — If someone takes offense at something you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.
- take pity on — show compassion, mercy
- take to task — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- take to wife — to marry (a woman)
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- technojunkie — a person addicted to or obsessed by new technology
- the bollocks — something excellent
- the kootenay — a lake in British Columbia: fed chiefly by the Kootenay; drains into the Columbia River
- 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.
- ticket booth — kiosk: sells tickets
- 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.
- tie the knot — an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- 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.