12-letter words containing k, i, m, o
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- sink or swim — fail or succeed
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
- smoking room — a room set apart for smoking, as in a hotel or clubhouse.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- 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.
- to make time — If you make time for a particular activity or person, you arrange to have some free time so that you can do the activity or spend time with the person.
- to mark time — If you are marking time, you are doing something that is not particularly useful or interesting while you wait for something more important or interesting to happen.
- to take time — If you say that something will take time, you mean that it will take a long time.
- tommy atkins — any private of the British army.
- underkingdom — the domain of an underking
- workingwoman — a woman who is regularly employed.
- workingwomen — a woman who is regularly employed.
- workmistress — a woman who oversees or controls work