12-letter words containing k, i, t, e, r
- flutter kick — a swimming kick in which the legs make rapid alternate up-and-down movements while the knees remain rigid, as in the crawl.
- foretokening — Indication in advance.
- fort detrick — a military reservation in N Maryland, NW of Frederick.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- fortresslike — Resembling a fortress in shape or impregnability.
- frankenstein — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
- free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- free-thinker — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- freethinkers — Plural form of freethinker.
- freethinking — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- french stick — a long straight notched stick loaf
- frog sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- frog-sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- fruit basket — a basket containing a variety of fruits sent as a gift
- fruit-picker — a person or a tool that picks fruit from trees
- frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
- get cracking — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- giant killer — sb who defeats a larger opponent
- giant-killer — A giant-killer is a sportsman, sportswoman, or team that unexpectedly beats a much stronger opponent.
- give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
- hacker ethic — (philosophy) 1. The belief that information-sharing is a powerful positive good, and that it is an ethical duty of hackers to share their expertise by writing free software and facilitating access to information and to computing resources wherever possible. 2. The belief that system-cracking for fun and exploration is ethically OK as long as the cracker commits no theft, vandalism, or breach of confidentiality. Both of these normative ethical principles are widely, but by no means universally, accepted among hackers. Most hackers subscribe to the hacker ethic in sense 1, and many act on it by writing and giving away free software. A few go further and assert that *all* information should be free and *any* proprietary control of it is bad; this is the philosophy behind the GNU project. Sense 2 is more controversial: some people consider the act of cracking itself to be unethical, like breaking and entering. But the belief that "ethical" cracking excludes destruction at least moderates the behaviour of people who see themselves as "benign" crackers (see also samurai). On this view, it may be one of the highest forms of hackerly courtesy to (a) break into a system, and then (b) explain to the sysop, preferably by e-mail from a superuser account, exactly how it was done and how the hole can be plugged - acting as an unpaid (and unsolicited) tiger team. The most reliable manifestation of either version of the hacker ethic is that almost all hackers are actively willing to share technical tricks, software, and (where possible) computing resources with other hackers. Huge cooperative networks such as Usenet, FidoNet and Internet (see Internet address) can function without central control because of this trait; they both rely on and reinforce a sense of community that may be hackerdom's most valuable intangible asset.
- harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- hit the mark — to achieve one's aim; be successful in one's attempt
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
- hyperkinetic — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- inkhorn term — an obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously erudite borrowing from another language, especially Latin or Greek.
- inside track — the inner, or shorter, track of a racecourse.
- interkinesis — interphase.
- interlinking — Linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing.
- interlocking — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- internetwork — two or more computer networks connected by routers, bridges, etc.: The Internet is the largest internetwork.
- interworking — to work or weave together; interweave.
- karyokinetic — Of or pertaining to karyokinesis.
- kavir desert — Dasht-e-Kavir.
- keep it real — avoid affectation
- kentish fire — prolonged clapping by an audience, especially in unison, indicating impatience or disapproval.
- keratinocyte — An epidermal cell that produces keratin.
- keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
- keratotomies — Plural form of keratotomy.
- ketch-rigged — rigged in the manner of a ketch.
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- kick starter — a starter, as of a motorcycle, that operates by a downward kick on a pedal.
- kind hearted — having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.
- kind-hearted — having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.