12-letter words containing k, i, t, l, n
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- linen basket — a basket or container with a lid in which you put your dirty clothes before washing them
- link trainer — a ground-training device for training pilots and aircrew in the use of flight instruments
- little-known — not widely known; not famed
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- loosely-knit — associated or linked in a loose way
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- milking time — the time at which a cow is milked
- monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- mountainlike — Resembling a mountain or some aspect of one.
- multitasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- nickel plate — thin coating of nickel
- nickel steel — steel to which up to 9 percent nickel has been added.
- nickel-plate — to coat with nickel by electroplating or other process.
- nikola tesla — Nikola [nik-oh-luh] /ˈnɪk oʊ lə/ (Show IPA), 1856–1943, U.S. physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor, born in Croatia.
- nothing like — totally dissimilar to, completely unlike
- on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
- pallet knife — a small, flat utensil for picking up and handling pastry paste.
- pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
- penalty kick — a free kick awarded for an infraction committed by a defensive player in the penalty area and taken by the offensive player who has been fouled from a point 12 yards (11 meters) directly in front of the goal.
- pencil skirt — women's garment: straight skirt
- plain turkey — a bustard
- plane ticket — entitlement to travel by aircraft
- plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
- rib-tickling — very amusing; funny or hilarious: a book of rib-tickling stories.
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
- skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
- stanislavski — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stanislavsky — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- take in sail — to lower sails, as in order to reduce the area of sail set
- talking book — a phonograph record or tape recording of readings of a book, magazine, etc., made especially for use by the blind.
- talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- tank trailer — a trailer truck or tractor-trailer with a tank body, suitable for transporting gases or liquids, as oil, gasoline, or milk, in bulk.
- thank kindly — to thank heartily
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- thick client — a computer having its own hard drive, as opposed to one on a network where most functions are carried out on a central server
- tickled pink — to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate.
- trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
- twin killing — double play.
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.