12-letter words containing k, i, t
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- trickstering — the practice of playing tricks
- truck driver — sb employed to drive a lorry
- truck racing — a motor sport in which powerful trucks, without their containers, are raced around a circuit
- 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)
- trunk engine — an engine having a trunk piston or pistons.
- trunk piston — a piston with a long skirt to take the side thrust, as in an automobile engine.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- turkish bath — a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown.
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- turn a trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- twin killing — double play.
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- unity ticket — a how-to-vote card in a union election associating Labor and Communist candidates
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unmistakably — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unstockinged — not wearing or covered by stockings
- walking boot — a lightweight rigid knee-length boot with a reinforced sole and straps that fasten around the leg, used for support after a sprain or fracture
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- walkingstick — a stick used for walking
- warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- weft-knitted — noting or pertaining to a fabric made by weft knitting.
- west warwick — a town in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- white alkali — Agriculture. a whitish layer of mineral salts, especially sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, and magnesium sulfate, often occurring on top of soils where rainfall is low.
- white knight — a hero who comes to the rescue.
- white market — (in a system of rationing) the buying and selling of unused ration coupons at a fluctuating legal price based on the supply of and demand for the rationed commodity.
- wicketkeeper — the player on the fielding side who stands immediately behind the wicket to stop balls that pass it.
- wikification — The process of adding wiki syntax to text in a wiki platform, or converting HTML to wiki markup.
- wildcat bank — a bank that issued notes without adequate security in the period before the establishment of the national banking system in 1864.
- windsor knot — a wide, triangular knot for tying a four-in-hand necktie.
- winter break — a period of vacation between semesters of colleges, universities, or other schools and usually including the winter holidays.
- winterkilled — Simple past tense and past participle of winterkill.
- witch's mark — devil's mark.
- work station — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
- workmistress — a woman who oversees or controls work
- workstations — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
- writing desk — a piece of furniture with a surface for writing, with drawers and pigeonholes for writing materials.