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12-letter words containing k, i, t

  • get stuck in — If you get stuck in, you do something with enthusiasm and determination.
  • 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.
  • give suck to — to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
  • gordian knot — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
  • granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
  • graustarkian — of, like, or characteristic of colorful, implausible, highly melodramatic and romantic situations or circumstances
  • hack to bits — to damage severely
  • 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.
  • haikwan tael — the customs unit in China, which is the basis for other local taels, equal to 1.20666 troy ounces of fine silver.
  • haliplankton — plankton living in sea water
  • harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
  • have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
  • health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
  • heat-seeking — A heat-seeking missile or device is one that is able to detect a source of heat.
  • heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
  • hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
  • hiking boots — stout, sturdy boots, suitable for hiking in
  • hiking trail — a specially designated route for hikers to use
  • hit the deck — Nautical. a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel. the space between such a surface and the next such surface above: Our stateroom was on B deck.
  • hit the mark — to achieve one's aim; be successful in one's attempt
  • hit the sack — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
  • hit the silk — the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
  • hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
  • hockey stick — the stick used in field hockey or ice hockey.
  • holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
  • hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
  • hunting pink — scarlet
  • hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
  • hyperkinetic — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
  • ignition key — key that starts an engine
  • impost block — dosseret.
  • in the black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
  • in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • ink fountain — the part of a printing press that stores ink and feeds it to the rollers.
  • inkblot test — any of various psychological tests in which varied patterns formed by blots of ink are interpreted by the subject.
  • 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.
  • intake valve — a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine that opens at the proper moment in the cycle to allow the fuel-air mixture to be drawn into the cylinder.
  • 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.
  • it takes two — If you say it takes two or it takes two to tango, you mean that a situation or argument involves two people and they are both therefore responsible for it.
  • joking apart — seriously: said to recall a discussion to seriousness after there has been joking
  • kakistocracy — government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power.
  • karyokinetic — Of or pertaining to karyokinesis.
  • kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
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