12-letter words containing k, i, t
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- milk thistle — flowering plant
- milking time — the time at which a cow is milked
- minidiskette — Alternative spelling of mini-diskette.
- minute steak — a thin slice of beefsteak that is prepared by sautéeing quickly on each side.
- mistakenness — The state or condition of being mistaken.
- mole cricket — any of several burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae that have fossorial forelegs and that feed on the roots of plants.
- 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.
- moonstricken — Moonstruck.
- more like it — closer to being what is wanted
- mortice lock — A mortice lock is a type of lock which fits into a hole cut into the edge of a door rather than being fixed to one side of it.
- mortise lock — a lock housed within a mortise in a door or the like, so that the lock mechanism is covered on both sides.
- motor skills — coordination, ability to move
- mount katmai — a volcano in SW Alaska, in the Aleutian Range: erupted in 1912 forming the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a region with numerous fumaroles; established as Katmai National Monument, 10 917 sq km (4215 sq miles), in 1918. Height: 2100 m (7000 ft). Depth of crater: 1130 m (3700 ft). Width of crater: about 4 km (2.5 miles)
- mountainlike — Resembling a mountain or some aspect of one.
- multiskilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- multitaskers — Plural form of multitasker.
- multitasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- musk thistle — a composite plant, Carduus nutans, having heads of nodding, rose-purple flowers, introduced into the U.S. from Eurasia.
- netting knot — a knot made between two ropes by forming a bight in one and passing the end of the other through the bight, around it, and under itself.
- niche market — specific or limited consumer interest
- nick of time — moment before sth is too late
- 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.
- night monkey — douroucouli.
- nikola tesla — Nikola [nik-oh-luh] /ˈnɪk oʊ lə/ (Show IPA), 1856–1943, U.S. physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor, born in Croatia.
- nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- non-thinking — rational; reasoning: People are thinking animals.
- nothing like — totally dissimilar to, completely unlike
- on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
- on the skids — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- on the skite — on a drinking spree
- on the stick — alert, efficient, etc.
- optical disk — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- outside work — work done off the premises of a business
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- packet radio — (communications, radio) The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
- pair skating — a form of competitive skating in which a man and a woman skate together in performing a choreographed series of jumps, lifts, and other acrobatic moves to a selection of music.
- pallet knife — a small, flat utensil for picking up and handling pastry paste.
- panic attack — an intense attack of anxiety characterized by feelings of impending doom and trembling, sweating, pounding heart, and other physical symptoms.
- parity check — a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit) to see if the value is even or odd.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- payback time — Payback time is when someone has to take the consequences of what they have done in the past. You can use this expression to talk about good or bad consequences.
- peak traffic — traffic at the time it is most busy
- 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