12-letter words containing k, n, o, p
- lincoln park — a city in SE Michigan.
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- meroplankton — a floating mass of eggs and larvae of organisms that are nektonic or benthic in their adult stage; temporary plankton.
- mesoplankton — plankton that live at middle depths.
- nanoplankton — nannoplankton.
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- nosey parker — a persistently nosy, prying person; busybody.
- oak-panelled — having panels that are made of oak
- oakland park — a town in S Florida.
- open desktop — (operating system, product) A Motif-based graphical interface from the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO), built over their Unix environment, part of the ACE initiative. Also known as "Open DeathTrap".
- orange pekoe — a black tea composed of the smallest top leaves and grown in India and Ceylon.
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pancake coil — a coil (of wire, etc) wound in a flat circular shape
- pancake roll — A pancake roll is an item of Chinese food consisting of a small roll of thin crisp pastry filled with vegetables and sometimes meat.
- parkinsonian — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, related to, or resembling Parkinson's disease.
- parkinsonism — Parkinson's disease.
- passion week — the week preceding Easter; Holy Week.
- pattern book — collection of textile motifs or designs
- pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
- pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
- penny stocks — Penny stocks are high-risk stock that sells for a very low price outside of the main stock exchange.
- pension book — In Britain, a pension book is a small book which is given to pensioners by the government. Each week, one page can be exchanged for money at a Post Office.
- persian knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the ends of yarn looped around a warp thread appear at each of the interstices between adjacent threads and produce a compact and relatively even pile effect.
- phone phreak — a person who uses computers or other electronic devices to place long-distance telephone calls without paying toll charges.
- photokinesis — movement occurring upon exposure to light.
- pigeon clock — a device for timing the arrivals of pigeons being raced, consisting of a magazine for holding the identification bands of the contestants in the order in which they are inserted and a recording clock to register the times of insertion.
- pinking iron — a tool for perforating, or for notching or scalloping the edge of fabric, leather, etc.
- pioneer work — pioneer work does something that has not been done before, for example by developing or using new methods or techniques
- piston skirt — The piston skirt is the cylindrical walls of a piston.
- plain-spoken — candid; frank; blunt.
- plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
- pocket knife — A pocket knife is a small knife with several blades which fold into the handle so that you can carry it around with you safely.
- pocket money — money for small, current expenses.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- port jackson — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia: the harbor of Sydney.
- power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- pruning hook — an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.
- puck control — an offensive strategy to maintain control of the puck to prevent the other team from having scoring opportunities.
- rappahannock — a river flowing SE from N Virginia into the Chesapeake Bay: Civil War battle 1863. 185 miles (300 km) long.
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- risk pooling — Risk pooling is the practice of sharing all risks among a group of insurance companies.
- rock springs — a city in SW Wyoming.
- rocker panel — body paneling below the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
- rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets
- rohnert park — a city in W California.
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
- sankt pölten — a city in NE Austria, the capital of Lower Austria state. Pop: 49 121 (2001)