12-letter words containing k, n, o, p
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- shank's pony — one's own legs, especially as a means of moving from one place to another: The only way we can get there is by shanks' mare.
- shavano peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the S Sawatch Range, in the Rocky Mountains. 14,229 feet (4337 meters).
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
- skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
- skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
- smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- speakerphone — a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.
- specksioneer — a whaler
- spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
- spokesperson — a person who speaks for another or for a group.
- sports drink — a drink containing sugar and salts, etc designed to help replace fluid and energy lost through the physical exertion of sport
- stock option — an option giving the holder, usually an officer or employee, the right to buy stock of the issuing corporation at a specific price within a stated period.
- stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
- stockpunisht — punished by being put in stocks
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- take pity on — show compassion, mercy
- 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.
- tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
- to pull rank — If you say that someone in authority pulls rank, you mean that they unfairly force other people to do what they want because of their higher rank or position.
- trunk piston — a piston with a long skirt to take the side thrust, as in an automobile engine.
- unprovokedly — in an unprovoked manner
- walk-on part — acting role with no spoken lines
- zebulon pike — James Albert, 1913–69, U.S. Protestant Episcopal clergyman, lawyer, and author.