12-letter words containing k, o, g
- make game of — to make fun of; ridicule; mock
- mekong delta — the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- modern greek — the Greek language since c1500. Abbreviation: ModGk.
- mogul skiing — a skiing event in which skiers descend a slope which is covered in mounds of snow, making two jumps during the descent
- monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
- mooring rack — a row of piles, connected at the tops, to which ships or boats can be moored.
- 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.
- nice-looking — Someone who is nice-looking is physically attractive.
- night monkey — douroucouli.
- noise-making — a person or thing that makes noise, as a reveler on New Year's Eve, Halloween, etc., or a rattle, horn, or similar device used on such an occasion.
- non-thinking — rational; reasoning: People are thinking animals.
- nothing like — totally dissimilar to, completely unlike
- orange pekoe — a black tea composed of the smallest top leaves and grown in India and Ceylon.
- 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.
- overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overdrinking — Present participle of overdrink.
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- package tour — a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses: offering package tours of the chateau country.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- passage work — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
- pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
- 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.
- pigtail hook — a screw hook having an eye in the form of a spiral for holding a loop, chain link, etc., at any angle.
- pinking iron — a tool for perforating, or for notching or scalloping the edge of fabric, leather, etc.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- pork sausage — a sausage made with pork
- poughkeepsie — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
- 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.
- rat kangaroo — any of several rabbit-sized, ratlike Australian kangaroos of the subfamily Potoroinae.
- rat-kangaroo — any of several rabbit-sized, ratlike Australian kangaroos of the subfamily Potoroinae.
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- red kangaroo — a large Australian kangaroo, Macropus rufus, the male of which has a reddish coat
- ring knocker — a commissioned officer in the U.S. armed forces who is a graduate of a military academy.
- ring network — (networking, topology) A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire in a ring or point-to-point. There are no endpoints. This topology is used by token ring networks. Compare: bus network, star network.
- risk pooling — Risk pooling is the practice of sharing all risks among a group of insurance companies.
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- rock carving — the practice of carving on rock
- rock glacier — a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice.
- rock springs — a city in SW Wyoming.
- rocket range — a firing range for rockets
- rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks