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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
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