11-letter words containing k, o, p
- porkchopper — a labor official put on the union payroll as a reward for past loyalty or services.
- porkpie hat — a hat with a round flat crown and a brim that can be turned up or down
- pot sticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- potato cake — any of various kinds of small savoury cakes made from flour and mashed potatoes, often fried or baked
- power brake — an automotive brake set by pressure from some power source, as a compressed-air reservoir, in proportion to a smaller amount of pressure on the brake pedal.
- powerbroker — a person who wields great political, governmental, or financial power.
- poyang lake — a lake in E China, in N Jiangxi province, connected by canal with the Yangtze River: the second largest lake in China. Area (at its greatest): 2780 sq km (1073 sq miles)
- prajadhipok — 1893–1941, king of Siam 1925–35.
- prayer book — a book containing formal prayers to be used in public or private religious devotions.
- prokaryotes — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- prokaryotic — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- prokopyevsk — a city in the S central Russian Federation in Asia, NW of Novokuznetsk.
- prony brake — a friction brake serving as a dynamometer for measuring torque.
- provokement — the act or instance of provoking
- prusik loop — a loop formed with a sliding knot that locks under pressure in which a climber can place his foot in order to stand or ascend a rope
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- pulled pork — of or denoting meat that is cooked until the meat can easily be pulled off the bone, as in pulled pork.
- punk rocker — a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.
- purple book — 1. (publication) The "System V Interface Definition". The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender. 2. (publication) The Wizard Book. See also book titles.
- puzzle book — a book of games or questions presenting problems that require skill or ingenuity for their solution
- pyrokinesis — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- pyrokinetic — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
- recipe book — a book containing lists of ingredients and directions for making different food dishes
- report back — If you report back to someone, you tell them about something that they asked you to find out about.
- rock pigeon — rock dove.
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- rope socket — either of a pair of matching fittings fastened to the ends of lengths of wire rope to join them together.
- salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
- sample book — a number of pieces of fabric, wallpaper, etc fastened together at one edge, for people to examine when trying to choose which example to buy
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- scorekeeper — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- ship-broker — a person who acts for a shipowner by getting cargo and passengers for his ships and also handling insurance and other matters
- shopbreaker — a robber who breaks into a shop
- shopkeeping — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
- sky compass — a device for taking a bearing by means of polarized sunlight when the sun is invisible.
- slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- smoke point — heat at which oil gives off smoke
- smokejumper — a firefighter who parachutes to forest fires inaccessible to ground crews.
- smoky topaz — smoky quartz used as a gemstone: not a true topaz.
- sneak up on — If someone sneaks up on you, they try and approach you without being seen or heard, perhaps to surprise you or do you harm.
- so to speak — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- sock puppet — a hand puppet made out of a sock.
- soft-spoken — (of persons) speaking with a soft or gentle voice; mild.
- spanakopita — a baked dish consisting of spinach, feta cheese, eggs, and scallions enclosed in layers of phyllo.
- sparrowhawk — a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
- spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
- spatterwork — a method of decorating whereby ink or another fluid is spattered over a medium