12-letter words containing k, o, p
- plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
- pocket drive — a small portable memory device that can be plugged into the USB port of many different types of computer
- 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.
- pocket mouse — any of numerous burrowing rodents, especially of the genus Perognathus, chiefly inhabiting arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, having fur-lined cheek pouches and a long tail.
- pocket piece — (in a window frame) a removable part of a pulley stile permitting access to sash weights.
- pocket-sized — If you describe something as pocket-sized, you approve of it because it is small enough to fit in your pocket.
- poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
- poodle-faker — a young man or newly commissioned officer who makes a point of socializing with women; ladies' man
- pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
- pork sausage — a sausage made with pork
- pork-chopper — a labor official put on the union payroll as a reward for past loyalty or services.
- port jackson — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia: the harbor of Sydney.
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- postworkshop — occurring after a workshop
- poughkeepsie — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
- powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
- power broker — a person who wields great political, governmental, or financial power.
- 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
- power-broker — a person who wields great political, governmental, or financial power.
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- private joke — a joke that is understood only by a certain social group
- product mark — a trademark used on only one product.
- pruning hook — an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.
- public works — government-funded construction
- 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
- receipt book — book containing receipt slips
- risk pooling — Risk pooling is the practice of sharing all risks among a group of insurance companies.
- rock chopper — a Roman Catholic
- 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.
- roselle park — a borough in NE New Jersey.
- 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)
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
- shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
- 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.
- shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
- shavano peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the S Sawatch Range, in the Rocky Mountains. 14,229 feet (4337 meters).
- shock troops — soldiers trained to attack