12-letter words containing k, o, p
- 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
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
- smoke jumper — an employee of the forest service parachuted to strategic spots in fighting forest fires
- 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.
- sparrow hawk — a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
- 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.
- sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
- sports drink — a drink containing sugar and salts, etc designed to help replace fluid and energy lost through the physical exertion of sport
- spotted dick — a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing dried fruit
- stage pocket — one of several metal boxes placed backstage in the floor (floor pocket) or wall of a theater and containing jacks for electric cables used in lighting units.
- stick up for — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- 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.
- suck up (to) — to flatter or fawn (on) ingratiatingly
- 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 keep pace — If something keeps pace with something else that is changing, it changes quickly in response to it.
- to keep time — If you keep time when playing or singing music, you follow or play the beat, without going too fast or too slowly.
- 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.
- to talk shop — If you say that people are talking shop, you mean that they are talking about their work, and this is boring for other people who do not do the same work.
- torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
- 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
- watch pocket — a small pocket in a garment, as in a vest or trousers, for holding a pocket watch, change, etc. Compare fob1 (def 1).
- water pocket — a cavity at the foot of a cliff formed by the falling action of an intermittent stream.
- widow's peak — a point formed in the hairline in the middle of the forehead.
- zebulon pike — James Albert, 1913–69, U.S. Protestant Episcopal clergyman, lawyer, and author.