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12-letter words containing k, o, r, i, n

  • pinking iron — a tool for perforating, or for notching or scalloping the edge of fabric, leather, etc.
  • pioneer work — pioneer work does something that has not been done before, for example by developing or using new methods or techniques
  • piston skirt — The piston skirt is the cylindrical walls of a piston.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • ribbon snake — either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
  • 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 cornish — a small hybrid chicken produced by mating Cornish and White Rock chickens and marketed especially as a roaster.
  • rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
  • rock springs — a city in SW Wyoming.
  • rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
  • roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
  • rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
  • running joke — a joke or humorous allusion used recurrently in a play, film, television skit, etc., for a cumulative comic effect.
  • running knot — a knot made around and so as to slide along a part of the same rope, thus forming a noose (running noose) that tightens as the rope is pulled.
  • salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
  • sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
  • scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
  • scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
  • severodvinsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Europe, on Dvina Gulf, E of Archangel.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
  • sink or swim — fail or succeed
  • skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
  • smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
  • smoking room — a room set apart for smoking, as in a hotel or clubhouse.
  • specksioneer — a whaler
  • sports drink — a drink containing sugar and salts, etc designed to help replace fluid and energy lost through the physical exertion of sport
  • stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stockbroking — business of buying and selling stock
  • strong drink — alcoholic drink
  • 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
  • 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
  • token strike — a brief strike intended to convey strength of feeling on a disputed issue
  • trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
  • trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • trunk piston — a piston with a long skirt to take the side thrust, as in an automobile engine.
  • underkingdom — the domain of an underking
  • unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
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