12-letter words containing k, o, r, i
- kindred soul — like-minded person
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- king's color — a white ceremonial ensign with a royal cipher, flown on special occasions by the British Royal Navy.
- king's crown — a tropical American shrub, Justicia carnea, of the acanthus family, bearing clusters of tubular reddish flowers.
- king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
- kirk session — the lowest court of the Presbyterian Church
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- kittikachorn — Thanom [thah-nom] /θɑˈnɒm/ (Show IPA), 1911–2004, Thai army officer and statesman: premier 1963–73.
- kitty-corner — diagonal.
- kleptocratic — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- korea strait — a strait between Korea and Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. 120 miles (195 km) long.
- korsakoffian — relating to or suffering from Korsakoff's psychosis
- kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- lake ontario — a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- library book — a book owned by a library
- likely story — dubious account
- lincoln park — a city in SE Michigan.
- linking word — A linking word is a word which shows a connection between clauses or sentences. 'However' and 'so' are linking words.
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- makarios iii — (Michael Christodoulos Mouskos) 1913–77, Cypriot statesman and Greek Orthodox prelate: archbishop and patriarch of Cyprus 1950–77; president 1960–77 (in exile 1974).
- make history — do sth of great significance
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- markov chain — a Markov process restricted to discrete random events or to discontinuous time sequences.
- memory stick — computing: flashcard, dongle
- mesokurtosis — (statistics) The property of having zero normalised kurtosis.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- microtektite — a microscopic tektite found in ocean sediments and polar ice.
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- mock-serious — pretending to be serious as a joke, etc
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- mole cricket — any of several burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae that have fossorial forelegs and that feed on the roots of plants.
- monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- moonstricken — Moonstruck.
- mooring rack — a row of piles, connected at the tops, to which ships or boats can be moored.
- more like it — closer to being what is wanted
- mortice lock — A mortice lock is a type of lock which fits into a hole cut into the edge of a door rather than being fixed to one side of it.
- mortise lock — a lock housed within a mortise in a door or the like, so that the lock mechanism is covered on both sides.
- motor skills — coordination, ability to move
- mushroomlike — Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom.
- music locker — Digital Technology. an online service that supports cloud-based storage of digital music files so as to allow users to stream or download their personal music collections for playback on any compatible device: I uploaded all my CDs to a music locker, and now I can access the music from my laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
- nordic skier — a person who practises cross-country racing and ski-jumping
- normokalemia — The state of having a normal concentration of potassium in one's blood.
- normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- novorossiysk — a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea.
- on your bike — away you go