12-letter words containing k, o, r
- packed tower — A packed tower is a tall distillation vessel which uses packing.
- packet radio — (communications, radio) The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
- pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
- pancake roll — A pancake roll is an item of Chinese food consisting of a small roll of thin crisp pastry filled with vegetables and sometimes meat.
- parkinsonian — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, related to, or resembling Parkinson's disease.
- parkinsonism — Parkinson's disease.
- passage work — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
- pattern book — collection of textile motifs or designs
- peacock worm — feather-duster worm.
- persian knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the ends of yarn looped around a warp thread appear at each of the interstices between adjacent threads and produce a compact and relatively even pile effect.
- petrozavodsk — a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
- phone phreak — a person who uses computers or other electronic devices to place long-distance telephone calls without paying toll charges.
- picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
- 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.
- pocket drive — a small portable memory device that can be plugged into the USB port of many different types of computer
- poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
- policymakers — 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
- 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.
- quack doctor — an unqualified person who claims medical knowledge or other skills
- quartz clock — an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation of the timepiece (quartz clock or quartz watch)
- rappahannock — a river flowing SE from N Virginia into the Chesapeake Bay: Civil War battle 1863. 185 miles (300 km) long.
- rat kangaroo — any of several rabbit-sized, ratlike Australian kangaroos of the subfamily Potoroinae.
- rat-kangaroo — any of several rabbit-sized, ratlike Australian kangaroos of the subfamily Potoroinae.
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- ready-cooked — (of food or food products) cooked before it is sold
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- receipt book — book containing receipt slips
- record token — a gift voucher that can be used as payment for records of a specified value
- red kangaroo — a large Australian kangaroo, Macropus rufus, the male of which has a reddish coat
- reform flask — an English salt-glazed stoneware flask of the early 19th century formed as an effigy of one of the figures connected with the Reform Bill of 1832.
- 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.