12-letter words containing k, o, t, a
- stock market — a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
- stock saddle — Western saddle.
- stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
- stonebreaker — a person that breaks up stone
- storage tank — A storage tank is a large vessel for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- stottie cake — a flat round loaf
- stratotanker — an aircraft that can refuel other aircrafts at high speeds and altitudes
- sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
- t-bone steak — a loin steak having some tenderloin, characterized by its T -shaped bone.
- take an oath — pledge
- take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- take counsel — receive advice
- take hold of — grasp, seize sth
- take offence — be upset or shocked
- take offense — If someone takes offense at something you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.
- take pity on — show compassion, mercy
- take to task — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- take to wife — to marry (a woman)
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- talk down to — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- talk through — guide through: a procedure, etc.
- talking book — a phonograph record or tape recording of readings of a book, magazine, etc., made especially for use by the blind.
- 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
- thanks a lot — thank you
- the kootenay — a lake in British Columbia: fed chiefly by the Kootenay; drains into the Columbia River
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- to keep pace — If something keeps pace with something else that is changing, it changes quickly in response to it.
- to make time — If you make time for a particular activity or person, you arrange to have some free time so that you can do the activity or spend time with the person.
- to mark time — If you are marking time, you are doing something that is not particularly useful or interesting while you wait for something more important or interesting to happen.
- 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 take time — If you say that something will take time, you mean that it will take a long time.
- to take vows — to enter a religious order and commit oneself to its rule of life by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, which may be taken for a limited period as simple vows or as a perpetual and still more solemn commitment as solemn vows
- 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.
- to walk tall — If you say that someone walks tall, you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they have pride in themselves and in what they are doing.
- toe the mark — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- tommy atkins — any private of the British army.
- tonnage deck — the upper deck in a vessel with only two decks.
- torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
- touch-tackle — touch football.
- track record — a record of achievements or performance: an executive with a good track record.
- 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
- trial docket — docket (def 1).
- trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- turkoman rug — any of a number of handwoven rugs produced by the Turkomans and characterized by coarse warp and filling yarn, a short, even pile made with the Sehna knot, and a variety of geometric, marine, and serpentine designs.
- walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk-on part — acting role with no spoken lines