11-letter words containing k, o, t
- subnotebook — a laptop computer smaller and lighter than a notebook, typically weighing less than 5 pounds (2.3 kg).
- sucket fork — a utensil for sweetmeats of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having fork tines at one end and a spoon bowl at the other end of a common stem.
- tae kwon do — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
- tailor-make — to make or adjust to meet the needs of the particular situation, individual, object, etc.: to tailor-make a tour.
- take a joke — have a sense of humour
- take action — act, do sth practical
- take notice — listen, heed
- take office — come to power
- take out of — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- take out on — If you take something out on someone, you behave in an unpleasant way towards them because you feel angry or upset, even though this is not their fault.
- takoma park — a city in central Maryland.
- talk around — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- talk out of — dissuade
- tanbark oak — any oak that yields tanbark, especially an evergreen oak, Lithocarpus densiflora, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
- ten o'clock — 10 A.M., 1100 hours
- tena koutou — a Māori greeting to two or more people
- tenterhooks — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
- textbookish — suggesting a textbook, especially in literary style or composition.
- thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
- the dakotas — North Dakota and South Dakota
- the like of — any person or thing like
- the network — network, the
- the tussock — country where tussock grass grows
- thelytokous — pertaining to or produced by thelytoky.
- theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
- think aloud — If you think aloud, you express your thoughts as they occur to you, rather than thinking first and then speaking.
- tickety-boo — fine; OK.
- ticking off — If you give someone a ticking off, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong.
- to be frank — You can say 'to be frank' or 'to be frank with you' to introduce a statement which is your honest opinion, especially when the person you are talking to might not like it.
- to go broke — If a company or person goes broke, they lose money and are unable to continue in business or to pay their debts.
- to run amok — If a person or animal runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.
- to speak of — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- token money — coins of the regular issue having greater face value than the value of their metal content
- top-ranking — A top-ranking person is someone who has a very high rank or status in a particular organization or field of activity.
- tower block — a high-rise building.
- track shoes — light running shoes fitted with steel spikes for better grip
- tracker dog — canine trained to detect
- travel book — a book about travelling to a certain country or region, esp a guidebook
- trelliswork — latticework.
- trestlework — a structural system composed of trestles.
- tretchikoff — Vladimir. 1913–2006, South African painter, born in Russia, known for his kitsch appeal, especially for his much-reproduced Chinese Girl (1950; also known as The Green Lady)
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- trojan duck — a duck that is a carrier of avian flu and is therefore a threat to other birds and also to humans, but which shows no outward signs of infection
- troubetzkoy — N(ikolai) S(ergeievich) [nyi-kuh-lahy syir-gye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1938, Russian linguist in Austria.
- tsiolkovski — Konstantin Eduardovich (kənstʌnˈtjin eduˈadəvɪtʃ). 1857–1935, Russian aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of rocket and space research. His work on liquid-fuelled rockets anticipated the ideas of Robert Goddard
- tsiolkovsky — Konstantin Eduardovich [kon-stuh n-teen ed-wahr-duh-vich;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen e-doo-ahr-duh-vyich] /ˈkɒn stən tin ɛdˈwɑr də vɪtʃ;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin ɛ duˈɑr də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1935, Russian inventor and rocket expert.
- tukey, john — John Tukey