12-letter words containing k, o, t
- 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 the skies — extremely highly
- to think big — If you think big, you make plans on a large scale, often using a lot of time, effort, or money.
- 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.
- token strike — a brief strike intended to convey strength of feeling on a disputed issue
- tommy atkins — any private of the British army.
- tonnage deck — the upper deck in a vessel with only two decks.
- tooth socket — a bony hollow into which a tooth fits
- 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.
- tough cookie — If you say that someone is a tough cookie, you mean that they have a strong and determined character.
- 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
- trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
- 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.
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- truck jobber — a jobber or wholesaler who makes calls carrying goods on a truck, thereby being able to take and deliver orders on the same call.
- trunk piston — a piston with a long skirt to take the side thrust, as in an automobile engine.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- tuckered out — exhausted
- turkey brown — an angler's name for a species of mayfly, Paraleptophlebia submarginata
- turkey shoot — a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.
- turkey-shoot — a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.
- 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.
- tussock moth — any of several moths of the family Lymantriidae, the larvae of which have characteristic tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of various deciduous trees.
- understocked — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- unstockinged — not wearing or covered by stockings
- walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk-on part — acting role with no spoken lines
- walk-through — Theater, Television. a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play. a perfunctory performance of a script.
- walking boot — a lightweight rigid knee-length boot with a reinforced sole and straps that fasten around the leg, used for support after a sprain or fracture
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- watch pocket — a small pocket in a garment, as in a vest or trousers, for holding a pocket watch, change, etc. Compare fob1 (def 1).
- water pocket — a cavity at the foot of a cliff formed by the falling action of an intermittent stream.
- water worker — a person employed in the water industry
- water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
- weavers-knot — sheet bend.
- well-stocked — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- west suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk, in E England.
- wikification — The process of adding wiki syntax to text in a wiki platform, or converting HTML to wiki markup.
- windsor knot — a wide, triangular knot for tying a four-in-hand necktie.
- wonderstruck — (of a person) experiencing a sudden feeling of awed delight or wonder.