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12-letter words containing k, o, t

  • bracket foot — a corner foot of a chest or the like joining the sides in a concave line.
  • breakthrough — A breakthrough is an important development or achievement.
  • breaststroke — Breaststroke is a swimming stroke which you do lying on your front, moving your arms and legs horizontally in a circular motion.
  • broken heart — If you say that someone has a broken heart, you mean that they are very sad, for example because a love affair has ended unhappily.
  • broken water — a patch of water whose surface is rippled or choppy, usually surrounded by relatively calm water.
  • bucket about — (esp of a boat in a storm) to toss or shake violently
  • buffer stock — a stock of a commodity built up by a government or trade organization with the object of using it to stabilize prices
  • bullock cart — a cart pulled by one or two bullocks
  • cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
  • cape-lookout — Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.
  • capitol peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,130 feet (4310 meters).
  • cargo pocket — a large patch pocket, usually pleated at the sides and often having a flap.
  • cavity block — a precast concrete block that contains a cavity or cavities
  • changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
  • chapter book — a children's book, typically a work of fiction, of moderate length and complexity, divided into chapters and intended for readers approximately seven to ten years old
  • charity work — unpaid work, usually fundraising, done in aid of a charity
  • chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
  • chuck off at — to abuse or make fun of
  • chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
  • clickthrough — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
  • clos network — (networking)   A type of network topology that can connect N inputs to N outputs with less that N^2 crosspoint switches.
  • closed-stack — having access to the stacks limited to the staff of the library or to a limited group of library users.
  • clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop
  • cock feather — the odd-coloured feather set on the shaft of an arrow at right angles to the nock
  • cock lobster — a male lobster
  • cockfighting — The sport (illegal in certain countries) of setting two cocks to fight each other. Fighting cocks often have had their legs fitted with metal spurs.
  • cocktail bar — a bar which serves cocktails
  • cockthrowing — the sport of knocking down, or killing, a cock that is tied to a post
  • coconut milk — Coconut milk is the milky juice inside coconuts.
  • combat knife — a large knife for military use
  • come back to — If you come back to a topic or point, you talk about it again later.
  • come unstuck — If something comes unstuck, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to.
  • common stock — Common stock refers to the shares in a company that are owned by people who have a right to vote at the company's meetings and to receive part of the company's profits after the holders of preferred stock have been paid.
  • compact disk — an optical disk approximately 4.75 inches (12 cm) in diameter, on which a program, data, music, etc., is digitally encoded for a laser beam to scan, decode, and transmit to a playback system, computer monitor, or television set. Abbreviation: CD.
  • computerlike — similar to a computer
  • concertstück — a composition in concerto style but shorter than a full concerto
  • conduct mark — (in school) a mark for behaviour
  • control knob — a knob on an electrical or electronic appliance for regulating heat, volume, etc
  • cookie sheet — A cookie sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as cookies in an oven.
  • cooking salt — a type of salt used in cooking
  • cooking time — the time that something needs to cook
  • countercheck — a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
  • countersinks — Plural form of countersink.
  • country folk — people who live in the country
  • country park — an area of countryside, usually not less than 10 hectares, set aside for public recreation: often funded by a Countryside Commission grant
  • country risk — the risk associated with an overseas investment due to the conditions prevailing in the country in which it is made
  • country rock — the rock surrounding a mineral vein or igneous intrusion
  • county clerk — a senior local government official
  • courtierlike — resembling a courtier in manner
  • cricket frog — either of two tree frogs, Acris gryllus or A. crepitans, of eastern and central U.S., having a clicking call.
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