12-letter words containing k, p, e
- 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.
- prankishness — the quality or condition of being prankish
- pre-packaged — Pre-packaged foods have been prepared in advance and put in plastic or cardboard containers to be sold.
- prebreakfast — occurring before breakfast, of or pertaining to the period before breakfast
- premarketing — before the development of a market
- prepackaging — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
- pressed duck — a cooked duck sprinkled with red wine and then pressed in a device (duck press) so that the juices can be collected and served as a sauce over the breast meat and legs.
- price ticket — a ticket or label on an article for sale showing its price
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- prickly pear — any of numerous cacti of the genus Opuntia, having flattened, usually spiny stem joints, yellow, orange, or reddish flowers, and ovoid, often edible fruit.
- private joke — a joke that is understood only by a certain social group
- puck-carrier — the player who has the puck and moves it along.
- puffa jacket — a warm quilted and padded jacket
- pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
- pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- put-and-take — any of various games of chance played with a teetotum or other special type of top, in which each player puts in an equal stake before starting to spin the top.
- pyramid peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,018 feet (4276 meters).
- quickstepped — Simple past tense and past participle of quickstep.
- racket press — a device consisting of a frame closed by a spring mechanism, for keeping taut the strings of a tennis racket, squash racket, etc
- radar picket — a ship, vehicle, or aircraft stationed at a distance from a protected force to increase radar detection range.
- raking piece — a sloping piece of scenery, as on a television or stage set, especially such a piece used for masking the side of a ramp.
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- receipt book — book containing receipt slips
- red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
- rock chopper — a Roman Catholic
- rocker panel — body paneling below the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
- rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets
- rohnert park — a city in W California.
- roselle park — a borough in NE New Jersey.
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- safe-keeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
- sankt pölten — a city in NE Austria, the capital of Lower Austria state. Pop: 49 121 (2001)
- scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).
- schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
- science park — A science park is an area, usually linked to a university, where there are a lot of private companies, especially ones concerned with high technology.
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- sepak takraw — a game originating in South Asia in which two teams kick a ball back and forth over a net
- septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
- severna park — a city in central Maryland.
- shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
- shavano peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the S Sawatch Range, in the Rocky Mountains. 14,229 feet (4337 meters).
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.