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12-letter words containing l, a, r, k, s, o

  • ankylosaurus — a plant-eating dinosaur of the Cretaceous period that had a tail resembling a club and a body covering of thick scales
  • asphalt rock — a rock formation, usually of limestone or sandstone, containing large amounts of bitumens.
  • black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
  • black grouse — a large N European grouse, Lyrurus tetrix, the male of which has a bluish-black plumage and lyre-shaped tail
  • black scoter — a scoter of Eurasia and North America, Melanitta nigra, the adult male of which is black.
  • brooks's law — (programming)   "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later" - a result of the fact that the expected advantage from splitting work among N programmers is O(N) (that is, proportional to N), but the complexity and communications cost associated with coordinating and then merging their work is O(N^2) (that is, proportional to the square of N). The quote is from Fred Brooks, a manager of IBM's OS/360 project and author of "The Mythical Man-Month". The myth in question has been most tersely expressed as "Programmer time is fungible" and Brooks established conclusively that it is not. Hackers have never forgotten his advice; too often, management still does. See also creationism, second-system effect, optimism.
  • clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop
  • dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
  • floorwalkers — Plural form of floorwalker.
  • florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
  • flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
  • fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
  • glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
  • hammarskjold — Dag Hjalmar [dahg yahl-mahr] /dɑg ˈyɑl mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1905–61, Swedish statesman: Secretary General of the United Nations 1953–61; Nobel Peace Prize 1961.
  • harold stark — Harold Raynsford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
  • holkar state — a former state of central India, ruled by the Holkar dynasty of Maratha rulers of Indore (18th century until 1947)
  • kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
  • keratoplasty — plastic surgery performed upon the cornea, especially a corneal transplantation.
  • kilocalories — Plural form of kilocalorie.
  • lake torrens — a shallow salt lake in E central South Australia, about 8 m (25 ft) below sea level. Area: 5776 sq km (2230 sq miles)
  • lark sparrow — a North American sparrow, Chondestes grammacus, having a distinctive brown-and-white facial pattern.
  • loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
  • look daggers — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
  • loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
  • melrose park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • metalworkers — Plural form of metalworker.
  • policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
  • reform flask — an English salt-glazed stoneware flask of the early 19th century formed as an effigy of one of the figures connected with the Reform Bill of 1832.
  • rock crystal — transparent quartz, especially when colorless.
  • rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
  • rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
  • roller-skate — to glide about by means of roller skates.
  • roselle park — a borough in NE New Jersey.
  • sale of work — a sale of goods and handicrafts made by the members of a club, church congregation, etc, to raise money
  • salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
  • saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
  • school shark — an Australian shark resembling the tope, Notogaleus australis
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
  • silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
  • skeleton car — a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
  • solar cooker — a simple, low-cost device using focused sunshine to cook rice, boil water, etc.
  • stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
  • unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
  • walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
  • work-release — of or relating to a program under which prisoners may work outside of prison while serving their sentences.
  • workableness — The quality or state of being workable, or the extent to which a thing is workable.
  • world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.

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