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12-letter words containing l, i, c, k, o

  • killer micro — [Popularised by Eugene Brooks] A microprocessor-based machine that infringes on mini, mainframe, or supercomputer performance turf. Often heard in "No one will survive the attack of the killer micros!", the battle cry of the downsizers. Used especially of RISC architectures. The popularity of the phrase "attack of the killer micros" is doubtless reinforced by the movie title "Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes" (one of the canonical examples of so-bad-it's-wonderful among hackers). This has even more flavour now that killer micros have gone on the offensive not just individually (in workstations) but in hordes (within massively parallel computers).
  • kilocalories — Plural form of kilocalorie.
  • king's color — a white ceremonial ensign with a royal cipher, flown on special occasions by the British Royal Navy.
  • kitchen foil — aluminium foil used in cooking or storing food
  • kleptocratic — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
  • kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
  • leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • lincoln park — a city in SE Michigan.
  • locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
  • lovesickness — Quality or property of being lovesick.
  • machtpolitik — power politics
  • milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
  • mole cricket — any of several burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae that have fossorial forelegs and that feed on the roots of plants.
  • monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
  • mortice lock — A mortice lock is a type of lock which fits into a hole cut into the edge of a door rather than being fixed to one side of it.
  • mortise lock — a lock housed within a mortise in a door or the like, so that the lock mechanism is covered on both sides.
  • music locker — Digital Technology. an online service that supports cloud-based storage of digital music files so as to allow users to stream or download their personal music collections for playback on any compatible device: I uploaded all my CDs to a music locker, and now I can access the music from my laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
  • nice-looking — Someone who is nice-looking is physically attractive.
  • nickel oxide — a green, water-insoluble powder, NiO, used chiefly in the manufacture of nickel salts and in green pigments for ceramic paints.
  • nickelodeons — Plural form of nickelodeon.
  • normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
  • office block — a large office building.
  • optical disk — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
  • overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
  • pack of lies — false account
  • pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
  • pancake coil — a coil (of wire, etc) wound in a flat circular shape
  • pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
  • pigeon clock — a device for timing the arrivals of pigeons being raced, consisting of a magazine for holding the identification bands of the contestants in the order in which they are inserted and a recording clock to register the times of insertion.
  • pillow block — a cast-iron or steel block for supporting a journal or bearing.
  • pilot jacket — a type of leather jacket associated with U.S. Army pilots in World War II
  • plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
  • policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • public works — government-funded construction
  • rock climber — sb who scales mountains
  • rock glacier — a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice.
  • salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
  • self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
  • self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
  • senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
  • silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
  • silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
  • slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
  • solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
  • spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
  • sticky blood — a condition of the blood, particularly associated with Hughes syndrome, in which antibodies tend to adhere to platelets and glue them together, leading to an increased likelihood of clotting
  • stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
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