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

  • monkey trialJohn Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
  • more like it — closer to being what is wanted
  • 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.
  • motor skills — coordination, ability to move
  • mountainlike — Resembling a mountain or some aspect of one.
  • nikola tesla — Nikola [nik-oh-luh] /ˈnɪk oʊ lə/ (Show IPA), 1856–1943, U.S. physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor, born in Croatia.
  • nothing like — totally dissimilar to, completely unlike
  • on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
  • 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.
  • pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
  • pigtail hook — a screw hook having an eye in the form of a spiral for holding a loop, chain link, etc., at any angle.
  • 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.
  • poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
  • poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
  • skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
  • solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
  • 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
  • stork's-bill — Also called heron's-bill. any of various plants belonging to the genus Erodium, of the geranium family, having deeply lobed leaves, loose clusters of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers, and long, slender fruit.
  • talking book — a phonograph record or tape recording of readings of a book, magazine, etc., made especially for use by the blind.
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
  • thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
  • tick trefoil — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Desmodium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and jointed pods with hooked hairs by which they adhere to objects.
  • tickler coil — the coil by which the plate circuit of a vacuum tube is inductively coupled with the grid circuit in the process of regeneration.
  • 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.
  • 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
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