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12-letter words containing o, a, k, p, r

  • peacock worm — feather-duster worm.
  • persian knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the ends of yarn looped around a warp thread appear at each of the interstices between adjacent threads and produce a compact and relatively even pile effect.
  • petrozavodsk — a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
  • phone phreak — a person who uses computers or other electronic devices to place long-distance telephone calls without paying toll charges.
  • policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • poodle-faker — a young man or newly commissioned officer who makes a point of socializing with women; ladies' man
  • pork sausage — a sausage made with pork
  • port jackson — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia: the harbor of Sydney.
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
  • powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • private joke — a joke that is understood only by a certain social group
  • product mark — a trademark used on only one product.
  • rappahannock — a river flowing SE from N Virginia into the Chesapeake Bay: Civil War battle 1863. 185 miles (300 km) long.
  • reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
  • 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.
  • saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
  • scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
  • 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.
  • shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • sparrow hawk — a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
  • speakerphone — a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.
  • sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
  • sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
  • tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
  • to pull rank — If you say that someone in authority pulls rank, you mean that they unfairly force other people to do what they want because of their higher rank or position.
  • torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
  • walk-on part — acting role with no spoken lines
  • water pocket — a cavity at the foot of a cliff formed by the falling action of an intermittent stream.
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