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12-letter words containing o, d, l, k

  • holidaymaker — vacationer.
  • jodrell bank — site of a radio astronomy observatory (Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories) in NE Cheshire, England, that operates a 250-foot (76-meter) radio telescope.
  • kachina doll — a Hopi Indian doll carved from cottonwood root in representation of a kachina and given as a gift to a child or used as a household decoration.
  • kaleidophone — an instrument, invented by Professor Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), consisting of a light on a vibrating rod with a reflecting knob for exhibiting the effect of sound waves
  • kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
  • kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
  • kindred soul — like-minded person
  • kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
  • kluge around — (jargon)   To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
  • knightlihood — Quality of being knightly.
  • knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • knuckle down — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
  • lady's-smock — a N temperate plant, Cardamine pratensis, with white or rose-pink flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • leader block — Nautical. lead block.
  • leukopedesis — an outward flow of white blood cells through a blood-vessel wall.
  • linking word — A linking word is a word which shows a connection between clauses or sentences. 'However' and 'so' are linking words.
  • lock forward — either of two players who make up the second line of the scrum and apply weight to the forwards in the front line
  • lodging knee — a knee reinforcing a hull horizontally, as at the ends of deck beams.
  • long weekend — a weekend holiday extended by a day or days on either side
  • 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.
  • look down on — 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.
  • looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
  • loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
  • markov model — (probability, simulation)   A model or simulation based on Markov chains.
  • mekong delta — the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.
  • milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
  • misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
  • monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
  • needleworker — One who carries out needlework.
  • 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.
  • nordenskjold — Baron Nils Adolf Erik [nils ah-dawlf ey-rik] /nɪls ˈɑ dɔlf ˈeɪ rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1832–1901, Swedish arctic explorer, geographer, and geologist; born in Finland.
  • oak-panelled — having panels that are made of oak
  • oakland park — a town in S Florida.
  • 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.
  • poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
  • poodle-faker — a young man or newly commissioned officer who makes a point of socializing with women; ladies' man
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
  • 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.
  • saddle block — a type of spinal anaesthesia producing sensory loss in the buttocks, inner sides of the thighs, and perineum
  • shellshocked — suffering from shellshock
  • solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
  • stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
  • 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
  • stock saddle — Western saddle.
  • stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
  • take hold of — grasp, seize sth
  • talk down to — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
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