12-letter words containing o, k, d
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- hook and eye — a two-piece clothes fastener, usually of metal, consisting of a hook that catches onto a loop or bar.
- hydrocracker — a high-pressure processing unit used for hydrocracking.
- hydrokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control water.
- hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
- in good nick — in good condition
- indigo snake — a large, deep-blue or brown harmless snake, Drymarchon corais, ranging from the southern U.S. to South America and invading burrows to prey on small mammals: the eastern subspecies D. corais couperi is now greatly reduced in number.
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- 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.
- k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
- 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.
- kangaroo dog — an Australian breed of large rough-haired dog that resembles a greyhound and is bred to hunt kangaroos
- kenny method — a method of treating poliomyelitis, in which hot, moist packs are applied to affected muscles to relieve spasms and pain, and a regimen of exercises is prescribed to prevent deformities and to strengthen the muscles.
- ketoacidosis — (pathology) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- kidney donor — someone who donates one of their kidneys to be transplanted into another person
- kidney stone — an abnormal stone, or concretion, composed primarily of oxalates and phosphates, found in the kidney.
- kindred soul — like-minded person
- kingdom come — the next world; the hereafter; heaven.
- kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
- kiss goodbye — to kiss in taking leave
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- knightlihood — Quality of being knightly.
- knock around — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knocked down — hit and felled: by a vehicle, etc.
- knocked-down — composed of parts or units that can be disassembled: knocked-down furniture.
- 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.
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- market order — an order to buy or sell a specified amount of a security at the best price available.
- 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.