12-letter words containing p, r, k
- klipspringer — a small, agile African antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus, of mountainous regions from the Cape of Good Hope to Ethiopia.
- knee-slapper — a joke evoking boisterous hilarity.
- kourotrophos — (archaeology) a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.
- kuala lumpur — a constitutional monarchy in SE Asia: a federation, comprising the former British territories of Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak: member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 126,310 sq. mi. (327,143 sq. km). Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- lamp bracket — a bracket for holding a lamp
- lark sparrow — a North American sparrow, Chondestes grammacus, having a distinctive brown-and-white facial pattern.
- lepenski vir — the site of an advanced Mesolithic fishing culture on the banks of the Danube in Serbia, characterized by trapezoidal buildings and large stone sculptures of human heads and torsos.
- lincoln park — a city in SE Michigan.
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- makeup water — Makeup water is water which is added to compensate for losses, especially losses caused by evaporation.
- margin plank — a plank forming a border for wooden decking.
- market price — the price at which a commodity, security, or service is selling in the open market.
- marketplaces — Plural form of marketplace.
- marksmanship — a person who is skilled in shooting at a mark; a person who shoots well.
- marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- melrose park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- meroplankton — a floating mass of eggs and larvae of organisms that are nektonic or benthic in their adult stage; temporary plankton.
- milk parsley — a wetland plant belonging to the family Apiaceae
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- moo shu pork — a Chinese dish made of shredded pork and vegetables and beaten eggs, sautéed and usually served in a crêpe with hoisin sauce
- muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- nosey parker — a persistently nosy, prying person; busybody.
- oakland park — a town in S Florida.
- orange pekoe — a black tea composed of the smallest top leaves and grown in India and Ceylon.
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- package tour — a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses: offering package tours of the chateau country.
- packed tower — A packed tower is a tall distillation vessel which uses packing.
- packet radio — (communications, radio) The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
- pair skating — a form of competitive skating in which a man and a woman skate together in performing a choreographed series of jumps, lifts, and other acrobatic moves to a selection of music.
- pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
- pallet truck — a powered truck with a mast, sometimes telescopic, on which slides a carriage which can be raised and lowered hydraulically. The carriage has extended forks which can be passed under a palletized load for stacking or moving to a new position
- pancake roll — A pancake roll is an item of Chinese food consisting of a small roll of thin crisp pastry filled with vegetables and sometimes meat.
- paper napkin — a napkin or serviette made from tissue paper
- paring knife — a short-bladed kitchen knife for paring fruits and vegetables.
- parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
- parity check — a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit) to see if the value is even or odd.
- park savanna — savanna grassland scattered with trees
- parking fine — penalty fee for an offence
- parking ramp — apron (def 6).
- parkinsonian — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, related to, or resembling Parkinson's disease.
- parkinsonism — Parkinson's disease.
- passage work — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- pattern book — collection of textile motifs or designs
- patternmaker — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.