12-letter words containing r, o, t, k, i
- kitty-corner — diagonal.
- kleptocratic — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- korea strait — a strait between Korea and Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. 120 miles (195 km) long.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- lake ontario — a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- likely story — dubious account
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- make history — do sth of great significance
- memory stick — computing: flashcard, dongle
- mesokurtosis — (statistics) The property of having zero normalised kurtosis.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- microtektite — a microscopic tektite found in ocean sediments and polar ice.
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- mole cricket — any of several burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae that have fossorial forelegs and that feed on the roots of plants.
- monkey trial — John 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.
- moonstricken — Moonstruck.
- 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
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- outside work — work done off the premises of a business
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- 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).
- 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.
- picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
- piston skirt — The piston skirt is the cylindrical walls of a piston.
- pocket drive — a small portable memory device that can be plugged into the USB port of many different types of computer
- poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
- poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- power kiting — an activity in which a person, sitting in a small buggy or wearing skis, etc, is propelled by the wind power generated by a large kite to which he or she is attached by ropes
- private joke — a joke that is understood only by a certain social group
- receipt book — book containing receipt slips
- ring network — (networking, topology) A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire in a ring or point-to-point. There are no endpoints. This topology is used by token ring networks. Compare: bus network, star network.
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
- rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
- running knot — a knot made around and so as to slide along a part of the same rope, thus forming a noose (running noose) that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
- ski trousers — warm padded trousers used for skiing
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- sports drink — a drink containing sugar and salts, etc designed to help replace fluid and energy lost through the physical exertion of sport