12-letter words containing t, o, k, u
- function key — a key on a computer keyboard or terminal that, when pressed, alone or in combination with other keys, causes a specific computational or mechanical operation to be carried out.
- futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- give suck to — to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
- go walkabout — to wander through the bush
- greek yogurt — a thick, creamy, protein-rich yogurt made by removing most of the liquid whey, as by centrifuge or straining.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- groundstroke — A stroke played after the ball has bounced, as opposed to a volley.
- guest worker — a foreign worker permitted to work in a country, especially in Western Europe, on a temporary basis.
- honey bucket — a container for excrement, as in an outdoor toilet.
- ink fountain — the part of a printing press that stores ink and feeds it to the rollers.
- k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
- katharevousa — The purist form of modern Greek used in traditional literary writing, as opposed to the form that is spoken and used in everyday writing (called demotic).
- keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- ketone group — the characteristic group occurring in ketones that consists of the carbonyl group attached to two alkyl groups.
- king's scout — (in Great Britain) a boy scout who has achieved the highest level of scouting: similar to the U.S. eagle scout.
- kourotrophos — (archaeology) a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.
- koussevitzky — Serge [sairzh] /sɛərʒ/ (Show IPA), (Sergei Alexandrovich Koussevitsky) 1874–1951, Russian orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- look out for — 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 through — the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.
- look-through — the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.
- lookout post — a place from which a guard or sentry can keep watch
- mark out for — to select for or note as selected for
- mesokurtosis — (statistics) The property of having zero normalised kurtosis.
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- mount katmai — a volcano in SW Alaska, in the Aleutian Range: erupted in 1912 forming the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a region with numerous fumaroles; established as Katmai National Monument, 10 917 sq km (4215 sq miles), in 1918. Height: 2100 m (7000 ft). Depth of crater: 1130 m (3700 ft). Width of crater: about 4 km (2.5 miles)
- mount kazbek — an extinct volcano in N Georgia in the central Caucasus Mountains. Height: 5047 m (16 558 ft)
- mountainlike — Resembling a mountain or some aspect of one.
- mountebanked — Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank.
- new york cut — a porterhouse steak with the fillet removed.
- nomenklatura — a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, especially from a Communist Party.
- nootka sound — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, inside Nootka Island on the W coast of Vancouver Island, SW British Columbia, Canada.
- novokuznetsk — a city in the S Russian Federation in central Asia: an industrial center is located here because of coal deposits of the Kuznetsk Basin.
- out of stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- out of whack — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- outside work — work done off the premises of a business
- oval kumquat — a spineless shrub or small citrus tree, Fortunella margarita, of China, having oval-shaped, orange-yellow fruit with sweet and acid flesh.
- package tour — a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses: offering package tours of the chateau country.
- picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
- pocket mouse — any of numerous burrowing rodents, especially of the genus Perognathus, chiefly inhabiting arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, having fur-lined cheek pouches and a long tail.
- pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
- product mark — a trademark used on only one product.
- puck control — an offensive strategy to maintain control of the puck to prevent the other team from having scoring opportunities.
- quack doctor — an unqualified person who claims medical knowledge or other skills