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12-letter words containing t, o, l, k, s

  • monk's cloth — a heavy cotton fabric in a basket weave, used for curtains, bedspreads, etc.
  • 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
  • nikola tesla — Nikola [nik-oh-luh] /ˈnɪk oʊ lə/ (Show IPA), 1856–1943, U.S. physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor, born in Croatia.
  • 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.
  • pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
  • poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • rock crystal — transparent quartz, especially when colorless.
  • rock lobster — spiny lobster.
  • rock-shelter — a shallow cave or cavelike area, as one formed by an overhanging cliff or standing rocks, occupied by Stone Age peoples, possibly for extended periods.
  • 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.
  • roller-skate — to glide about by means of roller skates.
  • salmon steak — a thick slice of salmon
  • sankt pölten — a city in NE Austria, the capital of Lower Austria state. Pop: 49 121 (2001)
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
  • silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
  • skeleton bob — a small sledge for racing over a frozen track, steered by the rider by movements of the head and shoulders
  • skeleton car — a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
  • skeleton key — a key with nearly the whole substance of the bit filed away so that it may open various locks.
  • skeleton law — a framework or basic outline of law or rule
  • skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
  • skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
  • slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
  • snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
  • solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
  • south kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
  • 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.
  • stock symbol — A stock symbol is a standard abbreviation for a publicly traded stock.
  • stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
  • stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
  • stork's-bill — Also called heron's-bill. any of various plants belonging to the genus Erodium, of the geranium family, having deeply lobed leaves, loose clusters of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers, and long, slender fruit.
  • take counsel — receive advice
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • thanks a lot — thank you
  • the bollocks — something excellent
  • the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
  • thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
  • to talk shop — If you say that people are talking shop, you mean that they are talking about their work, and this is boring for other people who do not do the same work.
  • walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
  • well-stocked — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
  • west suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk, in E England.
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