12-letter words containing y, a, k, e, r
- nosey parker — a persistently nosy, prying person; busybody.
- 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.
- plain turkey — a bustard
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- prickly pear — any of numerous cacti of the genus Opuntia, having flattened, usually spiny stem joints, yellow, orange, or reddish flowers, and ovoid, often edible fruit.
- pyramid peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,018 feet (4276 meters).
- ready-cooked — (of food or food products) cooked before it is sold
- ribeye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
- rock and rye — a bottled drink made with rye whiskey, rock candy, and fruit.
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
- torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
- track system — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
- unremarkably — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- water turkey — anhinga.
- wesley clark — (person) One of the designers of the Laboratory Instrument Computer at MIT who subsequently had a quiet hand in many seminal computing events, such as the development of the Internet, the first really good description of the metastability problem in computer logic.
- yogurt-maker — a machine for making yogurt