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12-letter words containing ok

  • 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.
  • objectbroker — (programming)   A distributed object system from DEC based on the CORBA standard.
  • off the hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
  • on the books — registered
  • pattern book — collection of textile motifs or designs
  • pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
  • pension book — In Britain, a pension book is a small book which is given to pensioners by the government. Each week, one page can be exchanged for money at a Post Office.
  • photokinesis — movement occurring upon exposure to light.
  • picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
  • pigtail hook — a screw hook having an eye in the form of a spiral for holding a loop, chain link, etc., at any angle.
  • plain-spoken — candid; frank; blunt.
  • power broker — a person who wields great political, governmental, or financial power.
  • power-broker — a person who wields great political, governmental, or financial power.
  • private joke — a joke that is understood only by a certain social group
  • pruning hook — an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.
  • reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
  • ready-cooked — (of food or food products) cooked before it is sold
  • reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
  • receipt book — book containing receipt slips
  • record token — a gift voucher that can be used as payment for records of a specified value
  • robert hooke — Robert, 1635–1703, English philosopher, microscopist, and physicist.
  • rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
  • running joke — a joke or humorous allusion used recurrently in a play, film, television skit, etc., for a cumulative comic effect.
  • scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
  • self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
  • service book — a book containing the forms of worship used in divine services.
  • short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
  • sketch-books — Also, sketchpad. a book or pad of drawing paper for sketches.
  • smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
  • smoke jumper — an employee of the forest service parachuted to strategic spots in fighting forest fires
  • smoke screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
  • smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
  • smoke-screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
  • smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
  • smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
  • smoking room — a room set apart for smoking, as in a hotel or clubhouse.
  • smoky quartz — a smoky-yellow to dark brown or black variety of quartz, used as a gem.
  • solar cooker — a simple, low-cost device using focused sunshine to cook rice, boil water, etc.
  • spokesperson — a person who speaks for another or for a group.
  • statute book — a book containing the laws enacted by the legislature of a state or nation.
  • stockbroking — business of buying and selling stock
  • talking book — a phonograph record or tape recording of readings of a book, magazine, etc., made especially for use by the blind.
  • tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
  • the new look — a fashion in women's clothes introduced in 1947, characterized by long full skirts
  • token strike — a brief strike intended to convey strength of feeling on a disputed issue
  • tough cookie — If you say that someone is a tough cookie, you mean that they have a strong and determined character.
  • unlooked-for — not expected, anticipated, or foreseen: They were confronted with an unlooked-for situation.
  • unprovokedly — in an unprovoked manner
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