11-letter words that end in k
- oxygen mask — a masklike device placed or worn over the nose and mouth when inhaling supplementary oxygen from an attached tank.
- oyster fork — a small, three-pronged fork, used especially in eating seafood.
- oyster pink — a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
- panel truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.
- passagework — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
- peking duck — a Chinese dish consisting of roast duck with a crispy skin; the meat is served with strips of vegetables, steamed pancakes, and hoisin sauce
- pen and ink — A pen and ink drawing is done using a pen rather than a pencil.
- penny black — the first adhesive postage stamp, issued in Britain in 1840; an imperforate stamp bearing the profile of Queen Victoria on a dark background
- penny stock — common stock, usually highly speculative, selling for less than a dollar a share.
- pervouralsk — a city in the central RSFSR, in the Ural Mountains in Asia.
- petrol tank — The petrol tank in a motor vehicle is the container for petrol.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
- pigeon hawk — merlin.
- pigeon milk — crop milk.
- pillow talk — private conversation, endearments, or confidences exchanged in bed or in intimate circumstances between spouses or lovers.
- pitch-black — extremely black or dark as pitch: a pitch-black night.
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- plate block — a block of four or more stamps containing the number or numbers of the printing plate or plates in the margin of the sheet.
- plough back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- pobeda peak — a mountain in central Asia, on the boundary between Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) and China: highest peak of the Tien Shan range. 24,406 feet (7439 meters).
- pocket book — a book small enough to be carried in one's pocket
- pocket park — a very small park or outdoor area for public leisure, especially an urban plaza or courtyard with benches and fountains.
- point-blank — aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
- police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
- policy wonk — a person who studies or makes political policies, esp one who has a strong enthusiasm for technical details
- pool a risk — If an insurer pools a risk, it takes on a share of each risk underwritten by every other member in an association of insurers or reinsurers.
- pop-up book — book: illustrations open out
- prajadhipok — 1893–1941, king of Siam 1925–35.
- prayer book — a book containing formal prayers to be used in public or private religious devotions.
- price break — a reduction in price, esp for bulk purchase
- price check — A price check is an investigation of the prices charged by different retailers for the same goods to find the best value.
- prickleback — any of several blennioid fishes of the family Stichaeidae, usually inhabiting cold waters, having spiny rays in the dorsal fin.
- privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
- prokopyevsk — a city in the S central Russian Federation in Asia, NW of Novokuznetsk.
- pugil stick — a long pole or stick with padded ends used to carry out mock combat.
- pulled pork — of or denoting meat that is cooked until the meat can easily be pulled off the bone, as in pulled pork.
- punch-drunk — (especially of a boxer) having cerebral concussion caused by repeated blows to the head and consequently exhibiting unsteadiness of gait, hand tremors, slow muscular movement, hesitant speech, and dulled mentality.
- purple book — 1. (publication) The "System V Interface Definition". The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender. 2. (publication) The Wizard Book. See also book titles.
- puzzle book — a book of games or questions presenting problems that require skill or ingenuity for their solution
- quack-quack — a duck
- quail clock — a clock that announces the hours by a sound resembling that of a quail.
- quarterback — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- quarterdeck — the part of a weather deck that runs aft from the midship area or the mainmast to the stern or poop of a vessel.
- quick trick — a card, or group of cards, that will probably win the first or second trick in a suit, regardless of who plays it or at what declaration.
- radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
- random walk — Statistics. the path taken by a point or quantity that moves in steps, where the direction of each step is determined randomly.
- ration book — a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
- realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
- recipe book — a book containing lists of ingredients and directions for making different food dishes