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12-letter words that end in k

  • devil's mark — (in witchcraft) a mark, as a scar or blemish, on the body of a person who has made a compact with a devil.
  • display hack — (graphics)   A program with the same approximate purpose as a kaleidoscope: to make pretty pictures. Famous display hacks include munching squares, smoking clover, the BSD Unix "rain(6)" program, "worms(6)" on miscellaneous Unixes, and the X "kaleid(1)" program. Display hacks can also be implemented without programming by creating text files containing numerous escape sequences for interpretation by a video terminal; one notable example displayed, on any VT100, a Christmas tree with twinkling lights and a toy train circling its base. The hack value of a display hack is proportional to the aesthetic value of the images times the cleverness of the algorithm divided by the size of the code. Synonym psychedelicware.
  • display pack — an empty box, etc, on a shop shelf, advertising a piece of merchandise that, due to its value or size, is not stored on the shelf. The display pack is normally taken to the till and there exchanged, on payment, for the actual item
  • do the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
  • dolphin kick — (in the butterfly stroke) a kick in which the legs move up and down together, with the knees bent on the upswing.
  • double block — a block having two sheaves or pulleys.
  • double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
  • double truck — Typesetting. a chase for holding the type for a center spread, especially for a newspaper.
  • double-check — a simultaneous check by two pieces in which the moving of one piece to give check also results in discovering a check by another piece.
  • double-click — to click a mouse button twice in rapid succession, as to open a program or select a file: Double-click on the desktop icon.
  • double-quick — very quick or rapid.
  • double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
  • draw a blank — (of paper or other writing surface) having no marks; not written or printed on: a blank sheet of paper.
  • drop a brick — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
  • dumper truck — A dumper truck is the same as a dump truck.
  • dynamic link — (compiler)   A pointer from an activation record to the activation record for the scope from which the current scope was called at run time. This is used in a statically scoped language to restore the environment pointer on exit from a scope. To access a non-local variable in a dynamically scoped language, dynamic links are followed until a binding for the given variable name is found.
  • east suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk county, in E England.
  • economy pack — a large pack of goods that is cheaper than a normal-sized pack
  • electro-funk — a type of electronic music, originating in the 1980s, characterized by the use of synthesizers with a heavy rhythm and punctuated bass, often influenced by the genres of funk and hip-hop
  • electroshock — Of or relating to medical treatment by means of electric shocks.
  • energy drink — beverage: added vitamins, etc.
  • engine block — the metal casting containing the piston chambers of an internal combustion engine
  • factory work — work in a factory
  • farm to fork — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
  • farm-to-fork — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
  • filing clerk — an employee who maintains office files
  • fillet steak — boneless cut of beef
  • flutter kick — a swimming kick in which the legs make rapid alternate up-and-down movements while the knees remain rigid, as in the crawl.
  • formula milk — An artificial substitute for breast milk intended for feeding infants. It can come in powdered form to be mixed with water or in instant liquid form.
  • fort detrick — a military reservation in N Maryland, NW of Frederick.
  • four-o'clock — a common garden plant, Mirabilis jalapa, of the four-o'clock family, having tubular red, white, yellow, or variegated flowers that open late in the afternoon.
  • french chalk — a talc for marking lines on fabrics.
  • french stick — a long straight notched stick loaf
  • frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
  • future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
  • gammon steak — a thick cut of meat made from smoked or cured bacon or ham and often served with pineapple or fried egg
  • garment rack — A garment rack is a rail used in stores to hang items of clothing on display, such as shirts and coats.
  • george crook — George, 1829–90, U.S. general in Indian wars.
  • georges bank — a bank extending generally NE from Nantucket: fishing grounds. 150 miles (240 km) long.
  • get the hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
  • get the sack — be dismissed from job
  • glacial milk — waters of a glacial stream in which particles of light-colored silt are suspended.
  • glacier milk — water flowing in a stream from the snout of a glacier and containing particles of rock
  • glacier peak — a volcanic mountain in NW central Washington, in the Cascade range. 10,541 feet (3213 meters).
  • gobbledegook — language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand: the gobbledegook of government reports.
  • gobbledygook — language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand: the gobbledegook of government reports.
  • gondola back — a chair or couch back curving forward and downward to form arms.
  • granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
  • graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
  • grayson kirk — Grayson (Louis) 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.
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