12-letter words containing c, o, n, s, k
- horse's neck — a drink of whiskey and ginger ale, served with ice and garnished with a spiral of lemon peel on the rim of the glass.
- jackson hole — a valley in NW Wyoming, near the Teton Range: wildlife preserve.
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- kick oneself — regret sth
- king's color — a white ceremonial ensign with a royal cipher, flown on special occasions by the British Royal Navy.
- king's crown — a tropical American shrub, Justicia carnea, of the acanthus family, bearing clusters of tubular reddish flowers.
- king's scout — (in Great Britain) a boy scout who has achieved the highest level of scouting: similar to the U.S. eagle scout.
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- knucklebones — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
- lake jackson — a town in S Texas.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- look askance — glance sidelong or with suspicion
- lovesickness — Quality or property of being lovesick.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- monk's cloth — a heavy cotton fabric in a basket weave, used for curtains, bedspreads, etc.
- moonstricken — Moonstruck.
- nickelodeons — Plural form of nickelodeon.
- no such luck — You can say 'No such luck' when you want to express your disappointment over something.
- noam chomsky — (Avram) Noam [nohm,, noh-uh m] /noʊm,, ˈnoʊ əm/ (Show IPA), born 1928, U.S. linguist, educator, and political activist.
- nordic skier — a person who practises cross-country racing and ski-jumping
- on the rocks — a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- on the stick — alert, efficient, etc.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- penny stocks — Penny stocks are high-risk stock that sells for a very low price outside of the main stock exchange.
- port jackson — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia: the harbor of Sydney.
- rock cornish — a small hybrid chicken produced by mating Cornish and White Rock chickens and marketed especially as a roaster.
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- rock springs — a city in SW Wyoming.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- section mark — section (def 16).
- self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
- self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
- silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
- 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.
- smoke screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
- smoke-screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- 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.
- socket joint — a joint in which the rounded end of one part fits into the cavity of another part
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- specksioneer — a whaler
- spinal block — spinal anesthesia.