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14-letter words containing d, o, n, k

  • pocket edition — pocketbook (def 3).
  • potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
  • promenade deck — an upper deck or part of a deck on a passenger ship where passengers can stroll, often covered with a light shade deck.
  • ragnar lodbrok — a possibly historical Danish king of the 9th century, the subject of an Old Icelandic saga and of accounts in the Danish history by Saxo Grammaticus: also associated with the story of Sigurd and the Volsungs.
  • ready reckoner — reckoner (def 2).
  • reception desk — the front desk in a hotel where guests can books rooms or ask questions
  • record-keeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
  • roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
  • roanoke rapids — a city in NE North Carolina.
  • self-knowledge — knowledge or understanding of oneself, one's character, abilities, motives, etc.
  • skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
  • skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
  • skin and bones — a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation: Anorexia had reduced her to skin and bones.
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
  • sock suspender — garter (def 1).
  • sonderkommando — a group of prisoners assigned to collect belongings and dispose of the bodies of other prisoners who had died or been killed.
  • sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
  • stock dividend — a form of dividend collected by a stockholder in extra shares of the corporation's stock rather than in cash.
  • stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
  • stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
  • stockade fence — a fence of closely fitted vertical boards with pointed tops.
  • stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • tank destroyer — a high-speed, self-propelled, armored combat vehicle with antitank cannon.
  • think out loud — to speak one's thoughts as they occur
  • to shake hands — If you shake hands with someone, you take their right hand in your own for a few moments, often moving it up and down slightly, when you are saying hello or goodbye to them, congratulating them, or agreeing on something. You can also say that two people shake hands.
  • tokara islands — a group of Japanese islands in the W Pacific Ocean, in the N Ryukyu Islands.
  • trudgen stroke — a swimming stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used
  • unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • uncrowned king — a man or woman of high status among a certain group
  • united kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801–1922. 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Capital: London. Abbreviation: U.K.
  • vandyke collar — a wide collar of lace and linen with the edge formed into scallops or deep points.
  • vinca alkaloid — any of a group of alkaloids obtained from the periwinkle Vinca rosea, such as vinblastine and vincristine, that interfere with cell division and are used in the treatment of cancer
  • walkaround pay — extra pay earned by an employee for accompanying an official inspector on a plant tour or around a job site.
  • wardrobe trunk — a large, upright trunk, usually with space on one side for hanging clothes and drawers or compartments on the other for small articles, shoes, etc.
  • wild monkshood — a plant, Aconitum uncinatum, of the buttercup family, native to the eastern central U.S., having roundish leaves and hooded, blue flowers, growing in rich, moist soil.
  • windsor rocker — a Windsor chair on rockers
  • yorkshire bond — flying bond.
  • you don't know — You can say 'You don't know' in order to emphasize how strongly you feel about the remark you are going to make.
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