11-letter words containing i, n, s, o
- joint stool — a low wood stool having turned legs with all parts joined by a mortise joint.
- jointedness — The state or condition of being jointed.
- jointresses — Plural form of jointress.
- josephinite — a mineral alloy of nickel and iron
- journalists — Plural form of journalist.
- jumpstation — A site on the World Wide Web containing a collection of hypertext links, usually to pages on a particular topic.
- junior miss — a teenage girl, especially a subdebutante.
- juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- kalashnikov — A Kalashnikov is a type of rifle that is made in Russia.
- kalsomining — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- kenogenesis — Alternative form of caenogenesis.
- ketogenesis — the production of ketone bodies in the body, as in diabetes mellitus or low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets.
- key station — a radio or television station that originates most of a network's broadcasting.
- kinesiology — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
- kinetoplast — A mass of mitochondrial DNA lying close to the nucleus in some flagellate protozoa.
- kinetoscope — an early motion-picture device, invented by Edison, in which the film passed behind a peephole for viewing by a single viewer.
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- king salmon — chinook salmon.
- kinky boots — boots with a very high heel and pointed toe, reaching to the thigh and often made of a shiny material, which are intended to look provocative and sexy
- knifepoints — Plural form of knifepoint.
- knighthoods — Plural form of knighthood.
- knobkerries — Plural form of knobkerry.
- knot stitch — a stitch that produces a knot on the fabric surface, made by twining the thread about the needle.
- knowingness — affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
- konigshutte — German name of Chorzów.
- labor pains — childbirth: contractions
- laborsaving — designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.
- lacerations — Plural form of laceration.
- laminations — Plural form of lamination.
- landlordism — the practice under which privately owned property is leased or rented to others for occupancy or cultivation.
- langoustine — a large prawn, Nephrops norvegicus, used for food.
- lanthanoids — Plural form of lanthanoid.
- latin cross — an upright or vertical bar crossed near the top by a shorter horizontal bar.
- legionaries — Plural form of legionary.
- legislation — the act of making or enacting laws.
- lemon stick — a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.
- lentiginose — (botany) Bearing numerous dots resembling freckles.
- lentiginous — of or relating to a lentigo.
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- lepidosiren — a lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, of the Amazon, having an eel-shaped body.
- life lesson — something from which useful knowledge or principles can be learned
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- lignicolous — growing or living on or in wood
- lignivorous — xylophagous.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- limitations — a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- limnologist — A specialist in limnology.
- liner notes — Usually, liner notes. explanatory or interpretative notes about an audio album, as a record, CD, etc., printed on the cover or case or otherwise provided.
- linesperson — (sports) A linesman or lineswoman.
- linseed oil — a drying oil obtained by pressing flaxseed, used in making paints, printing inks, linoleum, etc.