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13-letter words containing k, a, e, s, o

  • outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
  • package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.
  • packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
  • parker bowles — Camilla (née Shand). born 1947, became the second wife of Prince Charles in 2005; created Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Rothesay
  • petropavlovsk — a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
  • phosphokinase — an increase in the amount of creatine phosphokinase that is released into the bloodstream when a muscle becomes injured
  • pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
  • pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
  • pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
  • pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
  • question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
  • racket sports — sports, such as tennis, squash, badminton, etc, that are played using a racket
  • rainbow snake — a burrowing snake, Farancia erytrogramma, of the southeastern U.S., having red and black stripes along the body, a red and yellow underside, and a sharp-tipped tail used in maneuvering prey.
  • raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
  • research work — work concerning research into or investigation into a subject, topic, etc, particularly in the sciences
  • risk aversion — a strong disinclination to take risks
  • roanoke bells — a wild plant, Mertensia virginica, of the borage family, native to the eastern U.S., grown as a garden plant for its handsome, nodding clusters of blue flowers.
  • rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
  • rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
  • saloon keeper — a person who owns or operates a saloon.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • sea hollyhock — a rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos.
  • season ticket — a ticket for a specified series or number of events or valid for unlimited use during a specified time, often sold at a reduced rate, for athletic events, concerts, transportation, etc.
  • shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
  • shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • sirloin steak — cut of beef
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
  • skin and bone — You can say someone is just skin and bone when you do not approve of the fact that they are very thin.
  • skin reaction — an irritation or inflammation of the skin due to an allergy or infection, brought about by natural means or by a skin test.
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • smoke chamber — an enlarged area between the throat of a fireplace and the chimney flue.
  • smoked salmon — pink-fleshed fish cooked by smoking
  • smooth-talker — a person who gets another person to do their bidding by using a slick, gently persuasive, practised, or competent manner
  • social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
  • social worker — sb who assists local community
  • spark erosion — a method of machining using a shaped electrode which erodes the workpiece by an electric spark discharge between itself and the workpiece
  • speak volumes — a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
  • spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman
  • sports jacket — a jacket, often of textured wool or colorful pattern, with a collar, lapels, long sleeves, and buttons in the front, cut somewhat fuller than the jacket of a business suit, worn with slacks for informal occasions.
  • sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
  • standing joke — If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.
  • station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
  • steve wozniak — (person)   Co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs on 01 April 1976 and the inventor of the Apple II personal computer.
  • stock footage — film containing stock shots.
  • stokes' aster — a composite plant, Stokesia laevis, having lavender-blue, asterlike flowers.
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • streptokinase — an enzyme used to dissolve blood clots.
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