15-letter words containing k, i, o, g
- kingsford-smith — Sir Charles (Edward). 1897–1935, Australian aviator and pioneer (with Charles Ulm) of trans-Pacific and trans-Tasman flights
- kissing cousins — any more or less distant kin familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss, as a cousin (kissing cousin)
- kissing gourami — a whitish labyrinth fish, Helostoma temmincki, found in southeastern Asia, noted for the habit of pressing its fleshy, protrusible lips against those of another: often kept in aquariums.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
- leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
- loving-kindness — tender kindness motivated by or expressing affection.
- make a thing of — to make a fuss about; exaggerate the importance of
- make nothing of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- marriage broker — a person who arranges marriages, usually between strangers, for a fee.
- mineral kingdom — minerals collectively.
- moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
- no smoking sign — A no smoking sign in a place is a notice to say that smoking is forbidden in that place.
- no-smoking room — A no-smoking room in a hotel is a room intended for people who do not want to smoke.
- north kingstown — a town in S central Rhode Island.
- on a knife-edge — To be on a knife-edge means to be in a situation in which nobody knows what is going to happen next, or in which one thing is just as likely to happen as another.
- orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
- outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
- package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
- parking offence — the act of leaving your car somewhere illegally
- passive smoking — the inhaling of cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoke of others, especially by a nonsmoker in an enclosed area.
- pickling onions — small onions suitable for pickling
- record-breaking — top, most successful
- regulatory risk — a risk to which private companies are subject, arising from the possibility of legislation or regulations that will affect business being adopted by a government
- rendering works — (used with a singular verb) a factory or plant that renders and processes livestock carcasses into tallow, hides, fertilizer, etc.
- ringtail monkey — a Central and South American monkey, Cebus capucinus, having a prehensile tail and hair on the head resembling a cowl.
- rolling kitchen — a mobile kitchen used for feeding troops outdoors.
- shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
- smoking-concert — a concert where smoking is allowed.
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- social drinking — the practice of drinking alcohol occasionally and usually only in social situations
- social-drinking — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- south kingstown — a town in S central Rhode Island.
- speaking of sth — You can say speaking of something that has just been mentioned as a way of introducing a new topic which has some connection with that thing.
- starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- stocking stitch — stockinette (def 2).
- stoke newington — former metropolitan borough of London, now part of Hackney
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
- the working man — working class people collectively
- tongue in cheek — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- tongue-in-cheek — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- virginian stock — a similar and related North American plant, Malcolmia maritima
- walking holiday — a holiday on which you walk a lot, esp in the countryside
- walking wounded — casualties, as of a military conflict, who are wounded but ambulatory.
- what's cooking? — what's happening?