11-letter words containing k, n, o, s
- outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
- outspokenly — In an outspoken manner.
- oxygen mask — a masklike device placed or worn over the nose and mouth when inhaling supplementary oxygen from an attached tank.
- oyster pink — a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
- peak season — busiest annual period
- penny stock — common stock, usually highly speculative, selling for less than a dollar a share.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- pink salmon — a small Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, distinguished by its small scales and long anal fin and by the bright red spawning coloration of males, occurring from California to Alaska and in waters of Japan: fished commercially and for sport.
- pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- pyrokinesis — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
- rock salmon — (formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish: now called rockfish or catfish
- rocketsonde — a telemeter for gathering data on the atmosphere at very high altitudes, carried aloft by rocket and returned to earth by parachute.
- round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
- salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
- schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
- shacklebone — the wrist
- shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shimonoseki — a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: treaty ending Sino-Japanese War signed 1895.
- shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
- shock front — the forward boundary surface of a shock wave.
- shopkeeping — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
- signal book — a book containing the signals to be used for sending messages to other boats
- silk cotton — the silky covering of the seeds of certain tropical trees of the bombax family, used for stuffing cushions, pillows, etc.
- single knot — overhand knot.
- skeletonize — to reduce to a skeleton, outline, or framework.
- ski touring — cross-country skiing.
- skimmington — (in rural Britain, formerly) the custom of forming a mock procession to ridicule an unfaithful spouse
- skin colour — the colour of a person's skin, ie Black, White, etc
- skinner box — a box used in experiments in animal learning, especially in operant conditioning, equipped with a mechanism that automatically gives the animal food or other reward or permits escape, as by opening a door.
- skunk works — (usually lowercase). Also, skunk works, skunkworks [skuhngk-wurks] /ˈskʌŋkˌwɜrks/ (Show IPA). Slang. an often secret experimental laboratory or facility for producing innovative products, as in the computer or aerospace field.
- slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
- smoke point — heat at which oil gives off smoke
- smokescreen — If something that you do or say is a smokescreen, it is intended to hide the truth about your activities or intentions.
- smoking ban — the prohibition of smoking cigarettes, etc in public places
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- smoking gun — indisputable proof or evidence of a crime.
- sneak up on — If someone sneaks up on you, they try and approach you without being seen or heard, perhaps to surprise you or do you harm.
- snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
- snorkelling — the activity of swimming with a snorkel
- sock lining — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
- soft drinks — A soft drink is a cold, nonalcoholic drink such as lemonade or fruit juice, or a carbonated drink.
- soft-spoken — (of persons) speaking with a soft or gentle voice; mild.
- sound block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
- sound check — an on-the-spot rehearsal by a band before a gig to enable the sound engineer to set up the mixer
- sound truck — a truck carrying a loudspeaker from which speeches, music, etc., are broadcast, as for advertising, campaigning, or the like.
- sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
- spanakopita — a baked dish consisting of spinach, feta cheese, eggs, and scallions enclosed in layers of phyllo.