13-letter words containing k, n, o, t
- 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.
- skeletogenous — forming a skeleton, or parts of one
- skiing resort — a place which provides accommodation and facilities for skiing such as skiing trails, slopes, etc, esp for people who go there to take skiing holidays
- skin friction — the friction acting on a solid body when it is moving through a fluid
- 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.
- smoking stand — an ashtray mounted on a low pedestal, often placed next to an armchair, sofa, etc.
- smooth-spoken — speaking or spoken easily and softly.
- socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
- south dakotan — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- spotted skunk — either of two small, nocturnal skunks of the genus Spilogale, distinguished by a white forehead patch and a luxuriant coat of broken stripes and spots, including S. putorius of temperate North America and S. pygmaea of Mexico.
- 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.
- steering lock — an anti-theft device
- steve wozniak — (person) Co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs on 01 April 1976 and the inventor of the Apple II personal computer.
- sticks&stones — (language, functional programming) A functional, polymorphic hardware description language loosely based on ML by Lucca Cardelli.
- stock company — Finance. a company or corporation whose capital is divided into shares represented by stock.
- stock control — Stock control is the activity of making sure that a company always has exactly the right amount of goods available to sell.
- stock options — an option giving the holder, usually an officer or employee, the right to buy stock of the issuing corporation at a specific price within a stated period.
- stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.
- stock warrant — A stock warrant is the right to buy stock at a particular price on a particular date directly from the issuing company.
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- stocking loom — a type of knitting machine
- stocking mask — a nylon stocking used, especially by a criminal, to disguise the face.
- stocking unit — A stocking unit is a measurement or number by which items are kept in inventory, for example by dozens, kilograms, or cases.
- stork parking — spaces reserved in a parking lot for cars driven by pregnant women or new mothers.
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- streptokinase — an enzyme used to dissolve blood clots.
- surfer's knot — a tumorlike nodule below a surfer's knee or on the upper area of the foot, caused by pressure on the skin and tissue exerted by the surfboard.
- take occasion — to avail oneself of an opportunity (to do something)
- take on board — be receptive
- take stock in — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- take to drink — If someone takes to drink, they start to drink a lot of alcohol regularly, usually because they are depressed or worried about something.
- talking point — a fact or feature that aids or supports one side, as in an argument or competition.
- tarpeian rock — a rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which criminals and traitors were hurled.
- task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
- thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner
- think less of — to have a lower opinion of
- think more of — to have a higher opinion of
- think much of — to have a high opinion of
- think through — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- thousand oaks — a town in S California.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- thunderstroke — a stroke of lightning accompanied by thunder.
- to break even — When a company or a person running a business breaks even, they make neither a profit nor a loss.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- to keep going — If you keep going, you continue moving along or doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop.
- to run a risk — If you run the risk of doing or experiencing something undesirable, you do something knowing that the undesirable thing might happen as a result.
- toasting fork — a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
- token economy — a method of encouraging desirable behavior, especially in a hospital setting, by offering rewards of token money that can be exchanged for special food, access to television, and other bonuses.