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

  • make no bones — If you make no bones about something, you talk openly about it, rather than trying to keep it a secret.
  • make position — the situation in which a short vowel may be regarded as long, that is, when it occurs before two or more consonants
  • marketisation — Alternative spelling of marketization.
  • monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
  • narrow squeak — an escape only just managed
  • news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
  • noise masking — the use of noise to cancel out another sound, as with a white noise machine.
  • nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
  • norwalk virus — a norovirus.
  • novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
  • on one's back — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
  • on your marks — On your marks in British English, or on your mark in American English, is a command given to runners at the beginning of a race in order to get them into the correct position to start.
  • packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
  • pannikin boss — an overseer of a small group of workers; person with minor authority.
  • phantom stock — an employee bonus expressed as the cash value of a specified amount of company stock to be received at a future date, meant to create employee interest in raising stock prices without giving any stock away.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
  • 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.
  • sanction mark — a mark on pieces of 19th-century French furniture signifying that the piece met the quality standards required by the Parisian guild of ebonists
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • 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.
  • shanks's pony — one's own legs as a means of transportation
  • shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • silla kingdom — an ancient Korean state that unified Korea; flourished in the 7th–10th centuries a.d.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • smoked salmon — pink-fleshed fish cooked by smoking
  • smoking stand — an ashtray mounted on a low pedestal, often placed next to an armchair, sofa, etc.
  • soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
  • 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.
  • spark erosion — a method of machining using a shaped electrode which erodes the workpiece by an electric spark discharge between itself and the workpiece
  • spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman
  • sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • 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.
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