15-letter words containing k, o, g
- orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
- orthokeratology — a technique for correcting refractive errors in vision by changing the shape of the cornea with the temporary use of progressively flatter hard contact lenses.
- outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
- pack one's bags — If you pack your bags, you leave a place where you have been staying or living.
- 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
- programme-maker — someone who creates programmes for television and radio
- rake's progress — a series of paintings and engravings by William Hogarth.
- 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.
- sargon of akkad — 24th to 23rd century bc, semilegendary Mesopotamian ruler whose empire extended from the Gulf to the Mediterranean
- scavenge stroke — (in a reciprocating engine) the stroke of a piston in a four-stroke cycle that pushes the burnt gases out as exhaust
- shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
- smoker's tongue — Pathology. leukoplakia in the mouth caused by irritation due to smoking.
- 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.
- spark generator — an alternating-current power source with a condenser discharging across a spark gap.
- 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 down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
- 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
- the wrong track — the incorrect line of investigation, inquiry, etc
- to go for broke — If you go for broke, you take the most extreme or risky of the possible courses of action in order to try and achieve success.
- to my knowledge — as far as I am aware
- 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.
- unknowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- ust-kamenogorsk — a city in E Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
- virginian stock — a similar and related North American plant, Malcolmia maritima
- völkerwanderung — the migration of peoples, esp of Germanic and Slavic peoples into S and W Europe from 2nd to 11th centuries
- 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.
- weekend cottage — a cottage where people spend weekends
- what's cooking? — what's happening?