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11-letter words containing k, o, m, s

  • monkey bars — children's climbing frame
  • monkey fist — a ball-like knot used as an ornament or as a throwing weight at the end of a line.
  • monkey sort — bogo-sort
  • monkey suit — a tuxedo or full-dress suit.
  • monkeyshine — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
  • montelukast — a type of oral drug containing a leukotriene inhibitor, used in the treatment of asthma and seasonal allergies.
  • mossbunkers — Plural form of mossbunker.
  • mountebanks — Plural form of mountebank.
  • moussorgsky — Modest Petrovich [moh-dest pi-troh-vich;; Russian muh-dyest pyi-traw-vyich] /moʊˈdɛst pɪˈtroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian mʌˈdyɛst pyɪˈtrɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1839–81, Russian composer.
  • moviemakers — Plural form of moviemaker.
  • mu shu pork — moo shu pork
  • musk flower — a sticky-hairy plant, Mimulus moschata, of the figwort family, native to northern and western North America, having pale-yellow flowers and a musky odor.
  • musk mallow — Also called musk rose. a European mallow, Malva moschata, introduced into North America, having musk-scented white or lavender flowers.
  • musk orchid — a small Eurasian orchid, Herminium monorchis, with dense spikes of musk-scented greenish-yellow flowers
  • muskallonge — muskellunge.
  • noisemakers — Plural form of noisemaker.
  • noisemaking — The production of noise.
  • non-smoking — where smoking is not permitted
  • oxygen mask — a masklike device placed or worn over the nose and mouth when inhaling supplementary oxygen from an attached tank.
  • 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.
  • pipe smoker — a person who smokes a tobacco pipe
  • rock salmon — (formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish: now called rockfish or catfish
  • rollicksome — rollicking; frolicsome.
  • salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
  • sample book — a number of pieces of fabric, wallpaper, etc fastened together at one edge, for people to examine when trying to choose which example to buy
  • school milk — (formerly, in Britain) a third of a pint of milk, originally provided free by the local education authority to all young pupils, then later given only to children who passed a needs or means test
  • shadow mask — a perforated metal sheet mounted close to the phosphor-dotted screen in some colour television tubes. The holes are positioned so that each of the three electron beams strikes the correct phosphor dot producing the required colour mixture in the image
  • shimonoseki — a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: treaty ending Sino-Japanese War signed 1895.
  • skatemobile — a scooterlike vehicle built of boxes, boards, or the like, and mounted on skate wheels.
  • skimmington — (in rural Britain, formerly) the custom of forming a mock procession to ridicule an unfaithful spouse
  • sky compass — a device for taking a bearing by means of polarized sunlight when the sun is invisible.
  • smock frock — a loose overgarment of linen or cotton, as that worn by European farm laborers. Compare blouse (def 3).
  • smoke alarm — A smoke alarm or a smoke detector is a device fixed to the ceiling of a room which makes a loud noise if there is smoke in the air, to warn people.
  • smoke point — heat at which oil gives off smoke
  • smoke shelf — a ledge at the bottom of a smoke chamber, so made as to deflect or break downdrafts from the chimney.
  • smoke-dried — to dry or cure (meat or other food) using smoke.
  • smoke-eater — a firefighter.
  • smokechaser — a person who fights forest fires, especially one with lightweight equipment.
  • smoked meat — animal flesh cooked by smoking
  • smokejumper — a firefighter who parachutes to forest fires inaccessible to ground crews.
  • smokelessly — in a smokeless manner, without smoke
  • smokerlyzer — a device for estimating the amount of carbon monoxide in the breath: used in testing whether or not people, esp schoolchildren, have been smoking
  • smokescreen — If something that you do or say is a smokescreen, it is intended to hide the truth about your activities or intentions.
  • smokey bear — an officer or officers of a state highway patrol.
  • 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.
  • smoky river — a river in W central Alberta, Canada, flowing N to the Peace River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
  • smoky topaz — smoky quartz used as a gemstone: not a true topaz.
  • smooth-talk — to persuade by flattery, cajolery, coaxing, or the like: We smooth-talked the company into a huge donation.
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