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13-letter words containing k, o, n, d

  • overhand knot — a simple knot of various uses that slips easily.
  • overland park — a town in E Kansas, near Kansas City.
  • pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
  • pick-and-roll — an offensive maneuver in which a player interposes himself or herself between a teammate with the ball and a defender, then cuts quickly toward the basket for a pass from the same teammate.
  • plant kingdom — the plants of the world collectively.
  • powder monkey — (formerly) a boy employed on warships to carry gunpowder from the magazine to the guns.
  • recordkeeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
  • return-cocked — (of a cock bead) situated at an angle or arris.
  • road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
  • rock and roll — a style of popular music that derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and a simple, repetitive phrase structure.
  • rock hounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks, fossils, or minerals.
  • rock-and-roll — a style of popular music that derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and a simple, repetitive phrase structure.
  • round kumquat — an evergreen, citrus shrub or small tree, Fortunella japonica, of Japan, having blunt, broad leaves and globe-shaped, edible fruit.
  • round-cheeked — having plump cheeks
  • second-strike — noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
  • severodonetsk — a city in E Ukraine, NE of Donetsk.
  • shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
  • shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
  • silla kingdom — an ancient Korean state that unified Korea; flourished in the 7th–10th centuries a.d.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • solid-looking — reassuringly substantial or stable in appearance: They're a very solid-looking, intelligent couple.
  • 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.
  • spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
  • 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.
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • take on board — be receptive
  • 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.
  • task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
  • thousand oaks — a town in S California.
  • thunderstroke — a stroke of lightning accompanied by thunder.
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
  • turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
  • two of a kind — two similar people or things
  • undated stock — stock that has no definitive repayment commitment
  • understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
  • unforeskinned — circumcised
  • unsoldierlike — not befitting a soldier
  • vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
  • whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
  • windsor locks — a town in N Connecticut.
  • wonder-struck — struck or affected with wonder.
  • wonder-worker — a worker or performer of wonders or marvels.
  • wooden nickel — a useless thing; thing of no value
  • working fluid — a liquid or gaseous working substance.
  • working order — the condition of a mechanism when it is functioning properly: a stove in working order.
  • world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
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