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11-letter words containing k, o, n, i

  • skinner box — a box used in experiments in animal learning, especially in operant conditioning, equipped with a mechanism that automatically gives the animal food or other reward or permits escape, as by opening a door.
  • smoke point — heat at which oil gives off smoke
  • 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.
  • snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
  • snorkelling — the activity of swimming with a snorkel
  • sock lining — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
  • soft drinks — A soft drink is a cold, nonalcoholic drink such as lemonade or fruit juice, or a carbonated drink.
  • sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
  • spanakopita — a baked dish consisting of spinach, feta cheese, eggs, and scallions enclosed in layers of phyllo.
  • spondulicks — money; cash.
  • spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
  • stink stone — any of various limestones that emit an unpleasant odor when scratched or struck.
  • stockinette — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
  • stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
  • stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
  • strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • strike note — the note produced by a bell when struck, defining its musical pitch
  • strike zone — the area above home plate extending from the batter's knees to his or her shoulders.
  • strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
  • szymanowski — Karol [kah-rawl] /ˈkɑ rɔl/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1937, Polish composer.
  • take action — act, do sth practical
  • take notice — listen, heed
  • teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
  • think aloud — If you think aloud, you express your thoughts as they occur to you, rather than thinking first and then speaking.
  • ticking off — If you give someone a ticking off, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong.
  • top-ranking — A top-ranking person is someone who has a very high rank or status in a particular organization or field of activity.
  • trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • tuning fork — a steel instrument consisting of a stem with two prongs, producing a musical tone of definite, constant pitch when struck, and serving as a standard for tuning musical instruments, making acoustical experiments, and the like.
  • tuning knob — a knob or dial on a radio used to tune into different stations
  • unknowingly — ignorant or unaware: unknowing aid to the enemy.
  • unloverlike — not typical of a lover or resembling a lover
  • unreckoning — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
  • violinmaker — a person who designs and constructs violins, especially professionally.
  • voznesenski — Andrei (Andreievich) [ahn-drey ahn-drey-yuh-vich;; Russian uhn-dryey uhn-drye-yi-vyich] /ˈɑn dreɪ ɑnˈdreɪ yə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌnˈdryeɪ ʌnˈdryɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), (Andre Voznesensky) 1933–2010, Russian poet.
  • walk on air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
  • wind-broken — having the breathing impaired; affected with heaves.
  • windom peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,082 feet (4292 meters).
  • window back — woodwork, especially paneling, beneath the stool of a window.
  • wireworking — the use of wire to make functional or decorative works
  • wonkishness — The state or condition of being wonkish.
  • woodworking — the act or art of making things of wood.
  • working bee — a voluntary group doing a job for charity
  • working day — daytime hours occupied by work
  • working dog — one of any of several breeds of usually large, powerful dogs originally developed to assist people in their daily work, as draft animals, guard dogs, and guide dogs, and including the boxer, bullmastiff, Doberman pinscher, Great Dane, St. Bernard, and Siberian Husky.
  • working-day — workaday; everyday.
  • workmanlike — like or befitting a workman.
  • workmanship — the art or skill of a workman or workwoman.
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