16-letter words containing k, o, n

narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
narcotrafficking — the buying and selling of illegal drugs.
nassella tussock — type of tussock grass
network analysis — a mathematical method of analyzing complex problems, as in transportation or project scheduling, by representing the problem as a network of lines and nodes.
network computer — a relatively inexpensive computer with minimal processing power, designed primarily to provide access to computer networks, as corporate intranets or the Internet. Abbreviation: NC.
network database — (database) A kind of database management system in which each record type can have multiple owners, e.g. orders are owned by both customers and products. This contrasts with a hierarchical database (one owner) or relational database (no explicit owner).
network engineer — (job) A high-level LAN/WAN technician who plans, implements and supports network solutions between multiple platforms. A network engineer installs and maintains local area network hardware and software, and troubleshoots network usage and computer peripherals. He may have CNE certification.
network meltdown — (networking) (By analogy with catastrophic failure of a nuclear reactor) An event that causes saturation, or near saturation, of a network. Network meltdown usually results from illegal or misrouted packets (see Chernobyl packet) and typically lasts only a short time. It may also be caused by a hardware fault. It is the network equivalent of thrashing.
network operator — (job) A person who monitors and maintains the operation of a communications network. A network operator troubleshoots hardware (cables, routers, network switches, hubs, network adaptors), software, and transmission problems.
network provider — a business or organization that provides customers with access to a telecommunications network (esp mobile phone networks) or to the internet
network topology — (networking) The "shape" of a network, how the nodes are connected to each other. Common topologies are bus network, star network and ring network.
new world monkey — any of various arboreal anthropoid primates of the group or superfamily Platyrrhini, inhabiting forests from Mexico to Argentina and typically having a hairy face, widely separated nostrils, long arms, and a long, prehensile tail, and including the capuchin, douroucouli, howler monkey, marmoset, saki, spider monkey, squirrel monkey, titi, uakari, and woolly monkey.
nick someone for — to defraud someone to the extent of
norodom sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
not miss a trick — to be very alert
observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
off one's rocker — Also called runner. one of the curved pieces on which a cradle or a rocking chair rocks.
off one's stroke — performing or working less well than usual
oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
okefenokee swamp — a large wooded swamp area in SE Georgia.
old world monkey — any of various anthropoid primates of the family Cercopithecidae, of Africa, the Arabian peninsula, and Asia, typically having a hairless face, forward- or downward-directed nostrils, relatively short arms, flat nails, and either having a rudimentary tail or using the tail for balance rather than grasping, and including the baboon, colobus monkey, guenon, langur, macaque, mandrill, mangabey, patas, proboscis, and talapoin.
old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
on the back foot — at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent
on the stroke of — punctually at
one for the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
packing fraction — Physics. a measure of the stability of an atomic nucleus, equal to 10 4 multiplied by the mass defect and divided by the mass number.
pharmacokinetics — the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
philosopher king — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
philosopher-king — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
plain-spokenness — the quality or characteristic of being plain-spoken
pork scratchings — small pieces of crisply cooked pork crackling, eaten cold as an appetizer with drinks
potemkin village — a pretentiously showy or imposing façade intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby fact or condition.
poverty-stricken — suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.
preference stock — preferred stock.
proboscis monkey — a reddish, arboreal monkey, Nasalis larvatus, of Borneo, the male of which has a long, flexible nose: an endangered species.
punctuation mark — any of a group of conventional marks or characters used in punctuation, as the period, comma, semicolon, question mark, or dash.
put a sock in it — be quiet!
rack one's brain — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
rainbow lorikeet — a small Australasian parrot, Trichoglossus haematodus, with brightly-coloured plumage
rattlesnake root — any of certain composite plants of the genus Prenanthes, whose roots or tubers have been regarded as a remedy for snake bites, as P. serpentaria or P. alba.
redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
regional network — mid-level network
reservation desk — a desk in a hotel, office, etc, where an employee takes bookings for rooms, tickets, etc
rocket scientist — a specialist in rocketry.
rockville centre — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
roskind grammars — (tool) Yacc-based parsers for C and C++ by Jim Roskind. It does not use the %prec and %assoc YACC features so conflicts are never hidden. The C grammar has only one shift-reduce conflict, the C++ grammar has a few more. With byacc it can produce graphical parse trees automatically. The C grammar conforms to ANSI C and the C++ grammar supports cfront 2.0 constructs.
round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
round the wrekin — the long way round
run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade

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