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13-letter words containing k, o, t, s

  • microdiskette — Alternative spelling of micro-diskette.
  • milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
  • milking stool — a low, usually three-legged stool with a flat seat in the shape of a half circle, used by a person when milking a cow.
  • milton keynes — a residential district in S England, near London, established in the 1960s.
  • monkey tricks — mischievous behaviour or acts, such as practical jokes
  • monkey's fist — a ball-like knot used as an ornament or as a throwing weight at the end of a line.
  • monster truck — a pick-up truck with extremely large tyres, often used for racing over rough terrain
  • mortise block — a block having a shell cut from a single piece of wood.
  • moshe shertok — Moshe [moh-shuh] /ˈmoʊ ʃə/ (Show IPA), Sharett, Moshe.
  • mosquito hawk — nighthawk (def 1).
  • network storm — broadcast storm
  • news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
  • off the books — of or relating to a book or books: the book department; a book salesman.
  • off-the-books — not recorded in account books or not reported as taxable income.
  • on the stocks — in preparation or under construction
  • outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
  • outspokenness — The quality of being outspoken; bluntness; frankness; candour.
  • package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.
  • petropavlovsk — a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
  • phantom stock — an employee bonus expressed as the cash value of a specified amount of company stock to be received at a future date, meant to create employee interest in raising stock prices without giving any stock away.
  • platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
  • pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
  • pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
  • pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
  • pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
  • question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
  • racket sports — sports, such as tennis, squash, badminton, etc, that are played using a racket
  • return stroke — the main discharge in a lightning stroke
  • roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
  • rocking stone — any fairly large rock so situated on its base that slight forces can cause it to move or sway.
  • roll-top desk — a flexible, sliding cover for the working area of a desk, opening by rising upward and back in quadrantal grooves and rolling up beneath the top.
  • rolling stock — the wheeled vehicles of a railroad, including locomotives, freight cars, and passenger cars.
  • sanction mark — a mark on pieces of 19th-century French furniture signifying that the piece met the quality standards required by the Parisian guild of ebonists
  • scotch whisky — whiskey distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley in a pot still.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • season ticket — a ticket for a specified series or number of events or valid for unlimited use during a specified time, often sold at a reduced rate, for athletic events, concerts, transportation, etc.
  • second-strike — noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
  • self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
  • severodonetsk — a city in E Ukraine, NE of Donetsk.
  • shock tactics — shock tactics are a way of trying to influence people's attitudes to a particular matter by shocking them
  • shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • shoot-to-kill — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to kill rather than disable
  • 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.
  • silk stocking — a lady's stocking made from a very fine material such as silk or nylon
  • silk-stocking — rich or luxurious in dress.
  • silkworm moth — any of several moths of the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae, the larvae of which are silkworms.
  • sirloin steak — cut of beef
  • 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.
  • skeletogenous — forming a skeleton, or parts of one
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