11-letter words containing l, o, k, s, i
- 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.
- pool a risk — If an insurer pools a risk, it takes on a share of each risk underwritten by every other member in an association of insurers or reinsurers.
- prusik loop — a loop formed with a sliding knot that locks under pressure in which a climber can place his foot in order to stand or ascend a rope
- rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
- rollicksome — rollicking; frolicsome.
- salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
- 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
- scissorlike — like scissors; moving, operating, or crossing in a manner suggesting the blades of scissors.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
- signal book — a book containing the signals to be used for sending messages to other boats
- silk cotton — the silky covering of the seeds of certain tropical trees of the bombax family, used for stuffing cushions, pillows, etc.
- silver book — (publication) Jensen and Wirth's infamous "Pascal User Manual and Report", so called because of the silver cover of the widely distributed Springer-Verlag second edition of 1978 (ISBN 0-387-90144-2). See also book titles, Pascal.
- single knot — overhand knot.
- six o'clock — 6 P.M., 1800 hours
- skatemobile — a scooterlike vehicle built of boxes, boards, or the like, and mounted on skate wheels.
- skeletonize — to reduce to a skeleton, outline, or framework.
- skin colour — the colour of a person's skin, ie Black, White, etc
- skittle out — to dismiss (batsmen) quickly
- slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
- snorkelling — the activity of swimming with a snorkel
- social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
- sock lining — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
- sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
- soft skills — emotional intelligence
- soldierlike — resembling a soldier
- sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
- soured milk — milk that has been deliberately soured by fermentation or by adding acids such as lemon juice or vinegar, to be used in cooking
- spondulicks — money; cash.
- spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- stick float — a float attached at the top and bottom to the line
- stock split — the act or result of splitting stock
- stock-still — completely still; motionless.
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
- trelliswork — latticework.
- tsiolkovski — Konstantin Eduardovich (kənstʌnˈtjin eduˈadəvɪtʃ). 1857–1935, Russian aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of rocket and space research. His work on liquid-fuelled rockets anticipated the ideas of Robert Goddard
- tsiolkovsky — Konstantin Eduardovich [kon-stuh n-teen ed-wahr-duh-vich;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen e-doo-ahr-duh-vyich] /ˈkɒn stən tin ɛdˈwɑr də vɪtʃ;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin ɛ duˈɑr də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1935, Russian inventor and rocket expert.
- visualworks — (language) A modern commercial implementation of the Smalltalk programming language. VisualWorks descends directly from the original Smalltalk-80 by Xerox PARC and was originally developed (for some time under the name Objectworks\Smalltalk) by ParcPlace Systems. VisualWorks relies on dynamic translation as its virtual machine technology.
- vladivostok — a seaport in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, on the Sea of Japan: eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
- westpolitik — a policy of a Communist country of adopting trade and diplomatic relations with non-Communist nations.
- willowwacks — a wooded, uninhabited area.
- workaholics — Plural form of workaholic.
- workaholism — a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.