13-letter words containing n, a, k, s
- stock warrant — A stock warrant is the right to buy stock at a particular price on a particular date directly from the issuing company.
- stocking mask — a nylon stocking used, especially by a criminal, to disguise the face.
- stork parking — spaces reserved in a parking lot for cars driven by pregnant women or new mothers.
- strange quark — a quark having electric charge −1/3 times the elementary charge and strangeness −1; it is more massive than the up and down quarks.
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- streptokinase — an enzyme used to dissolve blood clots.
- sunken garden — a formal garden set below the main level of the ground surrounding it.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- take occasion — to avail oneself of an opportunity (to do something)
- take stock in — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- talkativeness — inclined to talk a great deal: One drink and she became very talkative.
- task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
- tennis racket — long-handled bat used in tennis
- thank heavens — used as an exclamation of gratitude and relief
- the west bank — a semi-autonomous Palestinian region in the Middle East on the W bank of the River Jordan, comprising the hills of Judaea and Samaria and part of Jerusalem: formerly part of Palestine (the entity created by the League of Nations in 1922 and operating until 1948): became part of Jordan after the ceasefire of 1949: occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In 1993 a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization provided for the West Bank to become a self-governing Palestinian area; a new Palestinian National Authority assumed control of parts of the territory in 1994–95, but subsequent talks broke down and Israel reoccupied much of this in 2001–02 and continues to maintain most existing Israeli settlements. Pop: 2 676 740 (2013 est). Area: 5879 sq km (2270 sq miles)
- the-swan-lake — a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.
- thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
- thousand oaks — a town in S California.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- to run a risk — If you run the risk of doing or experiencing something undesirable, you do something knowing that the undesirable thing might happen as a result.
- toasting fork — a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
- tracking shot — dolly shot.
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- train-workers — people who work on trains
- transfer desk — the place in an airport where you arrange a transfer from one flight to another
- trash-talking — disparaging or boastful language used especially to demoralize or intimidate opponents: trash-talking in the locker room.
- tseng kuo-fan — 1811–72, Chinese general and statesman.
- undated stock — stock that has no definitive repayment commitment
- unimak island — an island in SW Alaska, in the E part of the Aleutian Islands: largest and easternmost of the Aleutian Islands. About 70 miles (110 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) wide.
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- visakhapatnam — a seaport in Andhra Pradesh, in E India, on the Bay of Bengal.
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- walking stick — a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
- water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
- well-speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- west pakistan — a former province of British Pakistan, separated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) by N India: declared independence as Republic of Pakistan 1956.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- winnepesaukee — Lake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.
- winnipesaukee — Lake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.
- winter's bark — an evergreen tree, Drimys winteri, ranging from Mexico to Cape Horn, having aromatic leaves and cream-colored, jasmine-scented flowers.
- working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
- working class — those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
- works manager — a factory manager
- world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
- yang shangkun — 1907–98, Chinese Communist leader: president 1988–99.
- yuan shih-kai — 1859–1916, president of China 1912–16.