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

  • roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
  • rocking horse — a toy horse, as of wood, mounted on rockers or springs, on which children may ride; hobbyhorse.
  • rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
  • rocking stone — any fairly large rock so situated on its base that slight forces can cause it to move or sway.
  • rolling stock — the wheeled vehicles of a railroad, including locomotives, freight cars, and passenger cars.
  • rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
  • saloon keeper — a person who owns or operates a saloon.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • severodonetsk — a city in E Ukraine, NE of Donetsk.
  • shanks's pony — one's own legs as a means of transportation
  • shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
  • shocking pink — a vivid or intensely bright pink.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • 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.
  • silla kingdom — an ancient Korean state that unified Korea; flourished in the 7th–10th centuries a.d.
  • 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
  • skiing resort — a place which provides accommodation and facilities for skiing such as skiing trails, slopes, etc, esp for people who go there to take skiing holidays
  • skin and bone — You can say someone is just skin and bone when you do not approve of the fact that they are very thin.
  • skin friction — the friction acting on a solid body when it is moving through a fluid
  • skin reaction — an irritation or inflammation of the skin due to an allergy or infection, brought about by natural means or by a skin test.
  • skipping rope — A skipping rope or skip rope is a piece of rope, usually with handles at each end. You exercise or play with it by turning it round and round and jumping over it.
  • skipping-rope — Also, jump roping. a children's game or an exercise for children and adults in which a rope is swung over and under the standing jumper, who must leap over it each time it reaches the feet.
  • skull session — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • smoked salmon — pink-fleshed fish cooked by smoking
  • smokelessness — the state or quality of producing or having no smoke
  • smoking stand — an ashtray mounted on a low pedestal, often placed next to an armchair, sofa, etc.
  • smooth-spoken — speaking or spoken easily and softly.
  • socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
  • solid-looking — reassuringly substantial or stable in appearance: They're a very solid-looking, intelligent couple.
  • soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
  • south dakotan — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
  • spark erosion — a method of machining using a shaped electrode which erodes the workpiece by an electric spark discharge between itself and the workpiece
  • spelling book — an elementary textbook or manual to teach spelling
  • spelling-book — a person who spells words.
  • spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
  • spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman
  • sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • spotted skunk — either of two small, nocturnal skunks of the genus Spilogale, distinguished by a white forehead patch and a luxuriant coat of broken stripes and spots, including S. putorius of temperate North America and S. pygmaea of Mexico.
  • standing joke — If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.
  • station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
  • steering lock — an anti-theft device
  • steve wozniak — (person)   Co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs on 01 April 1976 and the inventor of the Apple II personal computer.
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