15-letter words containing n, k, o, s
- (out) on strike — striking
- a king's ransom — If you refer to a sum of money as a king's ransom, you are emphasizing that it is very large.
- acknowledgments — a section of text containing an author’s statement acknowledging his or her use of the works of other authors and thanking the people who have helped him or her, usually printed at the front of a book
- ankylostomiasis — ancylostomiasis
- anthony hawkins — Sir Anthony Hope ("Anthony Hope") 1863–1933, English novelist and playwright.
- antilock brakes — brakes fitted to some road vehicles that prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- barn-door skate — an Atlantic skate, Raja laevis, that grows to a length of 4 feet (1.2 meters) or more.
- be on the skids — to be on the decline or downgrade; meet with failure
- beyond sb's ken — If something is beyond your ken, you do not have enough knowledge to be able to understand it.
- bishop auckland — a town in N England, in central Durham: seat of the bishops of Durham since the 12th century: light industries. Pop: 24 764 (2001)
- black mountains — a mountain range running from N Monmouthshire and SE Powys (Wales) to SW Herefordshire (England). Highest peak: Waun Fach, 811 m (2660 ft)
- black snakeroot — a tall bugbane, Cimicifuga racemosa, of the buttercup family, of eastern North America, having thin, tapering, toothed or deeply cut leaflets and branched clusters of small, white flowers.
- blagoveshchensk — a city and port in E Russia, in Siberia on the Amur River. Pop: 222 000 (2005 est)
- blow one's cork — to lose one's temper; become enraged
- blueback salmon — sockeye salmon.
- book of changes — an ancient Chinese book of divination, in which 64 pairs of trigrams are shown with various interpretations.
- brocken specter — an optical phenomenon sometimes occurring at high altitudes when the image of an observer placed between the sun and a cloud is projected on the cloud as a greatly magnified shadow.
- charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
- chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
- cholecystokinin — a hormone secreted by duodenal cells that stimulates the contraction of the gall bladder and secretion of pancreatic enzymes
- chondroskeleton — the cartilaginous part of the skeleton of vertebrates
- choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
- cloak-and-sword — (of a drama or work of fiction) dealing with characters who wear cloaks and swords; concerned with the customs and romance of the nobility in bygone times.
- coachwhip snake — a slender nonvenomous snake, Masticophis flagellum, of the US
- common shelduck — a large, brightly coloured gooselike duck of the Old World, Tadorna tadorna
- composing stick — a metal holder of adjustable width in which a compositor sets a line of type at a time by hand; now rarely used
- consumer market — the market of consumers for a particular good or service
- consumer strike — a boycott of a product by consumers, often in protest over a raise in its price.
- contraclockwise — Counterclockwise.
- cottonseed cake — cotton cake.
- counter-sinking — to enlarge the upper part of (a cavity), especially by chamfering, to receive the cone-shaped head of a screw, bolt, etc.
- countersink bit — a tool for countersinking
- csk corporation — (company) The japanese company that owns CSK Software and Sega. CSK Corp. is the largest independent japanese software company.
- czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
- debenture stock — stock that pays a fixed rate of interest at fixed intervals
- decision-making — the act or process of making decisions
- delmonico steak — club steak
- desktop manager — A user interface to system services, usually icon and menu based like the Macintosh Finder, enabling the user to run application programs and use a file system without directly using the command language of the operating system.
- diadochokinesia — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
- diadochokinesis — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
- discount broker — an agent who discounts commercial paper.
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- disk controller — (hardware, storage) (Or "hard disk controller", HDC) The circuit which allows the CPU to communicate with a hard disk, floppy disk or other kind of disk drive. The most common disk controllers in use are IDE and SCSI controllers. Most home personal computers use IDE controllers. High end PCs, workstations and network file servers mostly have SCSI adaptors.
- docking station — device: charger
- dolphin striker — a short vertical strut between the bowsprit and a rope or cable (martingale) from the end of the jib boom to the stem or bows, used for maintaining tension and preventing upward movement of the jib boom
- downhill skiing — the sport of skiing down a slope, usually making turns and various maneuvers.
- economic strike — a strike called in protest over wages, hours, or working conditions.
- eddystone rocks — a dangerous group of rocks at the W end of the English Channel, southwest of Plymouth: lighthouse
- electrokinetics — the branch of physics concerned with the motion of charged particles
- expression mark — one of a set of musical directions, usually in Italian, indicating how a piece or passage is to be performed
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