15-letter words containing n, k, o, s
- fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- family skeleton — a closely guarded family secret
- fly honeysuckle — either of two honeysuckle shrubs, Lonicera canadensis, of eastern North America, or L. xylosteum, of Eurasia, having paired yellowish flowers tinged with red.
- give a monkey's — to care about or regard as important
- goldilocks zone — a zone around a star having temperatures and other conditions that can support life on planets: Mars is thought to lie on the outer edge of the sun's Goldilocks zone.
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- have one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
- heartbrokenness — The state or quality of being heartbroken.
- hog-nosed skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
- horror-stricken — Horror-stricken means the same as horror-struck.
- humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
- in one's pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- in one's tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- ivano-frankovsk — a city in W Ukraine, S of Lvov.
- kangaroo island — an island in the Indian Ocean, off South Australia. Area: 4350 sq km (1680 sq miles)
- keep one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- keep one's word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- keep open house — to be always ready to provide hospitality
- keep tabs on sb — If someone keeps tabs on you, they make sure that they always know where you are and what you are doing, often in order to control you.
- keep to oneself — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- kelmscott manor — a Tudor house near Lechlade in Oxfordshire: home (1871–96) of William Morris
- keynote address — a speech, as at a political convention, that presents important issues, principles, policies, etc.
- keynote speaker — sb: gives opening speech
- keystone comedy — a short film of the silent era, often featuring the Keystone Kops.
- kinesthesiology — The medical and therapeutic study of the movement of muscles and joints.
- king's champion — a hereditary official at British coronations, representing the king (King's Champion) or the queen (Queen's Champion) who is being crowned, and having originally the function of challenging to mortal combat any person disputing the right of the new sovereign to rule.
- kingdom of ends — (in Kantian ethics) a metaphorical realm to which belong those persons acting and being acted upon in accordance with moral law.
- kingsford-smith — Sir Charles (Edward). 1897–1935, Australian aviator and pioneer (with Charles Ulm) of trans-Pacific and trans-Tasman flights
- kissing cousins — any more or less distant kin familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss, as a cousin (kissing cousin)
- kissing gourami — a whitish labyrinth fish, Helostoma temmincki, found in southeastern Asia, noted for the habit of pressing its fleshy, protrusible lips against those of another: often kept in aquariums.
- knebworth house — a Tudor mansion in Knebworth in Hertfordshire: home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton; decorated (1843) in the Gothic style
- knock spots off — to outstrip or outdo with ease
- knowledge-based — characterized by the dominance of information services as an area of growth
- kreutzer sonata — a sonata for violin and piano (1803, Op. 47) by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- lake saint john — a lake in Canada, in S Quebec: drained by the Saguenay River. Area: 971 sq km (375 sq miles)
- lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
- lake-saint-john — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- lick one's lips — to anticipate or recall something with glee or relish
- long-case clock — tall-case clock.
- loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
- loving-kindness — tender kindness motivated by or expressing affection.
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- make allowances — to take mitigating circumstances into account in consideration (of)
- make no mistake — believe me, let me assure you
- make one's mark — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- make one's move — to pass from one place or position to another.
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.