16-letter words containing n, k, o, s
- nick someone for — to defraud someone to the extent of
- norodom sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- not miss a trick — to be very alert
- observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
- off one's rocker — Also called runner. one of the curved pieces on which a cradle or a rocking chair rocks.
- off one's stroke — performing or working less well than usual
- oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
- okefenokee swamp — a large wooded swamp area in SE Georgia.
- on the stroke of — punctually at
- ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
- pharmacokinetics — the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
- philosopher king — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
- philosopher-king — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
- plain-spokenness — the quality or characteristic of being plain-spoken
- pork scratchings — small pieces of crisply cooked pork crackling, eaten cold as an appetizer with drinks
- poverty-stricken — suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.
- preference stock — preferred stock.
- proboscis monkey — a reddish, arboreal monkey, Nasalis larvatus, of Borneo, the male of which has a long, flexible nose: an endangered species.
- put a sock in it — be quiet!
- rack one's brain — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
- rattlesnake root — any of certain composite plants of the genus Prenanthes, whose roots or tubers have been regarded as a remedy for snake bites, as P. serpentaria or P. alba.
- reservation desk — a desk in a hotel, office, etc, where an employee takes bookings for rooms, tickets, etc
- rocket scientist — a specialist in rocketry.
- roskind grammars — (tool) Yacc-based parsers for C and C++ by Jim Roskind. It does not use the %prec and %assoc YACC features so conflicts are never hidden. The C grammar has only one shift-reduce conflict, the C++ grammar has a few more. With byacc it can produce graphical parse trees automatically. The C grammar conforms to ANSI C and the C++ grammar supports cfront 2.0 constructs.
- san antonio peak — a mountain in S California: highest peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, near San Bernardino. 10,080 feet (3072 meters).
- scribbling block — scratch pad.
- seaside knotweed — See under knotweed.
- secondary market — the market that exists for an issue after large blocks of shares have been publicly distributed.
- secondhand smoke — smoke from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe that is involuntarily inhaled, especially by nonsmokers.
- sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
- sekondi-takoradi — a seaport in SW Ghana.
- seneca snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
- shake one's head — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- shaker and mover — mover and shaker
- shot in the dark — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- shrinking violet — a shy, modest, or self-effacing person.
- silk-cotton tree — any of several spiny trees belonging to the genus Ceiba, of the bombax family, having palmately compound leaves and seeds surrounded by silk cotton, especially C. pentandra, from which kapok is obtained.
- slap on the back — to congratulate
- sling one's hook — to leave
- smack one's lips — If you smack your lips, you open and close your mouth noisily, especially before or after eating, to show that you are eager to eat or enjoyed eating.
- smoke inhalation — poisoning of the lungs caused by inhaling large quantities of toxic fumes from a fire
- sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
- speak in tongues — to engage in glossolalia
- speak one's mind — give one's frank opinion
- speed networking — the practice of trying to form business connections and contacts through meetings at which individuals are given the opportunity to have several conversations of limited duration with strangers
- spotted redshank — a sandpiper, Tringa erythropus, which is a large wader with red legs
- spring snowflake — a European amaryllidaceous plant, Leucojum vernum, with white nodding bell-shaped flowers
- stevedore's knot — a knot that forms a lump in a line to prevent it from passing through a hole or grommet.
- stick at nothing — to be prepared to do anything; be unscrupulous or ruthless