10-letter words containing n, o, k, i
- overtaking — passing the vehicle in front
- peacocking — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- pendelikon — a mountain in SE Greece, near Athens: noted for its fine marble. 3640 feet (1110 meters).
- pentelikon — Pendelikon.
- perikaryon — cell body.
- pick up on — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pink floyd — British rock group, formed in 1966: originally comprised Syd Barrett (1946–2006), Roger Waters (born 1944), Rick Wright (1945–2008), and Nick Mason (born 1945); Barrett was replaced by Dave Gilmour (born 1944) in 1968 and Waters left in 1986. Recordings include The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), and The Wall (1979)
- pink noise — a random signal within the audible frequency range whose amplitude decreases as frequency increases, maintaining constant audio power per frequency increment.
- pink pound — the money spent by homosexual people considered collectively
- planktonic — the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.
- poison oak — either of two shrubs, Rhus toxicodendron, of the eastern U.S., or R. diversiloba, of the Pacific coast of North America, resembling poison ivy and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to them.
- portakabin — A Portakabin is a small building that can be moved by truck and that can be used for a short period of time, for example as a temporary office.
- prick song — written music.
- printworks — (used with a singular or plural verb) a factory that prints textiles or other materials.
- quarkonium — a meson composed of a quark and an antiquark of the same flavor.
- quickthorn — hawthorn, esp when planted as a hedge
- radio link — radio communication setup
- raskolniki — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- re-invoked — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- reblocking — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
- reknotting — the craft of repairing knots, esp in a carpet or jewellery
- roadmaking — road building
- rockingham — Second Marquis of, Charles Watson-Wentworth.
- rodentlike — belonging or pertaining to the gnawing or nibbling mammals of the order Rodentia, including the mice, squirrels, beavers, etc.
- rollicking — carefree and joyous: They had a rollicking good time.
- rollocking — a very severe telling-off; dressing-down
- ropemaking — the act, skill, or process of fabricating rope.
- shikibuton — futon.
- shockingly — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shotmaking — the playing of good shots (by a sports player)
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- shylocking — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- skeletonic — resembling a skeleton
- skimmerton — shivaree (def 1).
- skin color — tone of complexion
- slide knot — a knot formed by making two half hitches on the standing part of the rope, the second hitch being next to the loop, which can be tightened.
- slovenlike — slovenly
- smoke ring — a visible ring formed by the sudden release of smoke, usually created by blowing smoke from the mouth or by a cigarette, incense stick etc
- snorkeling — Also called, British, snort. a device permitting a submarine to remain submerged for prolonged periods, consisting of tubes extended above the surface of the water to take in air for the diesel engine and for general ventilation and to discharge exhaust gases and foul air.
- snowmaking — the creation of artificial snow at ski areas.
- sock-liner — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
- soft drink — a beverage that is not alcoholic or intoxicating and is usually carbonated, as root beer or ginger ale.
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- spoil bank — a bank of excavated refuse or waste earth, as of shale from surface coal mining.
- spookiness — like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks.
- springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- stick down — seal with an adhesive
- stink bomb — a small glass globe, used by practical jokers: it releases a liquid with an offensive smell when broken
- stinkstone — any of various limestones that emit an unpleasant odor when scratched or struck.
- stock unit — the tax basis for evaluating farmers' stock. Cattle, sheep, and deer are each given differing stock-unit values, the basic measure being the ewe equivalent