11-letter words containing n, o, k, i
- ferronickel — a ferroalloy containing up to 45 percent nickel.
- folk singer — a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing his or her own accompaniment on a guitar.
- folkishness — The quality of being folkish.
- folktronica — a musical genre that combines elements from folk and electronic music
- foreign key — (database) A column in a database table containing values that are also found in some primary key column (of a different table). By extension, any reference to entities of a different type. Some RDBMSs allow a column to be explicitly labelled as a foreign key and only allow values to be inserted if they already exist in the relevant primary key column.
- foreknowing — Present participle of foreknow.
- forethinker — someone who forethinks
- forty winks — a short nap.
- frank dobie — (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.
- gazingstock — (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- goalkeeping — The art of a goalkeeper.
- goalkicking — the act of taking a goal kick
- gobsmacking — Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
- godlikeness — The quality of being godlike.
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- ground pink — a plant, Linanthus dianthiflorus, of southern California, having pink or white flowers.
- half-joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- home baking — such things as bread, cakes and biscuits that are baked at home
- homeworking — Working from home, especially when in electronic contact with a central office.
- honor trick — (in certain bidding systems) a high card or set of high cards that can reasonably be expected to take a trick, the total worth of such cards in a hand being the basis for evaluating its strength and bidding.
- hoodwinking — Present participle of hoodwink.
- hop-picking — the activity of picking hops
- hormonelike — Resembling a hormone or some aspect of one.
- hot working — Hot working is a process in which a metal is shaped under pressure at a fairly high temperature.
- hot-desking — the practice of not assigning permanent desks in a workplace, so that employees may work at any available desk
- hypokinesia — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- hypokinesis — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- hypokinetic — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- i know what — I have an idea
- ill-looking — ugly.
- imparkation — the act of imparking
- in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.
- in the book — in all that is known and practiced in connection with a particular activity
- in the dock — the place in a courtroom where a prisoner is placed during trial.
- in the know — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
- in token of — something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign: Black is a token of mourning.
- indian poke — false hellebore.
- interbroker — relating to interbroker dealers or their work
- interlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of interlock.
- irksomeness — The state of being irksome; vexatiousness; tediousness; wearisomeness.
- ironworkers — Plural form of ironworker.
- ironworking — The making of useful or decorative items from iron.
- isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
- jackarooing — Present participle of jackaroo.
- joint stock — stock or capital divided into a number of shares.
- joukahainen — a Lapp magician who tried to kill Väinämöinen.
- k-radiation — one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- kaffir corn — a Southern African variety of sorghum, cultivated in dry regions for its grain and as fodder