13-letter words containing n, o, k, i
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housing stock — the total number of houses, flats, etc, in an area
- hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
- hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- i don't think — a phrase added to an ironical statement
- in one's book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
- in the pocket — (of a fly half) in an attacking position slightly further back from play than normal, making himself available for a drop goal attempt
- insulin shock — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
- invoice clerk — a worker, esp in an office, who deals with invoices
- jack robinson — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- john sobieski — John, John III (def 2).
- john suckling — Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.
- kangaroo vine — an Australian vine, Cissus antarctica, of the grape family, having shiny, leathery leaves.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- kathenotheism — Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
- keep in touch — stay in contact
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- kidney stones — an abnormal stone, or concretion, composed primarily of oxalates and phosphates, found in the kidney.
- killing frost — the occurrence of temperatures cold enough to kill all but the hardiest vegetation, especially the last such occurrence in spring and the first in fall, events that limit the agricultural growing season.
- kim young sam — born 1927, president of South Korea 1993–98.
- kin selection — a form of natural selection that favors altruistic behavior toward close relatives resulting in an increase in the altruistic individual's genetic contribution to the next generation.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- kinesiologist — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
- king of kings — Christ; Jesus.
- king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
- king's ransom — an extremely large amount of money: The painting was sold for a king's ransom.
- king's yellow — a yellow or red crystalline substance, As 2 S 3 , occurring in nature as the mineral orpiment, and used as a pigment (king's yellow) and in pyrotechnics.
- kinross-shire — a former county of E central Scotland: became part of Tayside region in 1975 and part of Perth and Kinross in 1996
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
- knickerbocker — a descendant of the Dutch settlers of New York.
- knitting wool — wool used for knitting
- knobcone pine — a pine, Pinus attenuata, of the Pacific coast of the U.S., bearing cones with knoblike scales.
- knocking copy — advertising or publicity material designed to denigrate a competing product
- know by sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- know-nothings — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
- knuckle joint — a joint forming a knuckle.
- kolding fjord — an inlet of the Little Belt at the head of which is Kolding
- kota kinabalu — a state in Malaysia, on the N tip of Borneo: formerly a British crown colony. 29,347 sq. mi. (76,008 sq. km). Capital: Kota Kinabalu.
- krishna menon — Vengalil Krishnan [ven-gah-leel krish-nuh n] /vɛnˈgɑ lil ˈkrɪʃ nən/ (Show IPA), 1897–1974, Indian politician and statesman.
- kyrie eleison — (italics) the brief petition “Lord, have mercy,” used in various offices of the Greek Orthodox Church and of the Roman Catholic Church.
- lake manitoba — a lake in W Canada, in S Manitoba: fed by the outflow from Lake Winnipegosis; drains into Lake Winnipeg. Area: 4706 sq km (1817 sq miles)
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- leading block — lead block.
- leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- loan-sharking — the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates
- locking piece — (in a striking train) a hooked part, rising and falling on a locking plate and arresting the rotation of the plate after the proper number of strokes.
- locking plate — a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.