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9-letter words containing n, o, k, i

  • overstink — to stink more than (something else)
  • overthink — If you overthink, or if you overthink a problem, you spend too much time thinking about something.
  • pack into — If someone packs a lot of something into a limited space or time, they fit a lot into it.
  • paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
  • parkinson — a common neurologic disease believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain cells that produce dopamine, occurring primarily after the age of 60, characterized by tremors, especially of the fingers and hands, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression.
  • pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
  • pinchcock — a clamp for compressing a flexible pipe, as a rubber tube, in order to regulate or stop the flow of a fluid.
  • pinhooker — someone who trades in young racehorses for profit
  • pink coat — the coat, usually scarlet, of the hunt uniform worn by the staff and by male members of the hunt.
  • pink root — a disease of onions and other plants, characterized by pink, withered roots, caused by a fungus, Pyrenochaeta terrestris.
  • pinkerton — Allan, 1819–84, U.S. detective, born in Scotland.
  • plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
  • pocketing — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
  • pontianak — a seaport on W Kalimantan (Borneo), in central Indonesia.
  • provoking — serving to provoke; causing annoyance.
  • raskolnik — 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.
  • reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
  • reworking — revised version
  • reznikoff — Charles, 1894–1976, U.S. poet.
  • rock hind — a small, orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus adscensionis, inhabiting warm seas from North Carolina to Brazil, especially in the West Indies, and fished as food.
  • rockiness — the state or condition of a person who is shaky or unsteady, as from drinking, fatigue, or illness.
  • rockingly — in a rocking manner
  • rodzinski — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1958, U.S. orchestra conductor.
  • rose pink — a light pinkish red color.
  • sick note — proof of illness
  • silkoline — a silk-like fabric
  • skijoring — a sport in which a skier is pulled over snow or ice, generally by a horse.
  • skin food — a cosmetic cream for keeping the skin in good condition
  • skip zone — a region surrounding a broadcasting station that cannot receive transmissions either directly or by reflection off the ionosphere
  • slop sink — a deep sink for emptying slop pails and the like.
  • slovakian — a republic in central Europe: formerly a part of Czechoslovakia; under German protection 1939–45; independent since 1993. 18,931 sq. mi. (49,035 sq. km). Capital: Bratislava.
  • smokiness — emitting smoke, especially in large amounts.
  • snake oil — any of various liquid concoctions of questionable medical value sold as an all-purpose curative, especially by traveling hucksters.
  • snowblink — a white luminosity on the underside of clouds, caused by the reflection of light from a snow surface.
  • soakingly — so as to saturate or soak
  • socked in — to strike or hit hard.
  • soil bank — a plan providing cash payments to farmers who cut production of certain surplus crops in favor of soil-enriching ones.
  • sooterkin — the mythical black afterbirth of Dutch women that was believed to result from their warming themselves on stoves
  • springbok — a gazelle, Antidorcas marsupialis, of southern Africa, noted for its habit of springing into the air when alarmed.
  • stink out — to emit a strong offensive smell.
  • stinkaroo — something markedly inferior in quality: a stinkaroo of a motion picture.
  • stinkeroo — a bad or contemptible person or thing
  • stinkhorn — any of various rank-smelling, brown-capped mushrooms of the genus Phallus, especially P. impudicus.
  • stinkwood — any of several trees yielding fetid wood.
  • stockinet — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
  • taikonaut — an astronaut from the People's Republic of China
  • talk into — persuade
  • tangolike — resembling or characteristic of tango music or dance
  • technikon — a technical college
  • the koine — the Ancient Greek dialect that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely used throughout the E Mediterranean area in Roman times
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