10-letter words containing n, o, k, s
- kolinskies — Plural form of kolinsky.
- kommunarsk — a city in E Ukraine.
- konigsberg — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- korn shell — (ksh) A command interpreter for Unix.
- kronshtadt — city & naval fortress on an island in NW Russia, on the Gulf of Finland: pop. 45,000
- krummhorns — Plural form of krummhorn.
- kurrajongs — Plural form of kurrajong.
- lakefronts — Plural form of lakefront.
- lions book — (publication) "Source Code and Commentary on Unix level 6", by John Lions. The two parts of this book contained the entire source listing of the Unix Version 6 kernel, and a commentary on the source discussing the algorithms. These were circulated internally at the University of New South Wales beginning 1976-77, and were, for years after, the *only* detailed kernel documentation available to anyone outside Bell Labs. Because Western Electric wished to maintain trade secret status on the kernel, the Lions book was never formally published and was only supposed to be distributed to affiliates of source licensees (it is still possible to get a Bell Labs reprint of the book by sending a copy of a V6 source licence to the right person at Bellcore, but *real* insiders have the UNSW edition). In spite of this, it soon spread by samizdat to a good many of the early Unix hackers. In 1996 it was reprinted as a "classic":
- loan shark — a person who lends money at excessively high rates of interest; usurer.
- lock horns — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- longs peak — a peak in N Colorado, in the Rocky Mountain National Park. 14,255 feet (4345 meters).
- lord knows — You can say 'Lord knows' to emphasize something that you feel or believe very strongly.
- lossmaking — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- malinowski — Bronislaw Kasper [bron-uh-slahf kas-per;; Polish braw-nee-slahf kahs-puh r] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɑf ˈkæs pər;; Polish brɔˈni slɑf ˈkɑs pər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1942, Polish anthropologist in the U.S.
- markswoman — a woman skilled in shooting at a mark; a woman who shoots well.
- markswomen — Plural form of markswoman.
- maskalonge — muskellunge.
- maskinonge — muskellunge.
- ministroke — transient ischemic attack.
- misknowing — Present participle of misknow.
- monadnocks — Plural form of monadnock.
- monkfishes — Plural form of monkfish.
- moonrakers — Plural form of moonraker.
- moonstrike — the act of landing a spacecraft on the moon
- moonstruck — mentally deranged, supposedly by the influence of the moon; crazed.
- mosaicking — a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- mossbanker — A fish, the menhaden.
- mossbunker — the menhaden.
- muskmelons — Plural form of muskmelon.
- neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
- networkers — Plural form of networker.
- no-smoking — nonsmoking.
- noah's ark — the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- noisemaker — a person or thing that makes noise, as a reveler on New Year's Eve, Halloween, etc., or a rattle, horn, or similar device used on such an occasion.
- non-smoker — a person who does not smoke.
- non-sticky — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
- nonsmokers — Plural form of nonsmoker.
- nonsmoking — having restrictions against the smoking of tobacco: a nonsmoking section of an airplane.
- nonspeaker — a person who does not or cannot speak
- nonstriker — One who is not participating in an industrial strike.
- notchbacks — Plural form of notchback.
- okuninushi — a son of Susanowo and, in some legends, creator of the world.
- open stock — merchandise, especially china, silverware, and glassware, sold in sets with additional individual pieces available from stock for future purchases, as for replacement.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- pink noise — a random signal within the audible frequency range whose amplitude decreases as frequency increases, maintaining constant audio power per frequency increment.
- 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.