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12-letter words containing n, o, k, s

  • nootka sound — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, inside Nootka Island on the W coast of Vancouver Island, SW British Columbia, Canada.
  • nordenskjold — Baron Nils Adolf Erik [nils ah-dawlf ey-rik] /nɪls ˈɑ dɔlf ˈeɪ rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1832–1901, Swedish arctic explorer, geographer, and geologist; born in Finland.
  • nordic skier — a person who practises cross-country racing and ski-jumping
  • nosey parker — a persistently nosy, prying person; busybody.
  • novokuznetsk — a city in the S Russian Federation in central Asia: an industrial center is located here because of coal deposits of the Kuznetsk Basin.
  • novomoskovsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
  • novorossiysk — a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea.
  • on the books — registered
  • on the rocks — a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
  • on the skids — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
  • on the skite — on a drinking spree
  • on the stick — alert, efficient, etc.
  • open desktop — (operating system, product)   A Motif-based graphical interface from the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO), built over their Unix environment, part of the ACE initiative. Also known as "Open DeathTrap".
  • orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
  • overkindness — the quality of being too kind
  • overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
  • packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
  • parkinsonian — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, related to, or resembling Parkinson's disease.
  • parkinsonism — Parkinson's disease.
  • passion week — the week preceding Easter; Holy Week.
  • pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
  • penny stocks — Penny stocks are high-risk stock that sells for a very low price outside of the main stock exchange.
  • pension book — In Britain, a pension book is a small book which is given to pensioners by the government. Each week, one page can be exchanged for money at a Post Office.
  • persian knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the ends of yarn looped around a warp thread appear at each of the interstices between adjacent threads and produce a compact and relatively even pile effect.
  • photokinesis — movement occurring upon exposure to light.
  • piston skirt — The piston skirt is the cylindrical walls of a piston.
  • plain-spoken — candid; frank; blunt.
  • port jackson — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia: the harbor of Sydney.
  • ribbon snake — either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
  • risk pooling — Risk pooling is the practice of sharing all risks among a group of insurance companies.
  • rock cornish — a small hybrid chicken produced by mating Cornish and White Rock chickens and marketed especially as a roaster.
  • rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
  • rock springs — a city in SW Wyoming.
  • roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
  • rooter skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
  • rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
  • rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
  • salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
  • salmon steak — a thick slice of salmon
  • saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
  • sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
  • sankt pölten — a city in NE Austria, the capital of Lower Austria state. Pop: 49 121 (2001)
  • scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
  • scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
  • self-locking — 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.
  • self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
  • senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
  • severodvinsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Europe, on Dvina Gulf, E of Archangel.
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