14-letter words containing n, o, k, s
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- disk mirroring — (hardware, storage) Use of one or more mirrors of a hard disk.
- dnepropetrovsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
- do one's block — to become angry
- donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
- donkey's years — a very long time; eons.
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- electrokinesis — (physics) The transport of particles or fluid by means of an electric field acting on a fluid which has a net mobile charge.
- flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
- floating stock — stock not held for permanent investment and hence available for speculation; stock held by brokers and speculators rather than investors.
- florence flask — a round bottle having a flat bottom and long neck, for use in laboratories.
- for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- freezing works — a slaughterhouse at which animal carcasses are frozen for export
- get one's back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- go up in smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- goodnight kiss — a kiss given to a person before going home or going to sleep
- gooseneck lamp — a desk lamp having a flexible shaft or stem.
- groundskeepers — Plural form of groundskeeper.
- groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
- gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
- hangman's knot — a slip noose for hanging a person, usually having eight or nine turns around the rope.
- hinoki cypress — an evergreen tree, Chamaecyparis obtusa, of Japan, having scalelike leaves and orange-brown cones, grown for timber and as an ornamental.
- hognosed skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
- hooker's green — a medium green to strong yellowish green.
- horrorstricken — Alternative spelling of horror-stricken.
- housing market — property trade
- inboard brakes — Inboard brakes are brakes located close to the center of the vehicle rather than at the wheel hub.
- insertion mark — a symbol used to show that a missing letter or symbol should be inserted
- jackson method — (programming) A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
- john steinbeck — John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.
- johnny smokers — a plant Geum triflorum, of the rose family, native to North America, having purplish flowers and silky-plumed fruit.
- kangaroo grass — a tall widespread Australian grass, Themeda australis, which is highly palatable to cattle and is used for fodder
- karstification — the process of turning into karst
- kedleston hall — a mansion near Derby in Derbyshire: rebuilt (1759–65) for the Curzon family by Matthew Brettingham, James Paine, and Robert Adam
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- keynote speech — opening address at a conference
- keystone joist — a reinforced-concrete joist with sloping sides and the top wider than the bottom.
- keystone state — Pennsylvania (used as a nickname).
- king of beasts — the lion.
- king's counsel — a body of barristers of a higher status who are specially appointed to be the crown's counsel, and who are permitted to plead inside the bar in the court.
- king's proctor — a British judiciary officer who may intervene in probate, nullity, or divorce actions when collusion, suppression of evidence, or other irregularities are alleged.
- kings mountain — a ridge in N South Carolina: American victory over the British 1780.
- kissing cousin — any more or less distant kin familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss, as a cousin (kissing cousin)
- kit inspection — inspection of soldiers' kit by a superior officer, to make sure it is all clean, working, and in a good state
- kleene closure — Kleene star
- knickerbockers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
- knockout drops — a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
- know backwards — to understand completely
- know the ropes — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.