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

  • lover's knot — love knot.
  • lovesickness — Quality or property of being lovesick.
  • mesoplankton — plankton that live at middle depths.
  • misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
  • mogul skiing — a skiing event in which skiers descend a slope which is covered in mounds of snow, making two jumps during the descent
  • monk's cloth — a heavy cotton fabric in a basket weave, used for curtains, bedspreads, etc.
  • monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
  • nickelodeons — Plural form of nickelodeon.
  • nikola tesla — Nikola [nik-oh-luh] /ˈnɪk oʊ lə/ (Show IPA), 1856–1943, U.S. physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor, born in Croatia.
  • no such luck — You can say 'No such luck' when you want to express your disappointment over something.
  • 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.
  • pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
  • plain-spoken — candid; frank; blunt.
  • risk pooling — Risk pooling is the practice of sharing all risks among a group of insurance companies.
  • 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 pölten — a city in NE Austria, the capital of Lower Austria state. Pop: 49 121 (2001)
  • 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a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.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
  • silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
  • skeleton bob — a small sledge for racing over a frozen track, steered by the rider by movements of the head and shoulders
  • skeleton car — a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
  • skeleton key — a key with nearly the whole substance of the bit filed away so that it may open various locks.
  • skeleton law — a framework or basic outline of law or rule
  • skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
  • skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
  • skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
  • smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
  • smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
  • snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
  • soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
  • spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
  • stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
  • take counsel — receive advice
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • thanks a lot — thank you
  • thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
  • thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
  • unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
  • vernoleninsk — former name of Nikolayev.
  • walk on eggs — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
  • walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
  • workableness — The quality or state of being workable, or the extent to which a thing is workable.
  • worklessness — (British) Unemployment; the state of being without paid work.
  • yellowshanks — A bird, the yellowlegs.
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