11-letter words containing o, a, k
- ration book — a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
- realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
- report back — If you report back to someone, you tell them about something that they asked you to find out about.
- risk factor — a condition, behavior, or other factor that increases risk: Smoking is a major risk factor for cancer; depression as a risk factor in suicide.
- road hockey — an imitation of the game of ice hockey played typically by children without ice skates on a public road.
- rock beauty — a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
- rock garden — a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants.
- rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
- rock rabbit — rock hyrax.
- rock salmon — (formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish: now called rockfish or catfish
- rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
- rock-garden — a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- rollerskate — a form of skate with four wheels or rollers instead of a runner, for use on a sidewalk or other surface offering traction.
- roman brick — a long, thin face brick, usually yellow-brown and having a length about eight times its thickness.
- rotary kiln — type of industrial oven
- round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
- safety hook — a hook that can be transformed into an eye by locking a hinged piece in place.
- safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
- salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
- sample book — a number of pieces of fabric, wallpaper, etc fastened together at one edge, for people to examine when trying to choose which example to buy
- sato eisaku — 1901–75, Japanese statesman: prime minister (1964–72). During his term of office Japan became a major economic power. He shared the Nobel peace prize (1974) for opposing the proliferation of nuclear weapons
- schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- sealed book — something beyond understanding and therefore unknown.
- shacklebone — the wrist
- shadow mask — a perforated metal sheet mounted close to the phosphor-dotted screen in some colour television tubes. The holes are positioned so that each of the three electron beams strikes the correct phosphor dot producing the required colour mixture in the image
- shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
- shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
- shockheaded — having a shock or thick mass of hair on the head.
- shopbreaker — a robber who breaks into a shop
- shovel beak — a deformity of the beak in intensively reared chicks
- signal book — a book containing the signals to be used for sending messages to other boats
- skatemobile — a scooterlike vehicle built of boxes, boards, or the like, and mounted on skate wheels.
- sky compass — a device for taking a bearing by means of polarized sunlight when the sun is invisible.
- slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
- smoke alarm — A smoke alarm or a smoke detector is a device fixed to the ceiling of a room which makes a loud noise if there is smoke in the air, to warn people.
- smoke-eater — a firefighter.
- smokechaser — a person who fights forest fires, especially one with lightweight equipment.
- smoked meat — animal flesh cooked by smoking
- smokey bear — an officer or officers of a state highway patrol.
- smoking ban — the prohibition of smoking cigarettes, etc in public places
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- smoky topaz — smoky quartz used as a gemstone: not a true topaz.
- smooth-talk — to persuade by flattery, cajolery, coaxing, or the like: We smooth-talked the company into a huge donation.
- sneak up on — If someone sneaks up on you, they try and approach you without being seen or heard, perhaps to surprise you or do you harm.
- so to speak — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.