11-letter words containing o, k, a, n
- down-market — appealing or catering to lower-income consumers; widely affordable or accessible.
- downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
- dragon book — (publication) The classic text "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6). So called because of the cover design featuring a dragon labelled "complexity of compiler design" and a knight bearing the lance "LALR parser generator" among his other trappings. This one is more specifically known as the "Red Dragon Book" (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled "Principles Of Compiler Design" (Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman; Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the "Green Dragon Book" (1977). (Also "New Dragon Book", "Old Dragon Book".) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast extends back in normal space. See also book titles.
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- embarkation — The act of embarking.
- english oak — a species, Q. robur of the genus Quercus.
- epimanikion — Cuffs worn over the sticharion by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to a maniple in other catholic churches.
- eton jacket — a waist-length jacket with a V-shaped back, open in front, formerly worn by pupils of Eton College
- fair-spoken — speaking or spoken in a courteous, civil, or plausible manner; smooth-spoken.
- folktronica — a musical genre that combines elements from folk and electronic music
- frank dobie — (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.
- frankenfood — (colloquial, derogatory) genetically modified food.
- frankenword — (neologism) A word formed by combining two (or more) other words; a portmanteau.
- fuck around — to have sexual intercourse with.
- gazingstock — (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- goalkeeping — The art of a goalkeeper.
- goalkicking — the act of taking a goal kick
- gobsmacking — Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
- godforsaken — desolate; remote; deserted: They live in some godforsaken place 40 miles from the nearest town.
- grand forks — a town in E North Dakota.
- granny knot — a reef knot with the ends crossed the wrong way, making it liable to slip or jam
- hack around — to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often followed by up or down): to hack meat; to hack down trees.
- half-broken — past participle of break.
- half-joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- hand-worker — a person who does handwork
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- heartbroken — crushed with sorrow or grief.
- home baking — such things as bread, cakes and biscuits that are baked at home
- horned lark — a lark, Eremophila alpestris, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a tuft of feathers on each side of the crown of the head.
- house snake — any African snake of the genus Boaedon, some species of which are important mouse and rat catchers in areas of human habitation.
- hypokinesia — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- i know what — I have an idea
- imparkation — the act of imparking
- indian poke — false hellebore.
- isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
- jack around — to spend time in useless activity
- jack mormon — a non-Mormon living amicably among Mormons.
- jack salmon — walleye (def 1).
- jackarooing — Present participle of jackaroo.
- jackson day — January 8, a holiday commemorating Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815: a legal holiday in Louisiana.
- jerk around — If you say that someone is jerking you around, you mean that they are not being honest with you about something.
- johnny cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- johnny-cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- joukahainen — a Lapp magician who tried to kill Väinämöinen.
- k-radiation — one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- kaffir corn — a Southern African variety of sorghum, cultivated in dry regions for its grain and as fodder
- kalashnikov — A Kalashnikov is a type of rifle that is made in Russia.
- kalsomining — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- kamelaukion — a tall, black, brimless, flat-topped hat, worn by the clergy of the Eastern Church.