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

  • on the skite — on a drinking spree
  • on the stick — alert, efficient, etc.
  • 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
  • passion week — the week preceding Easter; Holy Week.
  • pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
  • 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.
  • plain-spoken — candid; frank; blunt.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
  • scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
  • 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a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.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.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • 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.
  • skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
  • 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 area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
  • socket joint — a joint in which the rounded end of one part fits into the cavity of another part
  • soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
  • soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
  • specksioneer — a whaler
  • stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
  • stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
  • thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
  • token strike — a brief strike intended to convey strength of feeling on a disputed issue
  • trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
  • unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
  • unstockinged — not wearing or covered by stockings
  • vernoleninsk — former name of Nikolayev.
  • walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
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