14-letter words containing o, k, i, n, e, s
- lovingkindness — kindness or affectionate behavior resulting from or expressing love
- mayonnaiselike — Resembling mayonnaise.
- mesh stockings — stockings with a netted pattern or made out of a netted material such as lace or netted nylon
- metallokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control metals.
- mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
- neo-kantianism — Kantianism as modified by various philosophers.
- neo-lamarckism — Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
- new kensington — a city in W Pennsylvania.
- nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
- options market — a market in which options are traded
- orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
- ozone sickness — a condition characterized by chest pain, itchy eyes, and drowsiness, caused by exposure to ozone, as experienced in the atmospheres of smog and high-altitude airplanes.
- parking sensor — A parking sensor is a device on a vehicle which detects obstacles and alerts the driver if the vehicle comes too close to them when being parked.
- passion killer — something that is sexually unattractive or inhibiting
- pembroke pines — a city in SE Florida, near Fort Lauderdale.
- pick one's way — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pickled onions — onions which have been preserved in vinegar or brine
- poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
- profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
- quick response — fast reaction time
- reception desk — the front desk in a hotel where guests can books rooms or ask questions
- roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
- roanoke rapids — a city in NE North Carolina.
- rock mechanics — the study of the mechanical behaviour of rocks, esp their strength, elasticity, permeability, porosity, density, and reaction to stress
- rocket science — rocketry.
- roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
- schottky noise — shot effect.
- self-mockingly — in a self-mocking manner
- self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- skin and bones — a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation: Anorexia had reduced her to skin and bones.
- smoking jacket — a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- speaking clock — a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time
- speaking voice — a person's normal voice in which they speak
- stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- stinking roger — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor.
- stock dividend — a form of dividend collected by a stockholder in extra shares of the corporation's stock rather than in cash.
- stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
- think positive — be optimistic
- trick question — sth asked to mislead or incriminate sb
- walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
- windsor rocker — a Windsor chair on rockers