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11-letter words containing o, n, a, k

  • phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
  • pigeon hawk — merlin.
  • pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
  • pink salmon — a small Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, distinguished by its small scales and long anal fin and by the bright red spawning coloration of males, occurring from California to Alaska and in waters of Japan: fished commercially and for sport.
  • pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
  • plank floor — a floor made from sawed, straight-grained timber.
  • point-blank — aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
  • poke around — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
  • poke fun at — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
  • pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
  • poyang lake — a lake in E China, in N Jiangxi province, connected by canal with the Yangtze River: the second largest lake in China. Area (at its greatest): 2780 sq km (1073 sq miles)
  • prony brake — a friction brake serving as a dynamometer for measuring torque.
  • quaking bog — a bog formed of peat or woven rushes and shrubs that forms over water or soft mud and shakes when walked upon.
  • radio knife — an electrical instrument for cutting tissue that by searing severed blood vessels seals them and prevents bleeding.
  • rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
  • raking bond — a brickwork bond in which concealed courses of diagonally laid bricks are used to bond exposed brickwork to the wall structure.
  • random walk — Statistics. the path taken by a point or quantity that moves in steps, where the direction of each step is determined randomly.
  • ration book — a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
  • 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 salmon — (formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish: now called rockfish or catfish
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
  • schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
  • shacklebone — the wrist
  • shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
  • 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.
  • signal book — a book containing the signals to be used for sending messages to other boats
  • slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
  • smoking ban — the prohibition of smoking cigarettes, etc in public places
  • smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
  • 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.
  • sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
  • spanakopita — a baked dish consisting of spinach, feta cheese, eggs, and scallions enclosed in layers of phyllo.
  • spokeswoman — a woman who speaks for another person or for a group.
  • sponge cake — a light, sweet cake made with a comparatively large proportion of eggs but no shortening.
  • square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
  • stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
  • stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
  • szymanowski — Karol [kah-rawl] /ˈkɑ rɔl/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1937, Polish composer.
  • tae kwon do — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
  • take action — act, do sth practical
  • take notice — listen, heed
  • take out on — If you take something out on someone, you behave in an unpleasant way towards them because you feel angry or upset, even though this is not their fault.
  • talk around — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
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