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12-letter words containing o, r, s, k

  • electroshock — Of or relating to medical treatment by means of electric shocks.
  • enterokinase — (enzyme) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin.
  • eriskay pony — a breed of medium-sized pony, typically grey, with a dense waterproof coat. The Eriskay is the only surviving variety of the native ponies of the Western Isles of Scotland
  • ferrokinesis — (parapsychology) The ability to mentally manipulate iron and other metals.
  • flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
  • floorwalkers — Plural form of floorwalker.
  • florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
  • flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
  • folkloristic — the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
  • forsakenness — past participle of forsake.
  • fort jackson — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in N central South Carolina, NE of Columbia.
  • fort pickensAndrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
  • fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
  • fortresslike — Resembling a fortress in shape or impregnability.
  • fourses cake — a traditional English bread made with lard, dried fruit, and spices
  • frog sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
  • frog-sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
  • future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
  • georges bank — a bank extending generally NE from Nantucket: fishing grounds. 150 miles (240 km) long.
  • glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
  • gopher snake — a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
  • grass hockey — field hockey.
  • grayson kirk — Grayson (Louis) 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.
  • groom's cake — a fruit cake in layers of graduated size, served at a wedding.
  • ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
  • groundstroke — A stroke played after the ball has bounced, as opposed to a volley.
  • guest worker — a foreign worker permitted to work in a country, especially in Western Europe, on a temporary basis.
  • hammarskjold — Dag Hjalmar [dahg yahl-mahr] /dɑg ˈyɑl mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1905–61, Swedish statesman: Secretary General of the United Nations 1953–61; Nobel Peace Prize 1961.
  • harold stark — Harold Raynsford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
  • hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
  • holkar state — a former state of central India, ruled by the Holkar dynasty of Maratha rulers of Indore (18th century until 1947)
  • horse's neck — a drink of whiskey and ginger ale, served with ice and garnished with a spiral of lemon peel on the rim of the glass.
  • horsebreaker — One who trains, or breaks in, horses.
  • hotelkeepers — Plural form of hotelkeeper.
  • house-broken — (of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.
  • housebreaker — a person who breaks into and enters a house with a felonious intent.
  • housekeepers — Plural form of housekeeper.
  • housewrecker — wrecker (def 4).
  • hydrokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control water.
  • in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • jackarooesse — (Australia, obsolete, rare) A female jackaroo.
  • kakistocracy — government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power.
  • kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
  • karyokinesis — mitosis.
  • kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
  • katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
  • katharevousa — The purist form of modern Greek used in traditional literary writing, as opposed to the form that is spoken and used in everyday writing (called demotic).
  • keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
  • keratoplasty — plastic surgery performed upon the cornea, especially a corneal transplantation.
  • keratotomies — Plural form of keratotomy.
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