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16-letter words containing t, i, n, o, k

  • hot cold-working — metalworking at considerable heat but below the temperature at which the metal recrystallizes: a form of cold-working.
  • household knight — bachelor (def 5).
  • household-knight — an unmarried man.
  • if you must know — You say 'if you must know' when you tell someone something that you did not want them to know and you want to suggest that you think they were wrong to ask you about it.
  • in lockstep with — progressing at exactly the same speed and in the same direction as other people or things, esp as a matter of course rather than by choice
  • induction stroke — The induction stroke is the stroke of the piston in an internal combustion engine in which working fluid is drawn into the cylinder.
  • information desk — helpdesk, information point
  • information pack — a set of leaflets giving information about something
  • intake of breath — When someone takes an intake of breath, they breathe in quickly and noisily, usually because they are shocked at something.
  • karyokinetically — In a karyokinetic manner; by means of karyokinesis.
  • keep on a string — to have control or a hold over (someone), esp emotionally
  • kiloelectronvolt — (physics) A unit of energy equal to a thousand electron volts.
  • king of the hill — a game in which each player attempts to climb to the top of some point, as a mound of earth, and to prevent all others from pushing or pulling him or her off the top.
  • kit and caboodle — a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
  • knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
  • knights of malta — the order of Hospitalers.
  • knowledgeability — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • kolyma mountains — a mountain range in NE Siberia, Russia, near the Sea of Okhotsk, rising to over 6000 feet (1830 meters).
  • kondratieff wave — a long business cycle of economic expansion and contraction, postulated to last about 60 years.
  • kunlun mountains — mountain system in W China, between Tibet & Xinjiang: highest peak, c. 25,300 ft (7,711 m)
  • large-print book — a book where the text is printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
  • lightning stroke — a discharge of lightning between a cloud and the earth, esp one that causes damage
  • like cat and dog — quarrelling savagely
  • linguistic stock — a parent language and all its derived dialects and languages.
  • lookout mountain — a mountain ridge in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama: a battle of the Civil War fought here, near Chattanooga, Tenn. 1863; highest point, 2126 feet (648 meters).
  • make a complaint — If a guest makes a complaint, they express their dissatisfaction with something.
  • mock examination — an examination, esp in a school, taken as practice before an official examination
  • mount kosciuszko — a mountain in Australia, in SE New South Wales in the Australian Alps: the highest peak in Australia. Height: 2230 m (7316 ft)
  • muskegon heights — a city in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
  • narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
  • narcotrafficking — the buying and selling of illegal drugs.
  • network analysis — a mathematical method of analyzing complex problems, as in transportation or project scheduling, by representing the problem as a network of lines and nodes.
  • network engineer — (job)   A high-level LAN/WAN technician who plans, implements and supports network solutions between multiple platforms. A network engineer installs and maintains local area network hardware and software, and troubleshoots network usage and computer peripherals. He may have CNE certification.
  • network provider — a business or organization that provides customers with access to a telecommunications network (esp mobile phone networks) or to the internet
  • not miss a trick — to be very alert
  • observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
  • oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
  • old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
  • ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
  • packing fraction — Physics. a measure of the stability of an atomic nucleus, equal to 10 4 multiplied by the mass defect and divided by the mass number.
  • pharmacokinetics — the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
  • pork scratchings — small pieces of crisply cooked pork crackling, eaten cold as an appetizer with drinks
  • potemkin village — a pretentiously showy or imposing façade intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby fact or condition.
  • poverty-stricken — suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.
  • punctuation mark — any of a group of conventional marks or characters used in punctuation, as the period, comma, semicolon, question mark, or dash.
  • put a sock in it — be quiet!
  • rainbow lorikeet — a small Australasian parrot, Trichoglossus haematodus, with brightly-coloured plumage
  • redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
  • regional network — mid-level network
  • reservation desk — a desk in a hotel, office, etc, where an employee takes bookings for rooms, tickets, etc
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