13-letter words containing u, n, k, o
- aluminum book — (publication) Due to a technical screwup some printings of the second edition are actually what the author calls "yucky green". See also book titles.
- annular clock — a clock in the form of a vase, ball, etc., having the hours painted on a ring rotating beneath a pointer.
- auction block — Also called block. a platform from which an auctioneer sells: the old courthouse where slaves were sold from the auction block.
- aum shinrikyo — a syncretistic Japanese cult combining elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, founded by Shoko Asahara in 1986; responsible for a number of murders and in particular a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995
- automatonlike — Like an automaton; robotic.
- back mutation — the reversion of a mutant to the original phenotype
- backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
- backgrounding — Present participle of background.
- backing group — a group of musicians providing an instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer
- balloon chuck — a lathe chuck having the form of a hollow hemisphere, for enclosing and holding small parts, as balance staffs of watches, so that only their ends are exposed.
- bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
- bank of issue — a bank, as a Federal Reserve Bank, empowered by a government to issue currency.
- banking hours — the hours during which a bank is open for business
- banking house — a more formal term for a bank
- bankrupt worm — a roundworm (genus Trichostrongylus) that is an intestinal parasite of birds and mammals, especially devastating to young livestock.
- black country — a district in the English Midlands, around Birmingham: so called from the soot and grime produced by the many local industries.
- boundary peak — a peak in SW Nevada, in the White Mountains, near the California border: highest elevation in Nevada. 13,143 feet (4006 meters).
- bunko steerer — a swindler, especially a person who lures another to a gambling game to be cheated.
- buoyancy tank — an enclosed air-filled section of a boat, ship or hovercraft designed to keep it afloat and prevent it from sinking
- caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
- changchiak'ou — Zhangjiakou.
- checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
- chicken louse — a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
- clock puncher — a worker with a routine job in a factory or office, as one who punches a time clock at the beginning and end of a work shift.
- counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
- counterattack — If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
- counterchecks — Plural form of countercheck.
- counterpicket — a picket which opposes an existing picket at the same location
- counterstrike — a retaliatory strike
- counterstroke — a counterattack
- court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
- cucking stool — stool in which suspected witches were tested
- donnan uptake — The Donnan uptake is the uptake of an electrolyte (= a substance which electricity can pass through) as a neutral pair of ions during a sorption process.
- double nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
- ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
- eureka moment — a moment at which a person realizes or solves something
- floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
- fork luncheon — déjeuner à la fourchette.
- forked tongue — lying or deceitful talk
- ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces
- ground stroke — a stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground. Compare volley (def 4b).
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
- groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
- groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
- groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
- groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
- hacking cough — a harsh, dry and spasmodic cough
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