14-letter words containing u, n, k, o
- kleene closure — Kleene star
- knockout drops — a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
- known quantity — Mathematics. a quantity whose value is given: in algebra, frequently represented by a letter from the first part of the alphabet, as a, b, or c.
- kola peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
- kola-peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- linoleum block — a piece of thick, soft, cork linoleum often mounted on a block of wood, incised or carved in relief with a design, pattern, or pictorial motif, and used in making prints.
- lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
- mackinaw trout — lake trout.
- make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
- mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- mount mckinley — a mountain in S central Alaska: highest peak in North America, 20,310 feet (6190 meters).
- mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse
- mourning cloak — a common butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) having purplish-brown wings with a wide yellow border, found throughout Europe and North America
- network number — network address
- neural network — artificial neural network
- neuromarketing — the process of researching the brain patterns of consumers to reveal their responses to particular advertisements and products before developing new advertising campaigns and branding techniques
- on the lookout — keeping watch
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- quick response — fast reaction time
- quotation mark — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
- reckon without — If you say that you had reckoned without something, you mean that you had not expected it and so were not prepared for it.
- saratoga trunk — a type of large traveling trunk used mainly by women during the 19th century.
- ski instructor — sb who teaches skiing
- sock suspender — garter (def 1).
- sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
- stock solution — a concentrated chemical solution, diluted before using.
- stock turnover — the rate at which stock is sold and replenished
- stony tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 1550 km (960 miles) long
- sunburst clock — a clock with the pattern or design of a sun
- surfer's knobs — a tumorlike nodule below a surfer's knee or on the upper area of the foot, caused by pressure on the skin and tissue exerted by the surfboard.
- surgeon's knot — a knot resembling a reef knot, used by surgeons for tying ligatures and the like.
- take it out on — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
- take the count — to be unable to continue after a count of ten
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- think out loud — to speak one's thoughts as they occur
- ticket counter — the place where you buy a ticket for public transport, the theatre, cinema, etc
- to make fun of — If you make fun of someone or something or poke fun at them, you laugh at them, tease them, or make jokes about them in a way that causes them to seem ridiculous.
- trick question — sth asked to mislead or incriminate sb
- trudgen stroke — a swimming stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used
- try one's luck — to attempt something that is uncertain
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
- uncrowned king — a man or woman of high status among a certain group
- unforeknowable — not foreknowable