13-letter words containing y, a, k, o
- mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
- network layer — (networking) (communications subnet layer) The third lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The network layer determines routing of packets of data from sender to receiver via the data link layer and is used by the transport layer. The most common network layer protocol is IP.
- oak-apple day — (in Britain) May 29, the anniversary of the Restoration (1660), formerly commemorated by the wearing of oak apples or oak leaves, recalling the Boscobel oak in which Charles II hid after the battle of Worcester
- oklahoma city — a city in and the capital of Oklahoma, in the central part.
- on your marks — On your marks in British English, or on your mark in American English, is a command given to runners at the beginning of a race in order to get them into the correct position to start.
- phytoplankter — a minute organism which constitutes part of phytoplankton
- phytoplankton — the aggregate of plants and plantlike organisms in plankton.
- platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
- policy-making — Policy-making is the making of policies.
- sea hollyhock — a rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos.
- shanks's pony — one's own legs as a means of transportation
- shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- stock buyback — buyback (def 3).
- stock company — Finance. a company or corporation whose capital is divided into shares represented by stock.
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- take by storm — be a sudden success
- take-home pay — the amount of salary remaining after deductions, as of taxes, have been made.
- takeaway food — food which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
- thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner
- tillamook bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the NW coast of Oregon: resort center. 6 miles (10 km) long and 2 miles (3 km) wide.
- to play hooky — If a child plays hooky, they stay away from school without permission.
- token payment — a small payment binding an agreement or acknowledging a debt.
- unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
- vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
- wacky tobacky — marijuana.
- working party — A working party is a committee which is formed to investigate a particular situation or problem and to produce a report containing its opinions and suggestions.
- yankee doodle — (italics) a song with a melody of apparent British origin, popular with American troops during the Revolutionary War.
- yekaterinodar — a former name of Krasnodar.
- yellow jacket — any of several paper wasps of the family Vespidae, having black and bright yellow bands.
- yellow streak — a trait of cowardice in a person's character.
- york imperial — an American variety of yellow or green apple with red stripes.
- you know what — a thing or person that the speaker cannot or does not want to specify
- zhao kuangyin — Chao K'uang-yin.