11-letter words containing a, c, k, n
- harken back — hearken back (see phrase under hearken)
- highjacking — Present participle of highjack.
- hunchbacked — humpbacked.
- ice-skating — If you go ice-skating, you move about on ice wearing ice-skates. This activity is also a sport.
- icebreaking — Serving the purpose of breaking ice.
- isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
- jack around — to spend time in useless activity
- jack mormon — a non-Mormon living amicably among Mormons.
- jack salmon — walleye (def 1).
- jackanapery — (dated, pejorative) The behaviour of a jackanapes.
- jackarooing — Present participle of jackaroo.
- jackknifing — Present participle of jackknife.
- jackpudding — An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain people.
- jackson day — January 8, a holiday commemorating Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815: a legal holiday in Louisiana.
- johnny cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- johnny-cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- kaffir corn — a Southern African variety of sorghum, cultivated in dry regions for its grain and as fodder
- kainic acid — an analogue of glutamate, C 10 H 15 NO 4 , derived from the red alga Digenia simplex, used experimentally to stimulate certain neurons in the brain.
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- kansas city — a city in W Missouri, at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers.
- kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
- keratoconus — a degenerative condition characterized by conical protrusion of the cornea and irregular astigmatism.
- kick around — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kinematical — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kinesiatric — of or relating to kinesiatrics
- kinetic art — art, as sculptural constructions, having movable parts activated by motor, wind, hand pressure, or other direct means and often having additional variable elements, as shifting lights.
- kinetically — pertaining to motion.
- kingcroaker — The weakfish or sea trout.
- kinkaid act — an act of Congress (1904) providing for the granting of 640-acre homesteads to settlers in western Nebraska.
- kitchen tea — a prewedding party to which guests bring an item of kitchenware or other gifts for the bride; shower.
- kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
- kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- knackwursts — Plural form of knackwurst.
- knee action — Automotive. a form of suspension for the front wheels of a vehicle permitting each wheel to rise and fall independently of the other.
- kneecapping — (uncountable) The act of destroying the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
- knick-knack — a cheap ornament; trinket
- knickknacks — an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.
- knock about — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knockabouts — Plural form of knockabout.
- knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
- knuckleball — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
- knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
- koilonychia — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; spoon nail.
- krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
- kwangchowan — Older Spelling. Guangzhouwan.
- lake annecy — a lake in E France, in the Alps
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- leatherneck — a U.S. marine.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.