11-letter words containing a, c, k, n
- bikini scar — a horizontal scar on the lower abdomen in the area where a bikini would be worn, usually resulting from a Caesarean section.
- bismarckian — of, relating to, or resembling Otto von Bismarck, especially in respect to his aggressiveness in politics and diplomacy.
- bivouacking — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- black angus — Aberdeen Angus
- black cumin — a Eurasian herb, Nigella sativa, having pungent aromatic seeds used as a spice, but unrelated to cumin.
- black japan — a black bituminous varnish
- black money — that part of a nation's income that relates to its black economy
- black shank — a disease of tobacco, characterized by wilting and by decayed, blackened roots and stems, caused by a fungus, Phytophthora parasitica nicotianae.
- blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
- blacktongue — canine pellagra.
- blanca peak — highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo range, S Colo.: 14,317 ft (4,364 m)
- blank check — If someone is given a blank check, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want.
- block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
- block plane — a carpenter's small plane used to cut across the end grain of wood
- blogjacking — the use of another person’s blog without his or her consent, esp for malicious or satirical purposes
- bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
- bounce back — If you bounce back after a bad experience, you return very quickly to your previous level of success, enthusiasm, or activity.
- break dance — an acrobatic dance style originating in the 1980s
- breakdancer — a person who does breakdancing
- bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
- brickmaking — the activity of making bricks
- broken coal — anthracite in pieces ranging from 2 1/2 to 4 inches (6.5 to 11 cm) in extreme dimension; the largest commercial size, larger than egg coal.
- cabin trunk — a large trunk specially designed to be used on journeys, and often having large handles at either end to make it easy to move
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
- cack-handed — If you describe someone as cack-handed, you mean that they handle things in an awkward or clumsy way.
- cakewalking — Present participle of cakewalk.
- cakravartin — (in Indian philosophy, politics, etc.) an ideal, universal, enlightened ruler, under whom the world exists in justice and peace.
- candlemaker — Someone who makes candles; candler.
- candlestick — A candlestick is a narrow object with a hole at the top which holds a candle.
- caneworking — A glassblowing technique that uses rods of coloured glass to add intricate patterns and stripes to blown glass objects.
- canker sore — an ulceration, esp of the lips or lining of the oral cavity
- cankerworms — Plural form of cankerworm.
- canvas duck — a lightweight cotton or linen fabric.
- canvas-back — a North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, the male of which has a whitish back and a reddish-brown head and neck.
- canvasbacks — Plural form of canvasback.
- carbon sink — areas of vegetation, esp forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
- care-taking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- carjackings — Plural form of carjacking.
- carsickness — a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, as a result of the motion of the car in which one is traveling.
- cartoonlike — cartoonish
- center back — the player in the middle of the back line.
- chain-smoke — Someone who chain-smokes smokes cigarettes or cigars continuously.
- chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
- changemaker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- chickenhawk — Also called hen hawk. (not used scientifically) any of various hawks said to prey on poultry.
- chickenhead — (slang, hip-hop, derogatory) A woman who readily performs fellatio; by extension, an unintelligent and promiscuous woman.
- chikungunya — A viral disease resembling dengue, transmitted by mosquitoes and endemic in East Africa and parts of Asia.
- choke chain — a collar and lead for a dog so designed that if the dog drags on the lead the collar tightens round its neck