11-letter words containing a, i, k, e, n
- merrymaking — the act of taking part gaily or enthusiastically in some festive or merry celebration.
- milwaukeean — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- minke whale — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- minute mark — the symbol ′ used for minutes of arc and linear feet
- misspeaking — (obsolete) Speaking ill; defamation, slander.
- moneymaking — profitable: a moneymaking scheme.
- monkey tail — any of various light or short ropes or lines.
- moviemaking — The production of movies.
- nakhichevan — an autonomous republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2124 sq. mi. (5500 sq. km). Capital: Nakhichevan.
- night snake — a nocturnal, mildly venomous New World snake, Hypsiglena torquata, having a gray or yellowish body marked with dark brown spots.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- nikethamide — a stimulant derived from nicotinic acid, primarily affecting the respiratory system and formerly used to counteract tranquilizer overdoses
- nizhnekamsk — a city in the E Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Kazan.
- noisemakers — Plural form of noisemaker.
- noisemaking — The production of noise.
- nonbreaking — Alternative spelling of non-breaking.
- nonsinkable — (of items designed to float on water) not liable to sink
- nonspeaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- oneida lake — a lake in central New York. 20 miles (32 km) long; 5 miles (8 km) wide.
- outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
- pancake ice — newly formed ice in flat pieces too small and thin to obstruct navigation.
- paper knife — a small, often decorative, knifelike instrument with a blade of metal, ivory, wood, or the like, for slitting open envelopes, the leaves of books, folded papers, etc.
- papermaking — the art or action of making paper
- pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
- peacemaking — a person, group, or nation that tries to make peace, especially by reconciling parties who disagree, quarrel, or fight.
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pen and ink — A pen and ink drawing is done using a pen rather than a pencil.
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- pigeon hawk — merlin.
- platemaking — the act of making plates
- pumpkinhead — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- radio knife — an electrical instrument for cutting tissue that by searing severed blood vessels seals them and prevents bleeding.
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- reawakening — rousing; quickening: an awakening interest in ballet.
- ringstraked — ring-streaked.
- ripple-tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
- sabine lake — a shallow lake on the boundary between Texas and Louisiana, formed by a widening of the Sabine River. About 17 miles (27 km) long; 7 miles (11 km) wide.
- safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- sandia peak — a mountain in N central New Mexico in the Sandia Mountains. 10,678 feet (3255 meters).
- seasickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the rocking or swaying motion of a vessel in which one is traveling at sea.
- self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
- sex linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
- sex-linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
- shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
- shark siren — a siren sounded to warn swimmers of the presence of sharks
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.