13-letter words containing a, i, k, e, n
- lake manitoba — a lake in W Canada, in S Manitoba: fed by the outflow from Lake Winnipegosis; drains into Lake Winnipeg. Area: 4706 sq km (1817 sq miles)
- lake michigan — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
- lake winnipeg — a lake in S Canada, in Manitoba: drains through the Nelson River into Hudson Bay. Area: 23 553 sq km (9094 sq miles)
- landing clerk — a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.
- lane markings — white lines on the road that mark lanes
- leading block — lead block.
- leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
- like anything — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- like sardines — very closely crowded together
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- locking plate — a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- magazine rack — shelf for storing periodicals
- magnetic disk — Also called disk, hard disk. a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- make a living — earn money
- make position — the situation in which a short vowel may be regarded as long, that is, when it occurs before two or more consonants
- mallemaroking — (historical, nautical) Carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
- manage a risk — If you manage a risk, you analyze how much you are in danger from a particular risk or hazard, and decide how to best deal with it.
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- marketing mix — A company's marketing mix is the combination of marketing activities it uses in order to promote a particular product or service.
- marketisation — Alternative spelling of marketization.
- marketization — The exposure of an industry or service to market forces.
- marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
- masking frame — easel (def 2).
- masking piece — a flat, curtain, or other piece of scenery for concealing a part of a stage from the audience.
- metenkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
- milk lameness — a disease of cattle that produce a high milk yield, characterized by hip lameness associated with a low concentration of phosphorus in the blood
- milk saucepan — a type of small saucepan often used for heating milk
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- mountain bike — dirt bike, off-road cycle
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- necktie party — a lynching or other execution by hanging.
- nerve-racking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- nervewracking — Alternative form of nerve-wracking.
- neturei karta — a small ultra-orthodox Jewish group living mainly in Jerusalem and New York who oppose the establishment of a Jewish state by temporal means
- nickel-plated — covered with a thin layer of nickel, deposited usually by electrolysis
- noise masking — the use of noise to cancel out another sound, as with a white noise machine.
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- one of a kind — sb or sth unique
- one-of-a-kind — unique
- order a drink — When a customer orders a drink, they ask for it to be brought to them.
- packing crate — A packing crate is a large wooden box in which things are put so that they can be stored or taken somewhere.
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- palette knife — a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
- panleukopenia — distemper1 (def 1c).
- park and ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
- park-and-ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
- parking brake — emergency brake.
- parking meter — a mechanical device for registering and collecting payment for the length of time that a vehicle occupies a parking space, consisting typically of a timer, actuated by a coin that a driver deposits upon parking, set in a headpiece mounted on a pole.
- parking place — an reserved area or a space in a street where a car may be parked