10-letter words containing a, k, e, n
- grand duke — the sovereign of a territory called a grand duchy, ranking next below a king.
- great neck — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- greenbacks — Plural form of greenback.
- greenshank — an Old World shore bird, Tringa nebularia, having green legs.
- greenspeak — the jargon used by those who campaign for the conservation of the world's natural resources and the improvement of the environment
- gulbenkian — Calouste Sarkis (kæˈluːst ˈsɑːkɪz). 1869–1955, British industrialist, born in Turkey. He endowed the international Gulbenkian Foundation for the advancement of the arts, science, and education
- gun tackle — a tackle composed of a fall rove through two single blocks and secured to one of them so as to secure a mechanical advantage of two or three, neglecting friction, depending on the arrangement.
- hackensack — a city in NE New Jersey, near New York City.
- hackneying — Present participle of hackney.
- hackneyman — a man who rents out carriages and horses
- hakenkreuz — a swastika, especially that used as the emblem of the Nazi party and the Third Reich.
- half-naked — being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.
- halterneck — A single strap or material which runs from the front of the garment around the back of the wearer's neck, leaving most of the back uncovered, often used in swimsuits and women's dresses.
- hamesucken — the offence of attacking a person in his or her own dwelling
- hand brake — a brake operated by a hand lever. Compare caliper (def 6).
- hand-spike — a bar used as a lever.
- handbasket — a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.
- handbrakes — Plural form of handbrake.
- handpicked — Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
- handshaker — a person who is or is required to be overtly or ostentatiously friendly: Politicians are often incurable handshakers.
- handshakes — Plural form of handshake.
- handspikes — Plural form of handspike.
- handstroke — the downward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings around allowing the ringer to grasp and pull it
- hearkening — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- hemikaryon — a haploid nucleus.
- herakleion — a seaport in N Crete.
- hexokinase — an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of hexose sugars.
- homemaking — the establishment or management of a home; duties of a homemaker.
- hoop snake — any of several harmless snakes, as the mud snake and rainbow snake, fabled to take its tail in its mouth and roll along like a hoop.
- inbreaking — The act of breaking in; incursion; invasion; inroad.
- ink eraser — an eraser for removing ink
- interlaken — a town in central Switzerland between the lakes of Brienz and Thun: tourist center.
- jack benny — Jack (Benjamin Kubelsky) 1894–1974, U.S. comedian.
- jack plane — a plane for rough surfacing.
- jack-knife — a large pocketknife.
- jackanapes — an impertinent, presumptuous person, especially a young man; whippersnapper.
- jackknifed — Simple past tense and past participle of jackknife.
- jackknifes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackknife.
- jackknives — Plural form of jackknife.
- jackstones — Plural form of jackstone.
- jailbroken — an escape from prison, especially by forcible means.
- jef raskin — (person) The person who started the Macintosh project at Apple Computer, Inc. but left the company before the product was launched.
- jerkinhead — a roof having a hipped end truncating a gable.
- john jakes — John, born 1932, U.S. novelist.
- johnnycake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- kairomones — Plural form of kairomone.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- kallikrein — a type of protease that liberates kinins from kininogens
- kampuchean — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- kapfenberg — an industrial town in E Austria, in Styria. Pop: 22 234 (2001)