13-letter words containing a, k, i, c, n
- academic rank — the rank held by members of academic staff having titles such as professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor etc
- acknowledging — Present participle of acknowledg.
- action-packed — full of activities, events and excitement
- american fork — a town in central Utah.
- american wake — an all-night farewell party for a person about to emigrate to America
- ammonia clock — an atomic clock based on the frequency of inversion of the ammonia molecule
- ancient greek — the Greek language from the earliest records to about 300 bc, the chief dialect areas of which were Aeolic, Arcadic, Doric, and Ionic (including Attic)
- aniline black — the black dye obtained by the oxidation of aniline hydrochloride, used for dyeing textiles, especially cotton.
- anti-kickback — a percentage of income given to a person in a position of power or influence as payment for having made the income possible: usually considered improper or unethical.
- anticlockwise — If something is moving anticlockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
- archie bunker — a poorly educated blue-collar worker, holding ultraconservative, racist, and male-chauvinist opinions.
- arkansas city — a city in S Kansas.
- auction block — Also called block. a platform from which an auctioneer sells: the old courthouse where slaves were sold from the auction block.
- back and fill — to manoeuvre the sails by alternately filling and emptying them of wind to navigate in a narrow place
- back clipping — a word formed by omitting the last part of the form from which it is derived.
- back emission — the secondary emission of electrons from an anode
- back mutation — the reversion of a mutant to the original phenotype
- back-breaking — Back-breaking work involves a lot of hard physical effort.
- back-slapping — Back-slapping is noisy, cheerful behaviour which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other.
- back-stabbing — Back-stabbing consists of unkind and disloyal actions or remarks that are likely to harm someone such as a friend or colleague.
- backbone site — A key Usenet, electronic mail and/or Internet site; one that processes a large amount of third-party traffic, especially if it is the home site of any of the regional coordinators for the Usenet maps. Notable backbone sites as of early 1993 include uunet and the mail machines at Rutgers University, UC Berkeley, DEC's Western Research Laboratories, Ohio State University and the University of Texas. Compare rib site, leaf site.
- backformation — Alternative spelling of back-formation.
- backgrounding — Present participle of background.
- backing group — a group of musicians providing an instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer
- backing light — Also called backing striplight, backing strip. Theater. a striplight providing diffused illumination for the background of a stage set.
- backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
- backing track — a recorded instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer or pop number
- backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
- backstitching — Present participle of backstitch.
- backwardation — the difference between the spot price for a commodity, including rent and interest, and the forward price
- banister back — a back of a chair or the like, usually having semicircular spindles between the top rail and the cross rail or seat.
- bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
- banzai attack — a mass attack of troops, without concern for casualties, as practised by the Japanese in World War II
- beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
- bewick's swan — a white Old World swan, Cygnus bewickii, having a black bill with a small yellow base
- black diamond — coal (sense 1)
- black english — the group of related dialects of American English spoken variously by many black people in the U.S.
- black pudding — Black pudding is a thick sausage which has a black skin and is made from pork fat and pig's blood.
- black russian — a drink made from one part coffee liqueur and two parts vodka, served over ice.
- black section — (in Britain in the 1980s) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represented the interests of local Black people
- blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
- boat neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- brain-picking — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
- branch rickey — (Wesley) Branch, 1881–1965, U.S. baseball executive.
- break dancing — a style of dance engaged in by youths, involving acrobatic movements, spinning about on the head or shoulders, etc.
- buck and wing — a boisterous tap dance, derived from Black and Irish clog dances
- cabinet maker — A cabinet maker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
- cabinet-maker — a person who makes fine furniture and other woodwork.
- cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
- cabinetmaking — the manufacture of fine furniture and other woodwork.
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