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13-letter words containing a, k, i, n, g

  • cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
  • dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
  • dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
  • fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
  • fast-tracking — the practice of speeding up the progress of a project or person
  • fishing banks — a place where fish are abundant, as off Newfoundland
  • fishing smack — any of various fore-and-aft-rigged fishing vessels of rather large size, often containing a well to keep the catch alive.
  • flat knitting — a knitting process in which the yarn is knitted horizontally on needles set in a straight line.
  • floating dock — a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.
  • flying tackle — a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.
  • gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
  • gentlemanlike — a man of good family, breeding, or social position.
  • germinal disk — blastodisk.
  • giant-killing — In sport, when a weaker team or competitor beats a much stronger, well-known team or competitor, their success is sometimes called a giant-killing.
  • give and take — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • give-and-take — the practice of dealing by compromise or mutual concession; cooperation.
  • great khingan — a mountain range in NE China: highest peak, 5000 feet (1525 meters).
  • hacking cough — a harsh, dry and spasmodic cough
  • hard-drinking — If you describe someone as a hard-drinking person, you mean that they frequently drink large quantities of alcohol.
  • heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
  • highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
  • housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
  • hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • in the making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
  • kangaroo vine — an Australian vine, Cissus antarctica, of the grape family, having shiny, leathery leaves.
  • karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
  • kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
  • key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
  • kim young sam — born 1927, president of South Korea 1993–98.
  • kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
  • kindergartner — a child who attends a kindergarten.
  • kinematograph — cinematograph.
  • king mackerel — a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
  • king's ransom — an extremely large amount of money: The painting was sold for a king's ransom.
  • kingsley amisKingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
  • kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
  • knight errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
  • knight-errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
  • lake dwelling — a house, especially of prehistoric times, built on piles or other support over the water of a lake.
  • 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
  • laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
  • 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.
  • linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
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