12-letter words containing a, k, i, n
- crinkle leaf — a disease of plants, characterized by puckering, mottling, and distortion of the leaves, caused by any of several viruses.
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- damaskeening — Present participle of damaskeen.
- dandrufflike — Resembling or characteristic of dandruff.
- dark mineral — any rock-forming mineral that has a specific gravity greater than 2.8 and that is generally dark in color.
- dark-skinned — (of a person or race) having skin of a dark colour
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- denim jacket — a jacket made of a hard-wearing twill-weave cotton fabric
- dialkylamine — (organic chemistry) Any secondary amine formed from two alkyl groups.
- diamondbacks — Plural form of diamondback.
- disembarking — Present participle of disembark.
- drinkability — The state or property of being drinkable.
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- dynamic link — (compiler) A pointer from an activation record to the activation record for the scope from which the current scope was called at run time. This is used in a statically scoped language to restore the environment pointer on exit from a scope. To access a non-local variable in a dynamically scoped language, dynamic links are followed until a binding for the given variable name is found.
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- eke a living — If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.
- ekman spiral — a complex interaction on the surface of the sea between wind, rotation of the earth, and friction forces, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
- enterokinase — (enzyme) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin.
- epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
- eriskay pony — a breed of medium-sized pony, typically grey, with a dense waterproof coat. The Eriskay is the only surviving variety of the native ponies of the Western Isles of Scotland
- fair-skinned — having pale skin; pale-complexioned
- fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
- fell-walking — the sport of hiking over fells
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire
- fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
- flux linkage — the product of the magnetic flux and the number of turns in a given coil.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- frankalmoign — a form of tenure by which religious bodies held lands, esp on condition of praying for the soul of the donor
- franked mail — official mail sent by members of Congress, the vice president, and other authorized officials. Compare frank1 (defs 6–9).
- frankenstein — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
- frankincense — an aromatic gum resin from various Asian and African trees of the genus Boswellia, especially B. carteri, used chiefly for burning as incense in religious or ceremonial practices, in perfumery, and in pharmaceutical and fumigating preparations.
- freakishness — The characteristic or quality of being freakish.
- free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
- galligaskins — loose hose or breeches worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- gallsickness — a disease of cattle and sheep, caused by infection with rickettsiae of the genus Anaplasma, resulting in anaemia and jaundice
- gallygaskins — galligaskins.
- geelvink bay — former (Dutch) name of Sarera Bay.
- genghis khan — 1162–1227, Mongol conqueror of most of Asia and of E Europe to the Dnieper River.
- get cracking — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- giant killer — sb who defeats a larger opponent
- giant-killer — A giant-killer is a sportsman, sportswoman, or team that unexpectedly beats a much stronger opponent.
- gordian knot — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
- grand kabuki — kabuki (def 2).
- granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
- grass skiing — turfskiing.
- graustarkian — of, like, or characteristic of colorful, implausible, highly melodramatic and romantic situations or circumstances
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- grayson kirk — Grayson (Louis) 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.