10-letter words containing a, n, k
- cabin deck — the deck above the weather deck in the bridge house of a ship.
- cabin hook — a hook and eye for fastening a cabinet door or the like.
- cable-knit — knitted using the cable stitch
- cackhanded — left-handed
- cake stand — a plate on a pedestal used for displaying cakes in a shop or café, or for special cakes such as wedding cakes
- candlewick — unbleached cotton or muslin into which loops of yarn are hooked and then cut to give a tufted pattern. It is used for bedspreads, dressing gowns, etc
- canebrakes — Plural form of canebrake.
- caney fork — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- cankeredly — spitefully or crabbedly
- cankerroot — goldthread.
- cankerworm — the larva of either of two geometrid moths, Paleacrita vernata or Alsophila pometaria, which feed on and destroy fruit and shade trees in North America
- canvasback — a North American diving duck, Aythyra valisineria, the male of which has a white body and reddish-brown head
- canvaslike — resembling canvas
- caretaking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- carjacking — A carjacking is an attack on a person who is driving their own car during which things may be stolen or they may be harmed physically.
- case knife — sheath knife
- catskinner — an operator of a vehicle or machine with caterpillar treads.
- chain-link — designating a fence made of galvanized steel links that are continuously interwoven
- chain-work — any decorative product, handiwork, etc., in which parts are looped or woven together, like the links of a chain.
- chainbrake — a device for cutting off the power to a chainsaw if the saw kicks back
- chalk line — a chalked string for making a straight line on a large surface, as a wall, by holding the string taut against the surface and snapping it to transfer the chalk.
- chalkiness — of or like chalk.
- chalkstone — tophus
- change key — a key opening only one lock.
- chekhovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Anton Chekhov or his writings, especially as they are evocative of a mood of introspection and frustration.
- china bark — cinchona (sense 2)
- china silk — a lightweight silk fabric constructed in plain weave, often used for linings, blouses, slips, etc.
- chuckwagon — A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp.
- clankingly — With a clanking sound.
- class rank — a student's rank among others of the same year based on a numeric grade point average
- cleanskins — Plural form of cleanskin.
- cloak fern — a type of fern, genus Notholaena, found in dry, rocky areas of temperate and tropical America, often used as an ornamental.
- coral pink — a light to medium yellowish-pink color.
- corn crake — a short-billed Eurasian rail, Crex crex, frequenting grainfields.
- corn snake — a large, harmless rat snake, Elaphe guttata guttata, of the southeastern U.S., having yellow, tan, or gray scales with dark-red blotches: once common in cornfields but now an endangered species.
- corn stack — corncrib.
- corncrakes — Plural form of corncrake.
- cornerback — a defensive back
- cornflakes — a breakfast cereal made from toasted maize, eaten with milk, sugar, etc
- cornstalks — Plural form of cornstalk.
- crack down — If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
- crackbrain — a person who is insane
- crackdowns — Plural form of crackdown.
- cracklings — Plural form of crackling.
- crankcases — Plural form of crankcase.
- cranked up — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- crankiness — ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
- crankshaft — A crankshaft is the main shaft of an internal combustion engine.
- creakiness — The state of being creaky.
- creakingly — With a creaking sound.