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12-letter words containing a, n, k

  • donald knuth — (person)   Donald E. Knuth, the author of the TeX document formatting system, Metafont its font-design program and the 3 volume computer science "Bible" of algorithms, "The Art of Computer Programming". Knuth suggested the name "Backus-Naur Form" and was also involved in the SOL simulation language, and developed the WEB literate programming system. See also MIX, Turingol.
  • draw a blank — (of paper or other writing surface) having no marks; not written or printed on: a blank sheet of paper.
  • 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.
  • economy pack — a large pack of goods that is cheaper than a normal-sized pack
  • 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
  • endoskeletal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
  • 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
  • fall back on — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
  • 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
  • flannel cake — griddlecake; pancake.
  • flux linkage — the product of the magnetic flux and the number of turns in a given coil.
  • forked chain — branched chain.
  • forsakenness — past participle of forsake.
  • fort jackson — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in N central South Carolina, NE of Columbia.
  • fort kearney — a former fort in S Nebraska, near Kearney: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
  • frank murphy — Frank, 1890–1949, U.S. statesman and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1940–49.
  • frank stella — Frank (Phillip) born 1936, U.S. painter.
  • 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.
  • frankfurters — Plural form of frankfurter.
  • 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.
  • french chalk — a talc for marking lines on fabrics.
  • frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
  • futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
  • 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.
  • gammon steak — a thick cut of meat made from smoked or cured bacon or ham and often served with pineapple or fried egg
  • garment rack — A garment rack is a rail used in stores to hang items of clothing on display, such as shirts and coats.
  • garter snake — any of numerous harmless snakes of the genus Thamnophis, common in North and Central America, ranging in size from 14 to 30 inches (36 to 76 cm) and typically having three longitudinal stripes on the back.
  • 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.
  • georges bank — a bank extending generally NE from Nantucket: fishing grounds. 150 miles (240 km) long.
  • 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.
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