11-letter words containing c, a, n, k, e
- chain-smoke — Someone who chain-smokes smokes cigarettes or cigars continuously.
- chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
- changemaker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- chickenhawk — Also called hen hawk. (not used scientifically) any of various hawks said to prey on poultry.
- chickenhead — (slang, hip-hop, derogatory) A woman who readily performs fellatio; by extension, an unintelligent and promiscuous woman.
- choke chain — a collar and lead for a dog so designed that if the dog drags on the lead the collar tightens round its neck
- clasp knife — a large knife with one or more blades or other devices folding into the handle
- close ranks — to maintain discipline or solidarity, esp in anticipation of attack
- command key — (on a computer keyboard) a key used when executing commands
- congo snake — any of several eel-shaped salamanders, as the amphiuma or siren.
- connie mack — Connie [kon-ee] /ˈkɒn i/ (Show IPA), (Cornelius McGillicuddy) 1862–1956, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- coral snake — any venomous elapid snake of the genus Micrurus and related genera, of tropical and subtropical America, marked with red, black, yellow, and white transverse bands
- corner rack — A corner rack is a shelving unit designed to fit into corners to maximize space.
- cornerbacks — Plural form of cornerback.
- cotton cake — cottonseed meal compressed into nuts or cubes of various sizes for feeding to animals
- countermark — a mark on an object that is additional to a mark already on that object, and that serves a purpose such as enhancing security, or noting a change in the value of that object, etc
- countersank — Simple past form of countersink.
- cow-spanker — a dairy farmer
- craft knife — a knife used for paper crafts, etc, that has a sharp replaceable blade
- crank-sided — lopsided; askew.
- crankhandle — a handle for starting a motor
- cycloalkane — any saturated hydrocarbon similar to an alkane but having a cyclic molecular structure and the general formula CnH2n
- cycloalkene — (organic chemistry) Any unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.
- cytokeratin — Either of several forms of keratin found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue.
- dead-reckon — to calculate (one's position) by means of dead reckoning.
- deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
- derrickhand — A derrickhand is a member of the drilling crew who works on a platform above the rig floor and handles the drillpipe.
- dundee cake — a fairly rich fruit cake decorated with almonds
- eton jacket — a waist-length jacket with a V-shaped back, open in front, formerly worn by pupils of Eton College
- funnel cake — a crisp, deep-fried cake, made by pouring batter through a funnel into fat or oil, usually in a spiral shape, and dusted with powdered sugar.
- furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- hackishness — (jargon) The quality of being or involving a hack. This term is considered mildly silly. Synonym hackitude.
- hand-picked — to pick by hand.
- harken back — hearken back (see phrase under hearken)
- hunchbacked — humpbacked.
- ice-skating — If you go ice-skating, you move about on ice wearing ice-skates. This activity is also a sport.
- icebreaking — Serving the purpose of breaking ice.
- isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
- jackanapery — (dated, pejorative) The behaviour of a jackanapes.
- johnny cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- johnny-cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- keratoconus — a degenerative condition characterized by conical protrusion of the cornea and irregular astigmatism.
- kinematical — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kinesiatric — of or relating to kinesiatrics
- kinetic art — art, as sculptural constructions, having movable parts activated by motor, wind, hand pressure, or other direct means and often having additional variable elements, as shifting lights.
- kinetically — pertaining to motion.
- kingcroaker — The weakfish or sea trout.