13-letter words containing c, a, n, k, e
- chicken adder — milk snake.
- chicken divan — a casserole of boned chicken breast, broccoli or asparagus spears, and cheese sauce
- chicken snake — rat snake
- chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
- christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
- citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
- clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
- clearing mark — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
- cockney bream — a young snapper fish
- common market — A common market is an organization of countries who have agreed to trade freely with each other and make common decisions about industry and agriculture.
- constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
- control freak — If you say that someone is a control freak, you mean that they want to be in control of every situation they find themselves in.
- counterattack — If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
- crack cocaine — Crack cocaine is a form of the drug cocaine which has been purified and made into crystals.
- crackle china — porcelain or pottery with intentional crazing
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- crestone peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,294 feet (4360 meters).
- cringe-making — causing feelings of acute embarrassment or distaste
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- 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.
- dark reaction — the stage of photosynthesis involving the reduction of carbon dioxide and the dissociation of water, using chemical energy stored in ATP: does not require the presence of light
- decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
- desk calendar — a loose-leaf calendar containing one or two pages for each day, with spaces for notes.
- dinner jacket — tuxedo (def 1).
- donkey jacket — A donkey jacket is a thick, warm jacket, usually dark blue with a strip across the shoulders at the back.
- dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
- finback whale — rorqual
- 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.
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- hackney coach — hackney (def 1).
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- hunt and peck — a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.
- hunt-and-peck — a method of typing while looking at the keyboard, usually using only the forefingers to press the keys
- kachang puteh — (in Malaysia) roasted or fried nuts or beans
- kangaroo care — a method of caring for a premature baby in which the baby is periodically held against a parent's bare chest.
- kangaroo code — spaghetti code
- kangchenjunga — a mountain on the border between Nepal and Sikkim, in the Himalayas: the third highest mountain in the world. Height: 8598 m (28 208 ft)
- kentucky lake — reservoir in SW Ky. & W Tenn., on the Tennessee River: 247 sq mi (640 sq km); 184 mi (296 km) long
- kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- killiecrankie — a mountain pass in central Scotland, in the Grampians.
- kinaesthetics — Alternative spelling of kinesthetics.
- kinematically — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- king mackerel — a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
- kitchen match — a wooden friction match with a large head, used especially for igniting gas ovens or burners.
- kitchen paper — also kitchen roll