10-letter words containing c, a, n, k
- 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.
- crude tank — A crude tank is a large vessel for crude oil.
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
- deck cabin — a cabin on the deck of a boat from which the vessel is steered
- deck crane — a deck-mounted crane used for loading and unloading cargo
- dickensian — of Charles Dickens or his works
- disk crank — a crank having the form of a disk with a crankpin mounted off-center.
- fabricking — the action of building or constructing
- fanny pack — a small zippered pouch suspended from a belt around the waist.
- fantastick — Obsolete form of fantastic.
- folk dance — a dance that originated among, and has been transmitted through, the common people. Compare court dance.
- frantickly — Obsolete form of franticly.
- funkadelic — (music) Of, or relating to, funkadelia.
- genoa cake — a rich fruit cake, usually decorated with almonds
- go back on — at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
- great neck — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- greenbacks — Plural form of greenback.
- gun tackle — a tackle composed of a fall rove through two single blocks and secured to one of them so as to secure a mechanical advantage of two or three, neglecting friction, depending on the arrangement.
- gunnysacks — Plural form of gunnysack.
- hackensack — a city in NE New Jersey, near New York City.
- hackintosh — 1. (jargon, computer) An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into emulating a Macintosh (also called a "Mac XL"). 2. (jargon, computer) A Macintosh assembled from parts theoretically belonging to different models in the line.
- hackneying — Present participle of hackney.
- hackneyman — a man who rents out carriages and horses
- halterneck — A single strap or material which runs from the front of the garment around the back of the wearer's neck, leaving most of the back uncovered, often used in swimsuits and women's dresses.
- hamesucken — the offence of attacking a person in his or her own dwelling
- hand truck — truck1 (def 3).
- handpicked — Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
- handy-pack — a pack of a product that is useful or convenient in some way, because, for example, it is easy to transport, or because it contains a variety of flavours, colours, etc
- hard-knock — beset with hardship.
- hijackings — Plural form of hijacking.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- hunchbacks — Plural form of hunchback.
- in back of — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- jack benny — Jack (Benjamin Kubelsky) 1894–1974, U.S. comedian.
- jack chain — a chain having open links in the form of a figure 8, with one loop at right angles to the other.
- jack plane — a plane for rough surfacing.
- jack-knife — a large pocketknife.