11-letter words containing c, r, i, n, k
- funfkirchen — German name of Pécs.
- furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- grind crank — A mythical accessory to a terminal. A crank on the side of a monitor, which when operated makes a zizzing noise and causes the computer to run faster. Usually one does not refer to a grind crank out loud, but merely makes the appropriate gesture and noise. See grind. Historical note: At least one real machine actually had a grind crank - the R1, a research machine built toward the end of the days of the great vacuum tube computers, in 1959. R1 (also known as "The Rice Institute Computer" (TRIC) and later as "The Rice University Computer" (TRUC)) had a single-step/free-run switch for use when debugging programs. Since single-stepping through a large program was rather tedious, there was also a crank with a cam and gear arrangement that repeatedly pushed the single-step button. This allowed one to "crank" through a lot of code, then slow down to single-step for a bit when you got near the code of interest, poke at some registers using the console typewriter, and then keep on cranking.
- hacking run — (jargon) (Analogy with "bombing run" or "speed run") A hack session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours. May cause you to "change phase the hard way".
- honor trick — (in certain bidding systems) a high card or set of high cards that can reasonably be expected to take a trick, the total worth of such cards in a hand being the basis for evaluating its strength and bidding.
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- icebreaking — Serving the purpose of breaking ice.
- interlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of interlock.
- isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
- jackarooing — Present participle of jackaroo.
- kaffir corn — a Southern African variety of sorghum, cultivated in dry regions for its grain and as fodder
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
- kernicterus — (medicine) Damage to the brain centres of infants caused by increased levels of unconjugated-indirect bilirubin which is free (not bound to albumin).
- kick around — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- 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.
- kinetochore — Biology. the place on either side of the centromere to which the spindle fibers are attached during cell division.
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- kingcroaker — The weakfish or sea trout.
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- linebackers — Plural form of linebacker.
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- microkernel — (operating system) An approach to operating system design emphasising small modules that implement the basic features of the system kernel and can be flexibly configured.
- mistracking — track system.
- mockingbird — any of several gray, black, and white songbirds of the genus Mimus, especially M. polyglottos, of the U.S. and Mexico, noted for their ability to mimic the songs of other birds.
- muck-raking — If you accuse someone of muck-raking, you are criticizing them for finding and spreading unpleasant or embarrassing information about someone, especially a public figure.
- neckerchief — a cloth or scarf worn round the neck.
- nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
- not cricket — If you say that someone's behaviour is not cricket, you mean that they have not behaved fairly.
- overcooking — Present participle of overcook.
- overlocking — the act of oversewing a hem or fabric edge to prevent fraying
- persnickety — overparticular; fussy.
- pincer-like — resembling pincers in shape or action
- pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- pyrokinetic — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- ralik chain — a chain of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, forming the W part of the Marshall Islands.
- ratak chain — a chain of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, forming the E part of the Marshall Islands.
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- rickrolling — the playfully pointless practice of performing or playing the song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ by the British singer Rick Astley to a person or group of people either at a public event or online by means of a disguised hyperlink
- ring-necked — having a ring of distinctive color around the neck.
- rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
- rock pigeon — rock dove.
- roman brick — a long, thin face brick, usually yellow-brown and having a length about eight times its thickness.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- sicknursing — the nursing of the sick