16-letter words containing e, n, k, i, d
- knowledgeability — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- knuckle sandwich — a punch in the mouth with a clenched fist.
- kondratieff wave — a long business cycle of economic expansion and contraction, postulated to last about 60 years.
- lakeland terrier — one of a breed of small, slender terriers, raised originally in northwestern England for hunting foxes.
- laurentides park — a national park in SE Canada, in Quebec province between the St. Lawrence and Lake St. John.
- leap in the dark — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- like cat and dog — quarrelling savagely
- market gardening — Chiefly British. truck farm.
- monkey's wedding — a combination of sunshine and light rain
- network provider — a business or organization that provides customers with access to a telecommunications network (esp mobile phone networks) or to the internet
- observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
- old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
- ranikhet disease — Newcastle disease.
- reckless driving — a serious traffic offence whereby the driver of a vehicle disregards the rules of the road, driving very dangerously, causing accidents or other damage
- redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
- reservation desk — a desk in a hotel, office, etc, where an employee takes bookings for rooms, tickets, etc
- ring-necked duck — a North American scauplike duck, Aythya collaris, having a chestnut ring around the neck.
- round the wrekin — the long way round
- seaside knotweed — See under knotweed.
- sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
- sekondi-takoradi — a seaport in SW Ghana.
- shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- shot in the dark — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- snakebite remedy — hard liquor.
- speak one's mind — give one's frank opinion
- speed networking — the practice of trying to form business connections and contacts through meetings at which individuals are given the opportunity to have several conversations of limited duration with strangers
- stick in the mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- stick-in-the-mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- tiger kidnapping — a kidnapping in which one or more hostages are taken to coerce another person, usually a relation of the person or people held, to take part in a crime
- unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
- unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
- unskilled worker — a worker who does not have any special skill or training
- upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
- user-defined key — a key on the keyboard of a computer that can be used to carry out any of a limited number of predefined actions as selected by the user
- walking delegate — (formerly) an official appointed by a trade union to go from place to place to investigate working conditions, to ascertain whether union contracts were being fulfilled, and, sometimes, to negotiate contracts between employers and the union.
- walking distance — distance that can easily be walked
- walking dragline — a very large-capacity dragline mounted on feet or pads instead of tracks
- wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
- windsor, duke of — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).