12-letter words containing e, n, k
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- corn-cracker — a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of a class of poor white people in the southern U.S.
- corner brook — a city in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the W part of the island.
- countercheck — a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
- countersinks — Plural form of countersink.
- county clerk — a senior local government official
- crackbrained — insane, idiotic, or crazy
- crank letter — a hostile or fanatical letter, often sent anonymously.
- crinkle leaf — a disease of plants, characterized by puckering, mottling, and distortion of the leaves, caused by any of several viruses.
- crookes lens — a type of lens, used in sunglasses, that is made from glass containing cerium. It reduces the transmission of ultraviolet radiation
- cross-linker — a substance or agent, such as radiation, that induces the formation of cross-links.
- cycloalkanes — Cycloalkanes are molecules which contain only carbon-hydrogen bonds, with the carbon atoms joined in a ring.
- cypress knee — one of the woody growths that project above water from the roots of the bald cypress.
- cytokinetics — (biology) The study of cytokinesis.
- cytoskeleton — a network of fibrous proteins that governs the shape and movement of a biological cell
- damaskeening — Present participle of damaskeen.
- dandrufflike — Resembling or characteristic of dandruff.
- dark current — the residual current produced by a photoelectric device when not illuminated
- dark lantern — a lantern having a sliding shutter or panel to dim or hide the light
- dark mineral — any rock-forming mineral that has a specific gravity greater than 2.8 and that is generally dark in color.
- dark-skinned — (of a person or race) having skin of a dark colour
- dawson creek — a town in W Canada, in NE British Columbia: SE terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 10 754 (2001)
- dedekind cut — a method of according the same status to irrational and rational numbers, devised by Julius Wilhelm Dedekind (1831–1916)
- deep kissing — the act of taking part in a deep kiss
- deep linking — Digital Technology. the practice of using a link that sends traffic to an internal web page with more relevant or specific content, rather than to the website's home page, as to increase user engagement.
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- denim jacket — a jacket made of a hard-wearing twill-weave cotton fabric
- dialkylamine — (organic chemistry) Any secondary amine formed from two alkyl groups.
- diet kitchen — a kitchen, as in a hospital, where special food is prepared for those requiring it.
- dinner knife — a knife used in eating the main course of a meal.
- disembarking — Present participle of disembark.
- docking keel — one of two keellike projections for bracing a hull of a ship against bilge blocks when the ship is in dry dock.
- don't ask me — You reply 'don't ask me' when you do not know the answer to a question, usually when you are annoyed or surprised that you have been asked.
- donkey derby — a race in which contestants ride donkeys, esp at a rural fête
- door-knocker — a hinged fitting on a door that can be used to knock on it
- doorknockers — Plural form of doorknocker.
- double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- drink-driver — A drink-driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- drinker moth — a large yellowish-brown bombycid eggar moth, Philudoria potatoria, having a stout hairy body, the larvae of which drink dew and feed on grasses
- drunk driver — A drunk driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- economy pack — a large pack of goods that is cheaper than a normal-sized pack
- eke a living — If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.
- ekman spiral — a complex interaction on the surface of the sea between wind, rotation of the earth, and friction forces, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
- electro-funk — a type of electronic music, originating in the 1980s, characterized by the use of synthesizers with a heavy rhythm and punctuated bass, often influenced by the genres of funk and hip-hop
- elkhorn fern — a tropical fern with a large leaf like an elk's horn
- endoskeletal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
- endoskeleton — An internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates.
- energy drink — beverage: added vitamins, etc.