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13-letter words containing e, n, k

  • north merrick — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
  • northern pike — a pike, Esox lucius, of North American and Eurasian waters, valued as a game fish.
  • novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
  • okanagan lake — a lake in SW Canada, in S British Columbia: drained by the Okanagan River into the Columbia River. Length: about 111 km (69 miles). Width: from 3.2–6.4 km (2–4 miles)
  • on one's back — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
  • on the market — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
  • on the stocks — in preparation or under construction
  • one of a kind — sb or sth unique
  • one-of-a-kind — unique
  • onondaga lake — salt lake northwest of Syracuse, N.Y.: c. 5 sq mi (13 sq km)
  • order a drink — When a customer orders a drink, they ask for it to be brought to them.
  • ordzhonikidze — Also, Orjonikidze. former name of Vladikavkaz.
  • outspokenness — The quality of being outspoken; bluntness; frankness; candour.
  • overhand knot — a simple knot of various uses that slips easily.
  • overland park — a town in E Kansas, near Kansas City.
  • overrun brake — a brake fitted to a trailer or other towed vehicle that prevents the towed vehicle travelling faster than the towing vehicle when slowing down or descending an incline
  • packing crate — A packing crate is a large wooden box in which things are put so that they can be stored or taken somewhere.
  • packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
  • palette knife — a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
  • panleukopenia — distemper1 (def 1c).
  • parcel tanker — a tanker designed to carry an assortment of liquids, as chemicals, or different grades of a liquid, as petroleum, at one time.
  • park and ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
  • park-and-ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
  • parking brake — emergency brake.
  • parking meter — a mechanical device for registering and collecting payment for the length of time that a vehicle occupies a parking space, consisting typically of a timer, actuated by a coin that a driver deposits upon parking, set in a headpiece mounted on a pole.
  • parking place — an reserved area or a space in a street where a car may be parked
  • path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
  • pattern maker — someone who creates plans or diagrams used as a guide in making something
  • patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
  • peace-keeping — the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area: the United Nations' efforts toward peacekeeping.
  • peacock plant — a plant, Calathea makoyana, native to Brazil, having leaves that are spotted on the upper surface and purple on the lower surface.
  • pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
  • peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).
  • petrol tanker — a specially equipped ship or truck for transporting petrol and other fuels
  • phone hacking — an act or instance of gaining access to a phone's voicemail, email, text messages, etc., without authorization from the phone's owner.
  • phosphokinase — an increase in the amount of creatine phosphokinase that is released into the bloodstream when a muscle becomes injured
  • phytoplankter — a minute organism which constitutes part of phytoplankton
  • pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
  • picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
  • pig in a poke — something not adequately appraised or of undetermined value, as an offering or purchase.
  • pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
  • pinellas park — a city in W central Florida.
  • planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
  • plunket nurse — a child-care nurse appointed by the Plunket Society
  • poker machine — a fruit machine
  • pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
  • pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
  • pony trekking — the act of riding ponies cross-country, esp as a pastime
  • poplar kitten — a moth, (Furcula bifida,) which has larvae like those of the related puss moth
  • porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
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