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13-letter words containing e, n, k

  • cabinetmaking — the manufacture of fine furniture and other woodwork.
  • cakes and ale — the good things of life; worldly pleasures
  • candidate key — (database)   One of several possible attributes or combinations of attributes which can be used to uniquely identify a body of information (a "record"). The chosen candidate key is called the primary key.
  • candlewicking — a kind of embroidery used for a bedspread, tablecloth, or pillow cover, patterned with French knots of candlewick embroidery thread or yarn
  • carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
  • carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
  • caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
  • central karoo — an arid plateau of S central South Africa, in Cape Province, separated from the Little Karoo to the southwest by the Swartberg range. Average height: 750 m (2500 ft)
  • chameleonlike — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
  • chandrasekhar — Subrahmanyan (ˌsʊbrəˈmænjən). 1910–95, US astronomer born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan). His work on stellar evolution led to an understanding of white dwarfs: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1983
  • channel black — the soot of a natural gas flame, used in paints; fine carbon.
  • check-in time — The check-in time at a hotel is the time from which guests are expected to arrive.
  • checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
  • checkpointing — Present participle of checkpoint.
  • checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
  • chicken adder — milk snake.
  • chicken divan — a casserole of boned chicken breast, broccoli or asparagus spears, and cheese sauce
  • chicken liver — the liver of chicken, considered as food
  • chicken louse — a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
  • chicken snake — rat snake
  • chicken-fried — (of meats, esp steak) coated in seasoned flour and pan-fried
  • chickenburger — A hot sandwich made of a patty of chicken in a bun, often with other ingredients.
  • childlikeness — the character of being like a child
  • chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
  • chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
  • chinkerinchee — a flowering plant, Ornithogalum thyrsoides, that produces clusters of white and yellow flowers
  • christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
  • chronokinesis — (science fiction) The ability to manipulate time relevant to oneself.
  • citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
  • clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
  • clearing mark — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
  • clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
  • clock puncher — a worker with a routine job in a factory or office, as one who punches a time clock at the beginning and end of a work shift.
  • cockney bream — a young snapper fish
  • common market — A common market is an organization of countries who have agreed to trade freely with each other and make common decisions about industry and agriculture.
  • constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
  • control freak — If you say that someone is a control freak, you mean that they want to be in control of every situation they find themselves in.
  • cotton picker — a machine for harvesting cotton fibre
  • counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
  • counterattack — If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
  • counterchecks — Plural form of countercheck.
  • counterpicket — a picket which opposes an existing picket at the same location
  • counterstrike — a retaliatory strike
  • counterstroke — a counterattack
  • cowl neckline — a neckline of women's clothes loosely folded over and sometimes resembling a folded hood
  • crack cocaine — Crack cocaine is a form of the drug cocaine which has been purified and made into crystals.
  • crackle china — porcelain or pottery with intentional crazing
  • craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
  • crestone peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,294 feet (4360 meters).
  • cringe-making — causing feelings of acute embarrassment or distaste
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