13-letter words containing e, n, k
- crosschecking — Present participle of crosscheck.
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- cylinder desk — a desk having a cylinder front, usually a tambour but occasionally of solid wood.
- cytoskeletons — Plural form of cytoskeleton.
- dark internet — Also called dark Net, lost Net. the portion of the Internet that is hidden from search engines and cannot be accessed, as because the IP address is no longer working.
- dark reaction — the stage of photosynthesis involving the reduction of carbon dioxide and the dissociation of water, using chemical energy stored in ATP: does not require the presence of light
- decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
- denmark vesey — Denmark, 1767–1822, black freedman, born probably on St. Thomas, Danish West Indies: hanged as alleged leader of a slave insurrection, in Charleston, S.C.
- deptford pink — a plant, Dianthus armeria, of the pink family, native to Eurasia, having slender, erect stems and leaves and clusters of small, bright pink flowers.
- dermoskeleton — (anatomy) An exoskeleton.
- desk calendar — a loose-leaf calendar containing one or two pages for each day, with spaces for notes.
- dessert knife — a knife used during the dessert course, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner knife.
- diamond snake — a python, Morelia argus, of Australia and New Guinea, with yellow diamond-shaped markings
- digby chicken — a smoked herring.
- dinner jacket — tuxedo (def 1).
- dirty weekend — A dirty weekend is a weekend during which two people go away together, mainly in order to have sex.
- disembarkment — to go ashore from a ship.
- donkey engine — a small auxiliary engine, such as one used for pumping water into the boilers of a steamship
- donkey jacket — A donkey jacket is a thick, warm jacket, usually dark blue with a strip across the shoulders at the back.
- donkey's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
- donnan uptake — The Donnan uptake is the uptake of an electrolyte (= a substance which electricity can pass through) as a neutral pair of ions during a sorption process.
- double nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- downside risk — an estimate of the potential loss of value of an investment in a falling market
- dragon market — any of the emerging markets of the Pacific rim, esp Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines
- dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
- drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
- drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
- drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
- dronkverdriet — drunk and maudlin
- east pakistan — former name of Bangladesh.
- endoskeletons — Plural form of endoskeleton.
- eureka moment — a moment at which a person realizes or solves something
- evening stock — a plant, Matthiola incana, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
- feinschmecker — gourmet.
- fickle-minded — (of a person) prone to casual change; inconstant.
- field kitchen — the place at which the food for a unit of soldiers in the field is prepared
- finback whale — rorqual
- fingerpicking — Present participle of fingerpick.
- firing stroke — The firing stroke is the stroke of an engine in which the fuel is burned and energy sent to the piston.
- flying picket — (in industrial disputes) a member of a group of pickets organized to be able to move quickly from place to place
- flying tackle — a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.
- folk medicine — health practices arising from superstition, cultural traditions, or empirical use of native remedies, especially food substances.
- foreknowledge — knowledge of something before it exists or happens; prescience: Did you have any foreknowledge of the scheme?
- fork luncheon — déjeuner à la fourchette.
- forked tongue — lying or deceitful talk
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- frankenthaler — Helen, 1928–2011, U.S. painter.