16-letter words containing e, n, k
- the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
- the mekong delta — the area where the Mekong River empties into the sea through distributaries
- the missing link — a hypothetical extinct animal or animal group, formerly thought to be intermediate between the anthropoid apes and man
- the weakest link — the person who is making the least contribution to the collective achievement of a group
- thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
- thieves' kitchen — a thieves' hideout
- thinking pattern — manner of thinking
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- 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
- travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
- turkish crescent — crescent (def 6).
- two-percent milk — Two-percent milk is milk from which some of the cream has been removed.
- 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- unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.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
- up to one's neck — If you say that someone is in some sort of trouble or criminal activity up to their neck, you mean that they are deeply involved in it.
- 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
- voluntary worker — a person who serves or acts in a specified function of their own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
- 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
- weak interaction — the interaction between elementary particles and the intermediate vector bosons that carry the weak force from one particle to another.
- week in week out — If you say that something happens week in week out, you do not like it because it happens all the time, and never seems to change.
- wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
- william mckinley — William, 1843–1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897–1901.
- windsor, duke of — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).
- winter crookneck — any of several winter varieties of squash, Cucurbita moschata, having elongated, curved necks.
- work-in-progress — In book-keeping, work-in-progress refers to the monetary value of work that has not yet been paid for because it has not yet been completed.
- yellowstone lake — a lake in NW Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park. 20 miles (32 km) long; 140 sq. mi. (363 sq. km).