6-letter words containing e, n, k
- nekton — the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water, able to move independently of water currents.
- netrek — (games) A 16-player graphical real-time battle simulation with a Star Trek theme. The game is divided into two teams of eight (or less), who dogfight each other and attempt to conquer each other's planets. There are several different types of ships, from fast, fragile scouts up to big, slow battleships; this allows a great deal of variance in play styles. Netrek is played using a client to connect to one of several Netrek servers on the Internet. There is a metaserver which distributes details of games in progress on other servers. See also ogg.
- nevski — Alexander, Alexander Nevski.
- newark — a city in NE New Jersey, on Newark Bay.
- nicked — a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- nickel — Chemistry. a hard, silvery-white, ductile and malleable metallic element, allied to iron and cobalt, not readily oxidized: used chiefly in alloys, in electroplating, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis. Symbol: Ni; atomic weight: 58.71; atomic number: 28; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- nicker — a person or thing that nicks.
- nickle — Misspelling of nickel.
- nikkei — an index showing the average closing prices of 225 stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- nocake — Indian maize that is dried and powered into meal
- nocked — a metal or plastic piece at the end of an arrow, having a notch for the bowstring.
- nooked — Having nooks.
- nookie — coitus; sexual intercourse.
- ogonek — a mark (˛) placed under a letter, as Polish a or e, to mark a nasal sound; an inverted cedilla.
- oinked — Simple past tense and past participle of oink.
- oinker — (slang, countable) A pig: an animal of the genus Sus.
- olenek — a river in NE Russia, flowing E and N to the Laptev Sea. 1350 miles (2172 km) long.
- on key — in the right key
- orkney — a group of over 70 islands off the N coast of Scotland, separated from the mainland by the Pentland Firth: constitutes an island authority of Scotland; low-lying and treeless; many important prehistoric remains. Administrative centre: Kirkwall. Pop: 19 310 (2003 est). Area: 974 sq km (376 sq miles)
- outken — (transitive) To surpass or exceed in kenning.
- peking — Older Spelling. Beijing.
- perkin — Sir William Henry, 1838–1907, English chemist.
- pernik — former name of Dimitrovo.
- pinked — to pierce with a rapier or the like; stab.
- pinken — to grow or turn pink.
- pinker — a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
- pinkey — a ship with a narrow overhanging stern
- pinkie — inferior or cheap wine, especially red wine.
- punker — Slang. something or someone worthless or unimportant. a young ruffian; hoodlum. an inexperienced youth. a young male partner of a homosexual. an apprentice, especially in the building trades. Prison Slang. a boy.
- punkey — a biting midge of the family Ceratopogonidae
- punkie — any of the minute biting gnats of the family Ceratopogonidae.
- ranker — a person who ranks.
- ranket — a double-reed wind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- rankle — (of unpleasant feelings, experiences, etc.) to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.
- reckan — a chain, hook or bar for hanging a pot over a fire
- reckon — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- reknit — to make (a garment, fabric, etc.) by interlocking loops of one or more yarns either by hand with knitting needles or by machine.
- reknot — to knot again
- relink — to link or connect again
- reskin — to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of: The space shuttle had to be reskinned before returning to service.
- resnik — Regina, 1922–2013, U.S. mezzo-soprano.
- ripken — Calvin Edward, Jr ("Cal"; "Iron Man") born 1960, U.S. baseball player.
- rockne — Knute (Kenneth) [noot] /nut/ (Show IPA), 1888–1931, U.S. football coach, born in Norway.
- runkle — a crease or wrinkle
- sandek — the man who holds the child during the Jewish rite of circumcision.
- sankey — Ira David. 1840–1908, US evangelist and hymnodist, noted for his revivalist campaigns in Britain and the US with D. L. Moody
- sendak — Maurice (Bernard) 1928–2012, U.S. author and illustrator of children's books.
- serkin — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈruˌdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, U.S. pianist, born in Bohemia.
- shaken — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- sicken — disgust