12-letter words containing f, e, n, k
- khyber knife — a long Indian knife having a triangular, single-edged blade with the handle set off center toward the back.
- kick oneself — regret sth
- kill oneself — to overexert oneself
- kitchen foil — aluminium foil used in cooking or storing food
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- krafft-ebing — Richard [rich-erd;; German rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪtʃ ərd;; German ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), Baron von, 1840–1902, German neurologist and author of works on sexual pathology.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- lifelikeness — Quality of being lifelike.
- make friends — get to know people
- monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
- neckerchiefs — Plural form of neckerchief.
- nick of time — moment before sth is too late
- pallet knife — a small, flat utensil for picking up and handling pastry paste.
- paring knife — a short-bladed kitchen knife for paring fruits and vegetables.
- parking fine — penalty fee for an offence
- pecksniffery — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- pecksniffian — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- picket fence — a fence consisting of pickets or pales nailed to horizontal stringers between upright posts.
- pocket knife — A pocket knife is a small knife with several blades which fold into the handle so that you can carry it around with you safely.
- risk-benefit — involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.
- safe-keeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
- self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
- self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- self-seeking — the seeking of one's own interest or selfish ends.
- sheath knife — a knife carried in a sheath.
- snake feeder — a dragonfly.
- sneak out of — leave secretly
- stiff-necked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- take offence — be upset or shocked
- take offense — If someone takes offense at something you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.
- tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
- thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
- trench knife — a short knife for stabbing, sometimes equipped with brass knuckles as a guard, used in modern warfare in hand-to-hand combat.
- unlooked-for — not expected, anticipated, or foreseen: They were confronted with an unlooked-for situation.
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- walking leaf — leaf insect.
- weft-knitted — noting or pertaining to a fabric made by weft knitting.