13-letter words containing g, e, k, i, n
- gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
- generic thunk — (programming) A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
- gentlemanlike — a man of good family, breeding, or social position.
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
- give and take — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- give-and-take — the practice of dealing by compromise or mutual concession; cooperation.
- glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
- great khingan — a mountain range in NE China: highest peak, 5000 feet (1525 meters).
- greensickness — chlorosis (def 2).
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- herringchoker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- hunger strike — refusal to eat as a protest
- hunger-strike — to go on a hunger strike.
- hunting knife — a large, sharp knife, usually with a handle shaped to fit a firm grip and a blade with a slight curve toward the tip, that is used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to dispatch it.
- husking (bee) — cornhusking (sense 2)
- in the making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- kangaroo vine — an Australian vine, Cissus antarctica, of the grape family, having shiny, leathery leaves.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- killing spree — a series of murders that are committed
- kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
- kindergartner — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- kinesiologist — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
- king mackerel — a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
- king's speech — (in the British Parliament) a speech reviewing domestic conditions and foreign relations, prepared by the ministry in the name of the sovereign, and read at the opening of the Parliament either by the sovereign in person or by commission.
- king's yellow — a yellow or red crystalline substance, As 2 S 3 , occurring in nature as the mineral orpiment, and used as a pigment (king's yellow) and in pyrotechnics.
- king-size bed — extra-large bed
- kingsley amis — Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
- kite fighting — (in Malaysia) a game in which one player attempts to cut the string of his opponent's kite with the string of his own
- klipspringers — Plural form of klipspringer.
- knife grinder — tool
- knight errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- knight-errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- kriss kringle — Santa Claus.
- lake dwelling — a house, especially of prehistoric times, built on piles or other support over the water of a lake.
- lake michigan — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
- lake winnipeg — a lake in S Canada, in Manitoba: drains through the Nelson River into Hudson Bay. Area: 23 553 sq km (9094 sq miles)
- landing clerk — a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.
- lane markings — white lines on the road that mark lanes
- leading block — lead block.
- leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
- licking river — a river in E Kentucky, flowing NW to the Ohio River. 320 miles (515 km) long.
- like anything — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.