12-letter words containing g, e, k
- cook-general — (formerly, esp in the 1920s and '30s) a domestic servant who did cooking and housework
- cooking time — the time that something needs to cook
- cricket frog — either of two tree frogs, Acris gryllus or A. crepitans, of eastern and central U.S., having a clicking call.
- cuckoo's egg — The Cuckoo's Egg
- damaskeening — Present participle of damaskeen.
- dark glasses — Dark glasses are glasses which have dark-coloured lenses to protect your eyes in the sunshine.
- daughterlike — Resembling a daughter.
- deck passage — overnight accommodation on a vessel other than in a regular sleeping space.
- deckle-edged — having a deckle edge: deckle-edged paper for stationery.
- deep kissing — the act of taking part in a deep kiss
- deep linking — Digital Technology. the practice of using a link that sends traffic to an internal web page with more relevant or specific content, rather than to the website's home page, as to increase user engagement.
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- disembarking — Present participle of disembark.
- disk storage — space for storing information on a disk
- docking keel — one of two keellike projections for bracing a hull of a ship against bilge blocks when the ship is in dry dock.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- dusky grouse — blue grouse.
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- eke a living — If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.
- energy drink — beverage: added vitamins, etc.
- engine block — the metal casting containing the piston chambers of an internal combustion engine
- epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
- fell-walking — the sport of hiking over fells
- figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- filing clerk — an employee who maintains office files
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
- flickeringly — In a flickering manner.
- flux linkage — the product of the magnetic flux and the number of turns in a given coil.
- foretokening — Indication in advance.
- free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- freethinking — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- frog sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- frog-sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
- frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
- gallsickness — a disease of cattle and sheep, caused by infection with rickettsiae of the genus Anaplasma, resulting in anaemia and jaundice
- gammon steak — a thick cut of meat made from smoked or cured bacon or ham and often served with pineapple or fried egg
- garment rack — A garment rack is a rail used in stores to hang items of clothing on display, such as shirts and coats.
- garter snake — any of numerous harmless snakes of the genus Thamnophis, common in North and Central America, ranging in size from 14 to 30 inches (36 to 76 cm) and typically having three longitudinal stripes on the back.
- geelvink bay — former (Dutch) name of Sarera Bay.
- genghis khan — 1162–1227, Mongol conqueror of most of Asia and of E Europe to the Dnieper River.
- george crook — George, 1829–90, U.S. general in Indian wars.
- georges bank — a bank extending generally NE from Nantucket: fishing grounds. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- get cracking — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- get knotted! — used as a response to express disapproval or rejection
- get stuck in — If you get stuck in, you do something with enthusiasm and determination.
- get the hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- get the sack — be dismissed from job
- giant killer — sb who defeats a larger opponent