11-letter words containing g, e, n, k
- gentlefolks — (nonstandard) gentlefolk.
- give thanks — be thankful, express thankfulness
- glass snake — any limbless, snakelike lizard of the genus Ophisaurus, inhabiting the eastern U.S., Europe, and Asia, having external ear openings and the ability to regenerate its long, fragile tail.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- go kerplunk — to make a noise when landing on or hitting the bottom of something
- goalkeeping — The art of a goalkeeper.
- godforsaken — desolate; remote; deserted: They live in some godforsaken place 40 miles from the nearest town.
- godlikeness — The quality of being godlike.
- golden buck — a dish consisting of Welsh rabbit topped with a poached egg.
- granitelike — Resembling granite.
- grass snake — Also called ring snake. a common European snake, Natrix natrix, having a collar of bright orange or yellow.
- green snake — any slender, green snake of the genus Opheodrys, of North America, feeding chiefly on insects.
- greenkeeper — greenskeeper.
- greenmarket — farmers' market.
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- greenshanks — Plural form of greenshank.
- grenadelike — Resembling a grenade (weapon).
- grey knight — an ambiguous intervener in a takeover battle, who makes a counterbid for the shares of the target company without having made his intentions clear
- headshaking — The act of shaking one's head, in disagreement or disapproval.
- heli-skiing — skiing in which skiers are transported by helicopter to remote slopes
- high-necked — (of a garment) high at the neck.
- home baking — such things as bread, cakes and biscuits that are baked at home
- homeworking — Working from home, especially when in electronic contact with a central office.
- hot-desking — the practice of not assigning permanent desks in a workplace, so that employees may work at any available desk
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- husking bee — a gathering of farm families or friends to husk corn, usually as part of a celebration or party.
- ice-skating — If you go ice-skating, you move about on ice wearing ice-skates. This activity is also a sport.
- icebreaking — Serving the purpose of breaking ice.
- inky smudge — a judge
- jungle cock — the male of the jungle fowl.
- keelhauling — Present participle of keelhaul.
- kelly green — a strong yellow-green.
- kenogenesis — Alternative form of caenogenesis.
- keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- ketogenesis — the production of ketone bodies in the body, as in diabetes mellitus or low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets.
- kew gardens — the Royal Botanic Gardens in the Greater London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, on the River Thames; established in 1759 and given to the nation in 1841
- keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- khan tengri — a mountain in central Asia, on the border between Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of W China. Height: 6995 m (22 951 ft)
- kinesiology — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- king's blue — cobalt blue.
- king's evil — scrofula: so called because it was supposed to be curable by the touch of the reigning sovereign.
- kingcroaker — The weakfish or sea trout.
- kingfishers — Plural form of kingfisher.
- kings river — a river in central California, flowing S through Kings Canyon to the Tulare reservoir. 125 miles (201 km) long.
- kingtehchen — Jingdezhen.
- kite flying — an act or instance of flying a kite.
- kitesurfing — The sport or pastime of riding on a modified surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsion.
- klausenburg — German name of Cluj-Napoca.