13-letter words containing g, e, n, k
- acknowledging — Present participle of acknowledg.
- ancient greek — the Greek language from the earliest records to about 300 bc, the chief dialect areas of which were Aeolic, Arcadic, Doric, and Ionic (including Attic)
- angiokeratoma — a skin disease characterized by clusters of dilated blood vessels and by thickened skin, forming warty growths, especially on the scrotum, fingers, and toes.
- angle bracket — either of a pair of brackets having the shapes < and >
- angle of bank — the angle between the lateral axis of an aircraft in flight and the horizontal
- assigned risk — a risk that, under state law, is assigned to an insurer from a pool of insurers who would not otherwise accept it.
- back-breaking — Back-breaking work involves a lot of hard physical effort.
- backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
- backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
- backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
- baking powder — Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven.
- banking house — a more formal term for a bank
- barnsbreaking — noisy and exuberant activity; boisterous mischief-making
- beaking joint — a straight joint made by several members, as strips of flooring, ending at the same line.
- beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
- black english — the group of related dialects of American English spoken variously by many black people in the U.S.
- blinkenlights — /blink'*n-li:tz/ Front-panel diagnostic lights on a computer, especially a dinosaur. Derives from the last word of the famous blackletter-Gothic sign in mangled pseudo-German that once graced about half the computer rooms in the English-speaking world. One version ran in its entirety as follows: In an amusing example of turnabout-is-fair-play, German hackers have developed their own versions of the blinkenlights poster in fractured English, one of which is reproduced here: ATTENTION This room is fullfilled mit special electronische equippment. Fingergrabbing and pressing the cnoeppkes from the computers is allowed for die experts only! So all the "lefthanders" stay away and do not disturben the brainstorming von here working intelligencies. Otherwise you will be out thrown and kicked anderswhere! Also: please keep still and only watchen astaunished the blinkenlights. See also geef.
- book learning — knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
- book-learning — knowledge acquired by reading books, as distinguished from that obtained through observation and experience.
- booking agent — an agent who makes bookings, as reservations for travel or the theater or engagements for performers, for clients.
- booking clerk — A booking clerk is a person who sells tickets, especially in a railway station.
- boomerang kid — a young adult who, after having lived on his or her own for a time, returns to live in the parental home, usually due to financial problems caused by unemployment or the high cost of living independently
- bottlenecking — a narrow entrance or passageway.
- braking power — the ability of a braking system to cause a vehicle to come to a halt
- break dancing — a style of dance engaged in by youths, involving acrobatic movements, spinning about on the head or shoulders, etc.
- break feeding — the feeding of animals on paddocks where feeding space is controlled by the frequent movement of an electric fence
- breaking ball — any pitch that breaks; specif., a curve or slider
- breaking news — news of events that have taken place very recently or are in the process of taking place
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
- bulk settling — Bulk settling is a process in which two liquids, or a solid and a liquid, of different densities are allowed to separate by gravity.
- cabinetmaking — the manufacture of fine furniture and other woodwork.
- candlewicking — a kind of embroidery used for a bedspread, tablecloth, or pillow cover, patterned with French knots of candlewick embroidery thread or yarn
- carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
- carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
- checkpointing — Present participle of checkpoint.
- checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
- chickenburger — A hot sandwich made of a patty of chicken in a bun, often with other ingredients.
- clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
- clearing mark — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
- cringe-making — causing feelings of acute embarrassment or distaste
- crosschecking — Present participle of crosscheck.
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- digby chicken — a smoked herring.
- donkey engine — a small auxiliary engine, such as one used for pumping water into the boilers of a steamship
- dragon market — any of the emerging markets of the Pacific rim, esp Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines
- dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
- drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
- evening stock — a plant, Matthiola incana, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
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