12-letter words containing i, c, k, n, e
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- kitchen sink — basin in kitchen
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- kitchen unit — a piece of a fitted kitchen, such as a cupboard or sink unit
- kitchen-sink — marked by an indiscriminate and omnivorous use of elements: a kitchen-sink approach to moviemaking.
- kitchenettes — Plural form of kitchenette.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- kitty-corner — diagonal.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- knee-capping — Knee-capping is the act of shooting someone in the knee and is carried out by some terrorist organizations as a form of punishment.
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- lovesickness — Quality or property of being lovesick.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- magnetic ink — ink containing particles of a magnetic material used for printing characters for magnetic character recognition
- make certain — ensure
- meat packing — the business or industry of slaughtering cattle and other meat animals and processing the carcasses for sale, sometimes including the packaging of processed meat products.
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
- moonstricken — Moonstruck.
- neckerchiefs — Plural form of neckerchief.
- nice-looking — Someone who is nice-looking is physically attractive.
- niche market — specific or limited consumer interest
- nick of time — moment before sth is too late
- nickel oxide — a green, water-insoluble powder, NiO, used chiefly in the manufacture of nickel salts and in green pigments for ceramic paints.
- nickel plate — thin coating of nickel
- nickel steel — steel to which up to 9 percent nickel has been added.
- nickel-plate — to coat with nickel by electroplating or other process.
- nickelodeons — Plural form of nickelodeon.
- nordic skier — a person who practises cross-country racing and ski-jumping
- normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- on the stick — alert, efficient, etc.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- packing case — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pancake coil — a coil (of wire, etc) wound in a flat circular shape
- peacekeeping — the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area: the United Nations' efforts toward peacekeeping.
- pecksniffery — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- pecksniffian — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
- penalty kick — a free kick awarded for an infraction committed by a defensive player in the penalty area and taken by the offensive player who has been fouled from a point 12 yards (11 meters) directly in front of the goal.
- pencil skirt — women's garment: straight skirt
- pickeringite — a mineral, magnesia alum, occurring usually in the form of white fibrous masses.
- picket fence — a fence consisting of pickets or pales nailed to horizontal stringers between upright posts.
- pigeon clock — a device for timing the arrivals of pigeons being raced, consisting of a magazine for holding the identification bands of the contestants in the order in which they are inserted and a recording clock to register the times of insertion.
- pipe jacking — a method of laying underground pipelines by assembling the pipes at the foot of an access shaft and pushing them through the ground
- pkware, inc. — (company, compression) The company, founded by Phil Katz in 1986, which produces the PKZIP and PKUNZIP compression tools and libraries for many platforms. Address: 201 E. Pittsburgh Ave., Suite 400, Milwaukee, WI 53204 USA