11-letter words containing i, k, o, n, c
- dick around — to spend time wastefully or unprofitably
- disfrocking — Present participle of disfrock.
- dockization — the process of turning into docks
- dockominium — a dock or boat slip bought and sold as real property.
- donkey-lick — to defeat decisively
- down ticket — relating to or noting a candidate or political contest that is relatively low-profile and local compared to one listed in a higher place on the ballot: Very popular presidential nominees often cause down-ballot candidates to win.
- downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
- ferronickel — a ferroalloy containing up to 45 percent nickel.
- folktronica — a musical genre that combines elements from folk and electronic music
- gazingstock — (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- goalkicking — the act of taking a goal kick
- gobsmacking — Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- honor trick — (in certain bidding systems) a high card or set of high cards that can reasonably be expected to take a trick, the total worth of such cards in a hand being the basis for evaluating its strength and bidding.
- hop-picking — the activity of picking hops
- hypokinetic — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.
- in the dock — the place in a courtroom where a prisoner is placed during trial.
- interlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of interlock.
- isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
- jackarooing — Present participle of jackaroo.
- joint stock — stock or capital divided into a number of shares.
- kaffir corn — a Southern African variety of sorghum, cultivated in dry regions for its grain and as fodder
- kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
- kick around — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kick boxing — a form of boxing in which the gloved combatants may also kick with bare feet.
- kinetochore — Biology. the place on either side of the centromere to which the spindle fibers are attached during cell division.
- kinetoscope — an early motion-picture device, invented by Edison, in which the film passed behind a peephole for viewing by a single viewer.
- 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 cotton — cotton and cotton-growing considered, in the pre-Civil War South, as a vital commodity, the major factor not only in the economy but also in politics.
- kingcroaker — The weakfish or sea trout.
- knee action — Automotive. a form of suspension for the front wheels of a vehicle permitting each wheel to rise and fall independently of the other.
- knot stitch — a stitch that produces a knot on the fabric surface, made by twining the thread about the needle.
- kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
- koilonychia — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; spoon nail.
- lemon stick — a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- metchnikoff — Élie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov) 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.
- microkernel — (operating system) An approach to operating system design emphasising small modules that implement the basic features of the system kernel and can be flexibly configured.
- mockingbird — any of several gray, black, and white songbirds of the genus Mimus, especially M. polyglottos, of the U.S. and Mexico, noted for their ability to mimic the songs of other birds.
- nickelodeon — an early motion-picture theater where a film or a variety show could be seen, usually for the admission price of a nickel.
- nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
- not cricket — If you say that someone's behaviour is not cricket, you mean that they have not behaved fairly.
- onside kick — a kickoff deliberately kicked a short distance in an attempt by the kicking team to regain possession of the ball by recovering it after it has traveled forward the legally required distance of 10 yards, beyond the 50-yard line.
- open ticket — a return ticket which does not specify a date for travel
- optokinetic — relating to a reflex whereby the eye follows a moving object
- overcooking — Present participle of overcook.
- overlocking — the act of oversewing a hem or fabric edge to prevent fraying
- packing box — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.