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12-letter words containing i, n, k, l

  • talking book — a phonograph record or tape recording of readings of a book, magazine, etc., made especially for use by the blind.
  • talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • tank trailer — a trailer truck or tractor-trailer with a tank body, suitable for transporting gases or liquids, as oil, gasoline, or milk, in bulk.
  • thank kindly — to thank heartily
  • thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
  • thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
  • thick client — a computer having its own hard drive, as opposed to one on a network where most functions are carried out on a central server
  • tickled pink — to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate.
  • trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
  • twin killing — double play.
  • umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
  • unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
  • unblinkingly — not blinking.
  • underskilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
  • unkindliness — an unkindly nature or quality
  • unlikelihood — the state of being unlikely; improbability.
  • unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
  • unmistakably — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
  • unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
  • unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
  • vernoleninsk — former name of Nikolayev.
  • walk spanish — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
  • walking bass — (in jazz piano) a left-hand accompaniment consisting of a continuous rhythm of four beats to the measure, usually with a repetitive melodic pattern.
  • walking beam — an overhead oscillating lever, pivoted at the middle, for transmitting force from a vertical connecting rod below one end to a vertical connecting rod, pump rod, etc., below the other end.
  • walking boot — a lightweight rigid knee-length boot with a reinforced sole and straps that fasten around the leg, used for support after a sprain or fracture
  • walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
  • walking fish — any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.
  • walking leaf — leaf insect.
  • walking line — a line on the plan of a curving staircase on which all treads are of a uniform width and that is considered to be the ordinary path taken by persons on the stair.
  • walking pace — the speed at which someone walks
  • walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
  • walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
  • walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
  • walkingstick — a stick used for walking
  • wanne-eickel — a city in the Ruhr region in W Germany.
  • watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
  • wild pumpkin — calabazilla.
  • wildcat bank — a bank that issued notes without adequate security in the period before the establishment of the national banking system in 1864.
  • winterkilled — Simple past tense and past participle of winterkill.
  • working girl — Older Use: Often Offensive. a woman who works.
  • working rail — fly rail (def 2).
  • zebulon pike — James Albert, 1913–69, U.S. Protestant Episcopal clergyman, lawyer, and author.
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