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11-letter words containing i, n, k, p

  • peking duck — a Chinese dish consisting of roast duck with a crispy skin; the meat is served with strips of vegetables, steamed pancakes, and hoisin sauce
  • pen and ink — A pen and ink drawing is done using a pen rather than a pencil.
  • persnickety — overparticular; fussy.
  • phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
  • phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
  • phoenixlike — having a resemblance to a phoenix in the sense of re-emerging and beginning again
  • picket line — a line of strikers or other demonstrators serving as pickets.
  • pickwickian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Mr. Pickwick, central character of The Pickwick Papers.
  • pigeon hawk — merlin.
  • pigeon milk — crop milk.
  • pigsticking — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
  • pincer-like — resembling pincers in shape or action
  • pine siskin — a small, North American finch, Carduelis pinus, of coniferous forests, having yellow markings on the wings and tail.
  • pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
  • pink family — the plant family Caryophyllaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite leaves, usually swollen-jointed stems, flowers with petals notched at the tips, and fruit generally in the form of a many-seeded capsule, and including baby's-breath, carnation, chickweed, pink, and sweet william.
  • pink salmon — a small Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, distinguished by its small scales and long anal fin and by the bright red spawning coloration of males, occurring from California to Alaska and in waters of Japan: fished commercially and for sport.
  • pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
  • pinkishness — a pinkish quality or colouring
  • platemaking — the act of making plates
  • pocketknife — a knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle, suitable for carrying in the pocket.
  • point-blank — aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
  • policy wonk — a person who studies or makes political policies, esp one who has a strong enthusiasm for technical details
  • politicking — activity undertaken for political reasons or ends, as campaigning for votes before an election, making speeches, etc., or otherwise promoting oneself or one's policies.
  • printmaking — the art or technique of making prints, especially as practiced in engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut or serigraphy.
  • puckishness — the state of being puckish
  • pumpkinhead — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
  • pumpkinseed — the seed of the pumpkin.
  • punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
  • putty knife — a tool for puttying, having a broad flexible blade.
  • pyrokinesis — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
  • pyrokinetic — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
  • ripple-tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
  • rock pigeon — rock dove.
  • safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
  • salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
  • sandia peak — a mountain in N central New Mexico in the Sandia Mountains. 10,678 feet (3255 meters).
  • septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
  • serpentlike — resembling a serpent
  • shopkeeping — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
  • shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
  • shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
  • ski jumping — a competitive event, included in the Nordic combined, in which a skier jumps from a ski jump, often traveling 230 to 300 feet (70 to 90 meters) in the air, with scores being based on both the skier's form and the distance of the jump.
  • ski-jumping — the sport or activity of (skiers) jumping from a high ramp overhanging a slope
  • skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
  • smoke point — heat at which oil gives off smoke
  • spanakopita — a baked dish consisting of spinach, feta cheese, eggs, and scallions enclosed in layers of phyllo.
  • sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
  • spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
  • spirketting — deck planking near the bulwarks
  • spondulicks — money; cash.
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