12-letter words containing k, a, t, n
- cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- captain jack — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- carpet snake — a large nonvenomous Australian snake, Morelia variegata, having a carpetlike pattern on its back
- census taker — a person who gathers information for a census.
- central bank — a national bank that does business mainly with a government and with other banks: it regulates the volume and cost of credit
- central park — a public park in central Manhattan, New York City. 840 acres (340 hectares).
- chakravartin — (in Indian philosophy, politics, etc.) an ideal, universal, enlightened ruler, under whom the world exists in justice and peace.
- changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
- chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- cinder track — a racetrack covered with fine cinders
- citizen kane — an American film (1941), directed by and starring Orson Welles.
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- conduct mark — (in school) a mark for behaviour
- cooking salt — a type of salt used in cooking
- country park — an area of countryside, usually not less than 10 hectares, set aside for public recreation: often funded by a Countryside Commission grant
- crank letter — a hostile or fanatical letter, often sent anonymously.
- cryoplankton — minute organisms, esp algae, living in ice, snow, or icy water
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- dark current — the residual current produced by a photoelectric device when not illuminated
- dark lantern — a lantern having a sliding shutter or panel to dim or hide the light
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- denim jacket — a jacket made of a hard-wearing twill-weave cotton fabric
- don't ask me — You reply 'don't ask me' when you do not know the answer to a question, usually when you are annoyed or surprised that you have been asked.
- donald knuth — (person) Donald E. Knuth, the author of the TeX document formatting system, Metafont its font-design program and the 3 volume computer science "Bible" of algorithms, "The Art of Computer Programming". Knuth suggested the name "Backus-Naur Form" and was also involved in the SOL simulation language, and developed the WEB literate programming system. See also MIX, Turingol.
- drinkability — The state or property of being drinkable.
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- endoskeletal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
- enterokinase — (enzyme) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin.
- fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
- fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire
- fort jackson — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in N central South Carolina, NE of Columbia.
- fort kearney — a former fort in S Nebraska, near Kearney: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- frank stella — Frank (Phillip) born 1936, U.S. painter.
- frankenstein — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
- frankfurters — Plural form of frankfurter.
- free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
- futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
- gammon steak — a thick cut of meat made from smoked or cured bacon or ham and often served with pineapple or fried egg
- garment rack — A garment rack is a rail used in stores to hang items of clothing on display, such as shirts and coats.
- garter snake — any of numerous harmless snakes of the genus Thamnophis, common in North and Central America, ranging in size from 14 to 30 inches (36 to 76 cm) and typically having three longitudinal stripes on the back.
- get cracking — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- giant killer — sb who defeats a larger opponent
- giant-killer — A giant-killer is a sportsman, sportswoman, or team that unexpectedly beats a much stronger opponent.
- gordian knot — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
- granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
- graustarkian — of, like, or characteristic of colorful, implausible, highly melodramatic and romantic situations or circumstances
- greenmarkets — Plural form of greenmarket.