15-letter words containing k, e, n, i, l
- pinkster flower — a wild azalea, Rhododendron periclymenoides, of the U.S., having pink or purplish flowers.
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- planet-stricken — believed to be adversely affected mentally or physically by the planets
- plunket society — the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children
- police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
- public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
- pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
- railway network — a system of intersecting rail routes
- reception clerk — a person who works in a hotel at the desk or office where guests can books rooms or ask the staff questions
- redfin pickerel — See under pickerel (def 1).
- rigel kentaurus — Alpha Centauri.
- rigil kentaurus — Astronomy. Alpha Centauri.
- ringtail monkey — a Central and South American monkey, Cebus capucinus, having a prehensile tail and hair on the head resembling a cowl.
- rocket airplane — an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine.
- rolling kitchen — a mobile kitchen used for feeding troops outdoors.
- rumpelstiltskin — a dwarf in a German folktale who spins flax into gold for a young woman to meet the demands of the prince she has married, on the condition that she give him her first child or else guess his name: she guesses his name and he vanishes or destroys himself in a rage.
- saint-john-lake — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- sand-lime brick — a hard brick composed of silica sand and a lime of high calcium content, molded under high pressure and baked.
- senkaku islands — a group of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea; claimed by China and Japan
- sibylline books — (in ancient Rome) a collection of prophetic sayings, supposedly bought from the Cumaean sibyl, bearing upon Roman policy and religion
- sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
- slap and tickle — sexual play
- smoke pollution — pollution caused by fuels, etc, that produce smoke when burned
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
- spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
- spiral notebook — a notebook held together by a coil of wire passed through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages
- sprinkler dance — a celebratory dance in which participants extend one arm and shake it to imitate the action of a rotating water sprinkler
- squirrel monkey — either of two small, long-tailed monkeys, Saimiri oerstedii of Central America and S. sciureus of South America, having a small white face with black muzzle and gold, brown, or greenish fur: S. oerstedii is endangered.
- stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- striking circle — the semicircular area in front of each goal, which an attacking player must have entered before scoring a goal
- take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- talking machine — Older Use. a phonograph.
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- telekinetically — in a telekinetic manner
- terminal market — an organized market in a city into which large quantities of agricultural produce, livestock, etc., are shipped for distribution and sale.
- think little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
- track and field — athletics events
- track-and-field — of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.: a track-and-field athlete.
- travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- ungentlemanlike — unlike a gentleman
- universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
- unknown soldier — an unidentified soldier killed in battle and buried with honors, the tomb serving as a memorial to all the unidentified dead of a nation's armed forces. The tomb of the American Unknown Soldier, commemorating a serviceman killed in World War I, was established in the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia in 1921. In 1958, the remains of personnel of World War II and the Korean War were buried alongside the tomb (now called the Tomb of the Unknowns, ). In 1984, a serviceman of the Vietnam War was interred next to the others.