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12-letter words containing k, e, y, c

  • hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
  • hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
  • hyperkinetic — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
  • james dickey — James, 1923–97, U.S. poet and novelist.
  • karyokinetic — Of or pertaining to karyokinesis.
  • keep company — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
  • keratinocyte — An epidermal cell that produces keratin.
  • kidney punch — an illegal punch in the lower back.
  • kidney vetch — an Old World plant, Anthyllis vulneraria, of the legume family, formerly used as a remedy for kidney diseases.
  • kitty-corner — diagonal.
  • kona cyclone — a slow-moving cyclone occuring during the winter over the subtropical Pacific Ocean.
  • kylie effect — the increased awareness of breast cancer caused by the publicity surrounding its diagnosis in Kylie Minogue, born 1968, Australian singer and actress
  • latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
  • leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • mackerel sky — an extensive group of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds, especially when well-marked in their arrangement: so called because of a resemblance to the scales on a mackerel.
  • mary of teck — Mary (def 4).
  • memory stick — computing: flashcard, dongle
  • mercy stroke — coup de grâce.
  • mickey mouse — trite and commercially slick in character; corny: mickey mouse music.
  • mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
  • monkey block — Nautical. a single block that swivels.
  • monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
  • monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
  • mouse jockey — a person whose job mainly involves working with computers, esp for web and graphic design
  • new york cut — a porterhouse steak with the fillet removed.
  • nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
  • ohio buckeye — See under buckeye (def 1).
  • parity check — a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit) to see if the value is even or odd.
  • payback time — Payback time is when someone has to take the consequences of what they have done in the past. You can use this expression to talk about good or bad consequences.
  • pecksniffery — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
  • penalty kick — a free kick awarded for an infraction committed by a defensive player in the penalty area and taken by the offensive player who has been fouled from a point 12 yards (11 meters) directly in front of the goal.
  • penny stocks — Penny stocks are high-risk stock that sells for a very low price outside of the main stock exchange.
  • play chicken — to engage in a test of courage in which, typically, two vehicles are driven directly toward one another in order to see which driver will swerve away first
  • pocket money — money for small, current expenses.
  • policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
  • prickly pear — any of numerous cacti of the genus Opuntia, having flattened, usually spiny stem joints, yellow, orange, or reddish flowers, and ovoid, often edible fruit.
  • quicksilvery — resembling quicksilver
  • ready-cooked — (of food or food products) cooked before it is sold
  • rock and rye — a bottled drink made with rye whiskey, rock candy, and fruit.
  • rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
  • rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
  • sanity check — (programming)   1. Checking code (or anything else, e.g. a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies that the check is to make sure the author was sane when it was written; e.g. if a piece of scientific software relied on a particular formula and was giving unexpected results, one might first look at the nesting of parentheses or the coding of the formula, as a "sanity check", before looking at the more complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much less the algorithm itself. Compare reality check. 2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that the program hasn't screwed up internally (producing an inconsistent value or state).
  • self-mockery — gentle humour at one's own expense
  • silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
  • stoney creek — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
  • strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
  • track system — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
  • truck system — the system of paying wages in goods instead of money.
  • unity ticket — a how-to-vote card in a union election associating Labor and Communist candidates
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