13-letter words containing k, i, l, n
- clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
- coloring book — A coloring book is a book of simple drawings which children can color in.
- constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
- control stick — the lever by which a pilot controls the lateral and longitudinal movements of an aircraft
- cowl neckline — a neckline of women's clothes loosely folded over and sometimes resembling a folded hood
- crackle china — porcelain or pottery with intentional crazing
- craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
- cucking stool — stool in which suspected witches were tested
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- cylinder desk — a desk having a cylinder front, usually a tambour but occasionally of solid wood.
- dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
- donkey's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
- double nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
- drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
- ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
- fickle-minded — (of a person) prone to casual change; inconstant.
- field kitchen — the place at which the food for a unit of soldiers in the field is prepared
- finback whale — rorqual
- flat knitting — a knitting process in which the yarn is knitted horizontally on needles set in a straight line.
- floating dock — a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.
- floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
- flying picket — (in industrial disputes) a member of a group of pickets organized to be able to move quickly from place to place
- flying tackle — a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.
- folk medicine — health practices arising from superstition, cultural traditions, or empirical use of native remedies, especially food substances.
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- franklin park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- franklin tree — a deciduous tree, Franklinia alatamaha, having large, white, fragrant flowers, one of the rarest trees in the world, once native only to Georgia and now known only in cultivation.
- gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
- gentlemanlike — a man of good family, breeding, or social position.
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- giant-killing — In sport, when a weaker team or competitor beats a much stronger, well-known team or competitor, their success is sometimes called a giant-killing.
- glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
- highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- honor killing — the killing of a relative, especially a female relative, as retribution for the perceived dishonoring of the family, as dictated or sanctioned by some cultures and religions.
- hunter-killer — of or relating to a combined naval air and fleet force operating to seek out and destroy enemy submarines.
- hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
- immanuel kant — Immanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; German ih-mah-noo-el] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; German ɪˈmɑ nuˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1724–1804, German philosopher.
- in-line skate — a roller skate with typically four hard-rubber wheels in a straight line resembling the blade of an ice skate.
- inline skates — a roller skate with typically four hard-rubber wheels in a straight line resembling the blade of an ice skate.
- insulin shock — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
- interleukin 1 — any of several proteins released from certain cells, especially macrophages, and having various effects on the activity of other cells, as promoting inflammation or enhancing T-cell proliferation. Abbreviation: IL-1.
- interleukin 2 — Immunology. a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells in response to antigen and interleukin 1, that stimulates the proliferation of T cells.
- interleukin 3 — a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells, that participates in the regulation of blood-cell production. Abbreviation: IL-3.
- interleukin-1 — any of several proteins released from certain cells, especially macrophages, and having various effects on the activity of other cells, as promoting inflammation or enhancing T-cell proliferation. Abbreviation: IL-1.
- interleukin-2 — Immunology. a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells in response to antigen and interleukin 1, that stimulates the proliferation of T cells.
- interleukin-3 — a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells, that participates in the regulation of blood-cell production. Abbreviation: IL-3.
- invisible ink — sympathetic ink.