12-letter words containing k, i, n, g, c
- get stuck in — If you get stuck in, you do something with enthusiasm and determination.
- glockenspiel — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used especially in bands.
- goldbricking — Present participle of goldbrick.
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- hand-picking — to pick by hand.
- home cooking — home-made food
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- in good nick — in good condition
- interlocking — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- jickajogging — the act of moving in a jogging or rolling motion
- jumping jack — a toy consisting of a jointed figure that is made to jump, move, or dance by pulling a string or stick attached to it.
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- kick against — If you kick against a situation you dislike but cannot control, you react against it in a violent, sudden, or extreme way.
- kinchinjunga — Kanchenjunga.
- king's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
- king's color — a white ceremonial ensign with a royal cipher, flown on special occasions by the British Royal Navy.
- king's crown — a tropical American shrub, Justicia carnea, of the acanthus family, bearing clusters of tubular reddish flowers.
- king's peace — (in early medieval England) the protection secured by the king for particular people or places
- king's scout — (in Great Britain) a boy scout who has achieved the highest level of scouting: similar to the U.S. eagle scout.
- kingdom come — the next world; the hereafter; heaven.
- knee-capping — Knee-capping is the act of shooting someone in the knee and is carried out by some terrorist organizations as a form of punishment.
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- magnetic ink — ink containing particles of a magnetic material used for printing characters for magnetic character recognition
- meat packing — the business or industry of slaughtering cattle and other meat animals and processing the carcasses for sale, sometimes including the packaging of processed meat products.
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- mooring rack — a row of piles, connected at the tops, to which ships or boats can be moored.
- nice-looking — Someone who is nice-looking is physically attractive.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- packing case — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- packing slip — A packing slip is a list of what is included in a shipment.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- peacekeeping — the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area: the United Nations' efforts toward peacekeeping.
- pickeringite — a mineral, magnesia alum, occurring usually in the form of white fibrous masses.
- pigeon clock — a device for timing the arrivals of pigeons being raced, consisting of a magazine for holding the identification bands of the contestants in the order in which they are inserted and a recording clock to register the times of insertion.
- piggybacking — on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- pipe jacking — a method of laying underground pipelines by assembling the pipes at the foot of an access shaft and pushing them through the ground
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- prepackaging — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
- quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
- quick-acting — (of a drug, chemical, etc) taking effect quickly
- quick-drying — (of paint, concrete, glue, etc) that dries quickly
- racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
- racketeering — a person engaged in a racket.