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13-letter words containing k, i

  • carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
  • cat's whisker — a pointed wire used to make contact with the crystal in a crystal radio receiver
  • caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
  • cesky terrier — a sturdy long-bodied short-legged variety of terrier with a wavy grey or light brown coat
  • chameleonlike — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
  • changchiak'ou — Zhangjiakou.
  • chapman stick — an electronically amplified musical instrument with ten or twelve strings and a fretted neck, which is played by striking the strings against the frets with the fingers
  • check-in time — The check-in time at a hotel is the time from which guests are expected to arrive.
  • checkout girl — a female employee who works on a supermarket checkout
  • checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
  • checkpointing — Present participle of checkpoint.
  • checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
  • cherry picker — a hydraulic crane, esp one mounted on a lorry, that has an elbow joint or telescopic arm supporting a basket-like platform enabling a person to service high power lines or to carry out similar operations above the ground
  • cherry-picker — a moveable boom, having a bucketlike attachment at its top that is large enough to carry a worker: used for repairing telephone lines, pruning trees, etc.
  • chicago steak — a strip steak or, sometimes, a shell steak.
  • chicken adder — milk snake.
  • chicken divan — a casserole of boned chicken breast, broccoli or asparagus spears, and cheese sauce
  • chicken liver — the liver of chicken, considered as food
  • chicken louse — a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
  • chicken snake — rat snake
  • chicken-fried — (of meats, esp steak) coated in seasoned flour and pan-fried
  • chickenburger — A hot sandwich made of a patty of chicken in a bun, often with other ingredients.
  • childlikeness — the character of being like a child
  • chilkoot pass — a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast Range
  • chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
  • chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
  • chinkerinchee — a flowering plant, Ornithogalum thyrsoides, that produces clusters of white and yellow flowers
  • chokecherries — Plural form of chokecherry.
  • christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
  • chronokinesis — (science fiction) The ability to manipulate time relevant to oneself.
  • cicada killer — a black or rust-colored digger wasp, Sphecius speciosis, with a yellow-banded abdomen, that preys on cicadas.
  • cinchona bark — the dried bark of any of a cinchona tree, which yields quinine and other medicinal alkaloids
  • circular-knit — noting, pertaining to, or made of a fabric made by circular knitting.
  • citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
  • clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
  • clearing mark — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
  • click through — to navigate around (a website) using the links provided to move onto different pages
  • click-through — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
  • clicketyclack — a rhythmic, metallic sound, as that made by the wheels of a moving train
  • clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
  • cock-a-leekie — a soup made by boiling chicken with leeks
  • cocktail hour — the interval before the evening meal during which cocktails and other alcoholic beverages are often served.
  • coloring book — A coloring book is a book of simple drawings which children can color in.
  • compiler jock — A programmer who specialises in writing compilers.
  • computer disk — a computer data storage device such as a hard drive or floppy disk
  • 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
  • cookie cutter — A cookie cutter is a tool that is used for cutting cookies into a particular shape before you bake them.
  • cookie-cutter — having the same configuration or look as many others of a given kind; identical: rows of cookie-cutter houses.
  • corkscrewlike — Resembling a corkscrew, usually specifically the worm of a corkscrew.
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