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13-letter words containing k, n, a, c, i

  • riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
  • road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
  • roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
  • rock painting — a painting done on rock, usually by early people
  • rocking chair — a chair mounted on rockers or springs so as to permit a person to rock back and forth while sitting.
  • rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
  • rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
  • running track — a piece of ground, usually oval-shaped, that is used for races involving athletes
  • sanction mark — a mark on pieces of 19th-century French furniture signifying that the piece met the quality standards required by the Parisian guild of ebonists
  • sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
  • scanning disk — (in mechanical scanning) a disk with a line of holes spiraling in from its edge, rotated in front of a surface so as to expose a small segment as each hole passes before it for transmitting or reproducing a picture.
  • season ticket — a ticket for a specified series or number of events or valid for unlimited use during a specified time, often sold at a reduced rate, for athletic events, concerts, transportation, etc.
  • shack-tapping — the making of house-by-house visits to canvass.
  • shaving stick — a piece of shaving foam moulded into a slender shape and held in a slender container for ease of application to the face when removing hair with a razor
  • skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • skin reaction — an irritation or inflammation of the skin due to an allergy or infection, brought about by natural means or by a skin test.
  • skip distance — the minimum distance along the earth's surface between the position of a short-wave transmitter and the region where its signal is received after one reflection from the ionosphere.
  • speech making — act of addressing the public formally
  • stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.
  • stocking mask — a nylon stocking used, especially by a criminal, to disguise the face.
  • swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
  • take occasion — to avail oneself of an opportunity (to do something)
  • take stock in — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
  • talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
  • tarpeian rock — a rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which criminals and traitors were hurled.
  • tennis racket — long-handled bat used in tennis
  • ticket agency — an agency dealing in the sale of tickets, especially theater tickets.
  • tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
  • tracking shot — dolly shot.
  • under-packing — the act or work of a person or thing that packs.
  • unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
  • vacation work — work undertaken by students during their vacation
  • volcanic neck — neck (def 14).
  • volcanic rock — rock solidified on Earth's surface
  • volcanic-neck — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
  • walking stick — a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
  • warning track — a strip, often consisting of a cinder or dirt track, bordering the outer edge of the outfield between the outfield turf and the stadium wall that alerts outfielders that the wall is near, especially as they back up to catch a fly ball.
  • wicket maiden — an over in which no runs are scored with the bat and at least one wicket is taken by the bowler
  • with any luck — You can add with luck or with any luck to a statement to indicate that you hope that a particular thing will happen.
  • working class — those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
  • wrecking ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
  • zooplanktonic — Of or pertaining to zooplankton.
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