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10-letter words containing k, n, a, g

  • gangplanks — Plural form of gangplank.
  • gatun lake — an artificial lake in the Canal Zone, forming part of the Panama Canal: created by the Gatun dam. 164 sq. mi. (425 sq. km).
  • genoa cake — a rich fruit cake, usually decorated with almonds
  • giant kelp — any of various very large kelps of the genera Laminaria, Macrocystis, and Nereocystis.
  • glass tank — a reverberatory furnace in which glass is melted directly under the flames.
  • go back on — at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
  • go-karting — racing in small vehicle
  • gonkulator — /gon'kyoo-lay-tr/ (From "Hogan's Heroes", the TV series) A pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose. Usually used to describe one's least favourite piece of computer hardware. See gonk.
  • grand duke — the sovereign of a territory called a grand duchy, ranking next below a king.
  • grand turk — an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands of the West Indies. 7 miles (11 km) long.
  • grass pink — a pink, Dianthus plumarius, of Europe and Asia, having fragrant, fringed pink, purplish, or white flowers.
  • great neck — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • greenbacks — Plural form of greenback.
  • greenshank — an Old World shore bird, Tringa nebularia, having green legs.
  • greenspeak — the jargon used by those who campaign for the conservation of the world's natural resources and the improvement of the environment
  • grimalkins — Plural form of grimalkin.
  • gulbenkian — Calouste Sarkis (kæˈluːst ˈsɑːkɪz). 1869–1955, British industrialist, born in Turkey. He endowed the international Gulbenkian Foundation for the advancement of the arts, science, and education
  • gun tackle — a tackle composed of a fall rove through two single blocks and secured to one of them so as to secure a mechanical advantage of two or three, neglecting friction, depending on the arrangement.
  • gunnysacks — Plural form of gunnysack.
  • guru nanak — ("Guru") 1469–1539, Indian religious leader: founder of Sikhism.
  • hackneying — Present participle of hackney.
  • hearkening — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
  • hijackings — Plural form of hijacking.
  • homemaking — the establishment or management of a home; duties of a homemaker.
  • hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
  • inbreaking — The act of breaking in; incursion; invasion; inroad.
  • jaywalking — to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.
  • kans grass — kans.
  • kapfenberg — an industrial town in E Austria, in Styria. Pop: 22 234 (2001)
  • keogh plan — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
  • kidnapping — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
  • king cobra — a cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, that grows to a length of more than 15 feet (5 meters): the largest of the venomous snakes.
  • king plank — a plank running along the center line of a deck, into which all other planks are fitted.
  • king prawn — any of several large prawns of the genus Penaeus, which are fished commercially in Australian waters
  • king snake — any of several New World constrictors of the genus Lampropeltis, that often feed on other snakes.
  • kingmakers — Plural form of kingmaker.
  • kings park — a town in NW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • kings peak — a mountain in NE Utah: highest peak in the Uinta Mountains. 13,528 feet (4123 meters).
  • klagenfurt — a province in S Austria. 3681 sq. mi. (9535 sq. km). Capital: Klagenfurt.
  • klangfarbe — instrumental timbre or tone colour
  • knagginess — the state or quality of being knaggy or knotty
  • knighthead — either of a pair of upright members flanking and securing the bowsprit of a ship at the bow, often used as mooring bitts; apostle.
  • koniggratz — German name of Hradec Králové.
  • krugerrand — (sometimes lowercase) a one-ounce gold coin of the Republic of South Africa, equal to 25 rand: first issued in 1967.
  • kuang-chou — Guangzhou
  • kuomintang — the dominant political party of China from 1928 to 1949, founded chiefly by Sun Yat-sen in 1912 and led from 1925 to 1975 by Chiang Kai-shek; the dominant party of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 1949.
  • kurrajongs — Plural form of kurrajong.
  • kurunegala — a city in W central Sri Lanka.
  • kyrgyzstan — official name of Kirghizia.
  • lacemaking — the art, act, or process of making lace.
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