11-letter words containing k, n, a, g
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
- cakewalking — Present participle of cakewalk.
- caneworking — A glassblowing technique that uses rods of coloured glass to add intricate patterns and stripes to blown glass objects.
- care-taking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- carjackings — Plural form of carjacking.
- changemaker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- chikungunya — A viral disease resembling dengue, transmitted by mosquitoes and endemic in East Africa and parts of Asia.
- chuck wagon — a wagon carrying provisions and cooking utensils for men, such as cowboys, who work in the open
- cocktailing — any of various short mixed drinks, consisting typically of gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, or brandy, with different admixtures, as vermouth, fruit juices, or flavorings, usually chilled and frequently sweetened.
- congo snake — any of several eel-shaped salamanders, as the amphiuma or siren.
- cracklingly — With a crackling sound.
- dark energy — unobserved energy whose existence is proposed to account for the observed acceleration in the expansion of the universe
- deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
- demarketing — advertising that urges the public to limit the consumption of a product, as at a time of shortage.
- dogger bank — a shoal in the North Sea, between N England and Denmark: fishing grounds; naval battle 1915.
- dragon book — (publication) The classic text "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6). So called because of the cover design featuring a dragon labelled "complexity of compiler design" and a knight bearing the lance "LALR parser generator" among his other trappings. This one is more specifically known as the "Red Dragon Book" (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled "Principles Of Compiler Design" (Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman; Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the "Green Dragon Book" (1977). (Also "New Dragon Book", "Old Dragon Book".) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast extends back in normal space. See also book titles.
- drakensberg — a mountain range in the E Republic of South Africa: highest peak, 10,988 feet (3350 meters).
- dressmaking — a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
- drug-taking — the activity of taking illegal drugs
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- e-marketing — the practice of marketing by means of the internet
- english oak — a species, Q. robur of the genus Quercus.
- film-making — the activity or business of producing and directing films
- finger mark — a mark, especially a smudge or stain, made by a finger.
- fingermarks — Plural form of fingermark.
- frankpledge — a system of dividing a community into tithings or groups of ten men, each member of which was responsible for the conduct of the other members of his group and for the assurance that a member charged with a breach of the law would be produced at court.
- gamekeeping — a person employed, as on an estate or game preserve, to prevent poaching and provide a natural environment conducive to the propagation of game, as by thinning brush, scattering food after a snowstorm, and the like.
- gamma knife — a machine that uses radiation with extreme accuracy to destroy abnormal tissue, esp in the brain
- garden pink — the plant Dianthus plumarius
- gatekeeping — The activity of controlling, and usually limiting, general access to something.
- gawkishness — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- gazingstock — (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people.
- give thanks — be thankful, express thankfulness
- glass snake — any limbless, snakelike lizard of the genus Ophisaurus, inhabiting the eastern U.S., Europe, and Asia, having external ear openings and the ability to regenerate its long, fragile tail.
- glassmaking — the art of making glass or glassware.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- goalkeeping — The art of a goalkeeper.
- goalkicking — the act of taking a goal kick
- gobsmacking — Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
- godforsaken — desolate; remote; deserted: They live in some godforsaken place 40 miles from the nearest town.
- grand banks — an extensive shoal SE of Newfoundland: fishing grounds. 350 miles (565 km) long; 40,000 sq. mi. (104,000 sq. km).
- grand forks — a town in E North Dakota.
- granitelike — Resembling granite.
- granny knot — a reef knot with the ends crossed the wrong way, making it liable to slip or jam
- grass snake — Also called ring snake. a common European snake, Natrix natrix, having a collar of bright orange or yellow.
- green snake — any slender, green snake of the genus Opheodrys, of North America, feeding chiefly on insects.
- greenmarket — farmers' market.
- greenshanks — Plural form of greenshank.