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

  • change-maker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
  • changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
  • chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
  • clickjacking — the practice of using a disguised hyperlink to direct an internet user to a website he or she does not wish to visit
  • cook-general — (formerly, esp in the 1920s and '30s) a domestic servant who did cooking and housework
  • cooking salt — a type of salt used in cooking
  • cooling rack — a wire frame used for cooling food on
  • dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
  • damaskeening — Present participle of damaskeen.
  • deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
  • disembarking — Present participle of disembark.
  • earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
  • eke a living — If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.
  • epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
  • fell-walking — the sport of hiking over fells
  • finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
  • fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
  • flux linkage — the product of the magnetic flux and the number of turns in a given coil.
  • frankalmoign — a form of tenure by which religious bodies held lands, esp on condition of praying for the soul of the donor
  • free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
  • frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
  • galligaskins — loose hose or breeches worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • gallsickness — a disease of cattle and sheep, caused by infection with rickettsiae of the genus Anaplasma, resulting in anaemia and jaundice
  • gallygaskins — galligaskins.
  • gammon steak — a thick cut of meat made from smoked or cured bacon or ham and often served with pineapple or fried egg
  • garment rack — A garment rack is a rail used in stores to hang items of clothing on display, such as shirts and coats.
  • garter snake — any of numerous harmless snakes of the genus Thamnophis, common in North and Central America, ranging in size from 14 to 30 inches (36 to 76 cm) and typically having three longitudinal stripes on the back.
  • geelvink bay — former (Dutch) name of Sarera Bay.
  • genghis khan — 1162–1227, Mongol conqueror of most of Asia and of E Europe to the Dnieper River.
  • georges bank — a bank extending generally NE from Nantucket: fishing grounds. 150 miles (240 km) long.
  • get cracking — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
  • giant killer — sb who defeats a larger opponent
  • giant-killer — A giant-killer is a sportsman, sportswoman, or team that unexpectedly beats a much stronger opponent.
  • glossy snake — a nocturnal burrowing snake, Arizona elegans, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico, having smooth, glistening scales of tan with brown blotches.
  • gondola back — a chair or couch back curving forward and downward to form arms.
  • gopher snake — a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
  • gordian knot — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
  • grand kabuki — kabuki (def 2).
  • granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
  • grass skiing — turfskiing.
  • graustarkian — of, like, or characteristic of colorful, implausible, highly melodramatic and romantic situations or circumstances
  • graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
  • grayson kirk — Grayson (Louis) 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.
  • 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.
  • greenmarkets — Plural form of greenmarket.
  • ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
  • ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
  • hand-picking — to pick by hand.
  • hard linking — hard link
  • hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
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