13-letter words containing k, n, a, g
- 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.
- court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
- cringe-making — causing feelings of acute embarrassment or distaste
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
- dragon market — any of the emerging markets of the Pacific rim, esp Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines
- dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
- fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
- fast-tracking — the practice of speeding up the progress of a project or person
- fishing banks — a place where fish are abundant, as off Newfoundland
- fishing smack — any of various fore-and-aft-rigged fishing vessels of rather large size, often containing a well to keep the catch alive.
- flat knitting — a knitting process in which the yarn is knitted horizontally on needles set in a straight line.
- floating dock — a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.
- flying tackle — a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.
- gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
- gentlemanlike — a man of good family, breeding, or social position.
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- giant-killing — In sport, when a weaker team or competitor beats a much stronger, well-known team or competitor, their success is sometimes called a giant-killing.
- give and take — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- give-and-take — the practice of dealing by compromise or mutual concession; cooperation.
- gnu smalltalk — (language) A GNU version of Smalltalk, by Steven Byrne <[email protected]>. Version 1.1.1,
- grease monkey — a mechanic, especially one who works on automobiles or airplanes.
- great khingan — a mountain range in NE China: highest peak, 5000 feet (1525 meters).
- ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
- hacking cough — a harsh, dry and spasmodic cough
- hard-drinking — If you describe someone as a hard-drinking person, you mean that they frequently drink large quantities of alcohol.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- hognose snake — any harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, the several species having an upturned snout and noted for flattening the head or playing dead when disturbed.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
- hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
- hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- in the making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- kachang puteh — (in Malaysia) roasted or fried nuts or beans
- kangaroo care — a method of caring for a premature baby in which the baby is periodically held against a parent's bare chest.
- kangaroo code — spaghetti code
- kangaroo vine — an Australian vine, Cissus antarctica, of the grape family, having shiny, leathery leaves.
- kangchenjunga — a mountain on the border between Nepal and Sikkim, in the Himalayas: the third highest mountain in the world. Height: 8598 m (28 208 ft)
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- kernel parlog — (language) A modeless intermediate language for Parlog compilation.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- kim young sam — born 1927, president of South Korea 1993–98.
- kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
- kindergartner — a child who attends a kindergarten.