12-letter words containing k, n, e, c
- lake lucerne — a lake in central Switzerland: fed and drained chiefly by the River Reuss. Area: 115 sq km (44 sq miles)
- lancet clock — a mantel clock having a case formed like an acutely pointed arch.
- leathernecks — Plural form of leatherneck.
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- look askance — glance sidelong or with suspicion
- lovesickness — Quality or property of being lovesick.
- lucklessness — The state or condition of being luckless.
- lunch-bucket — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- magnetic ink — ink containing particles of a magnetic material used for printing characters for magnetic character recognition
- make certain — ensure
- meat packing — the business or industry of slaughtering cattle and other meat animals and processing the carcasses for sale, sometimes including the packaging of processed meat products.
- mental block — inability to recall
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- monkey block — Nautical. a single block that swivels.
- monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
- monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
- moonstricken — Moonstruck.
- neckerchiefs — Plural form of neckerchief.
- network card — network interface controller
- new york cut — a porterhouse steak with the fillet removed.
- nice-looking — Someone who is nice-looking is physically attractive.
- niche market — specific or limited consumer interest
- nick of time — moment before sth is too late
- nickel oxide — a green, water-insoluble powder, NiO, used chiefly in the manufacture of nickel salts and in green pigments for ceramic paints.
- nickel plate — thin coating of nickel
- nickel steel — steel to which up to 9 percent nickel has been added.
- nickel-plate — to coat with nickel by electroplating or other process.
- nickelodeons — Plural form of nickelodeon.
- nordic skier — a person who practises cross-country racing and ski-jumping
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- on the block — for sale at auction
- on the rocks — a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- on the stick — alert, efficient, etc.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
- packing case — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pancake coil — a coil (of wire, etc) wound in a flat circular shape
- pancake roll — A pancake roll is an item of Chinese food consisting of a small roll of thin crisp pastry filled with vegetables and sometimes meat.
- peacekeeping — the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area: the United Nations' efforts toward peacekeeping.
- pecksniffery — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- pecksniffian — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
- penalty kick — a free kick awarded for an infraction committed by a defensive player in the penalty area and taken by the offensive player who has been fouled from a point 12 yards (11 meters) directly in front of the goal.