13-letter words containing k, n, e, c
- desk calendar — a loose-leaf calendar containing one or two pages for each day, with spaces for notes.
- digby chicken — a smoked herring.
- dinner jacket — tuxedo (def 1).
- donkey jacket — A donkey jacket is a thick, warm jacket, usually dark blue with a strip across the shoulders at the back.
- double nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
- evening stock — a plant, Matthiola incana, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- feinschmecker — gourmet.
- fickle-minded — (of a person) prone to casual change; inconstant.
- field kitchen — the place at which the food for a unit of soldiers in the field is prepared
- finback whale — rorqual
- fingerpicking — Present participle of fingerpick.
- flying picket — (in industrial disputes) a member of a group of pickets organized to be able to move quickly from place to place
- flying tackle — a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.
- folk medicine — health practices arising from superstition, cultural traditions, or empirical use of native remedies, especially food substances.
- fork luncheon — déjeuner à la fourchette.
- gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
- gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
- generic thunk — (programming) A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
- glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
- greensickness — chlorosis (def 2).
- grossglockner — a mountain in S Austria: highest peak in the Hohe Tauern range. 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- hackney coach — hackney (def 1).
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- herringchoker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
- hunt and peck — a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.
- hunt-and-peck — a method of typing while looking at the keyboard, usually using only the forefingers to press the keys
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- in the pocket — (of a fly half) in an attacking position slightly further back from play than normal, making himself available for a drop goal attempt
- incense stick — a stick coated with incense, which burns slowly, releasing a fragrant odour
- invoice clerk — a worker, esp in an office, who deals with invoices
- 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
- 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)
- keep in touch — stay in contact
- kentucky lake — reservoir in SW Ky. & W Tenn., on the Tennessee River: 247 sq mi (640 sq km); 184 mi (296 km) long
- kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- killiecrankie — a mountain pass in central Scotland, in the Grampians.
- kin selection — a form of natural selection that favors altruistic behavior toward close relatives resulting in an increase in the altruistic individual's genetic contribution to the next generation.
- kinaesthetics — Alternative spelling of kinesthetics.
- kinematically — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- king mackerel — a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
- king's speech — (in the British Parliament) a speech reviewing domestic conditions and foreign relations, prepared by the ministry in the name of the sovereign, and read at the opening of the Parliament either by the sovereign in person or by commission.