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13-letter words containing k, n, e, c

  • sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
  • schwenkfelder — a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • season ticket — a ticket for a specified series or number of events or valid for unlimited use during a specified time, often sold at a reduced rate, for athletic events, concerts, transportation, etc.
  • second-strike — noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
  • shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • single ticket — a one-way ticket.
  • single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
  • single-decker — A single-decker or a single-decker bus is a bus with only one deck.
  • singlesticker — a vessel, especially a sloop or cutter, having one mast.
  • skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • skin reaction — an irritation or inflammation of the skin due to an allergy or infection, brought about by natural means or by a skin test.
  • skip distance — the minimum distance along the earth's surface between the position of a short-wave transmitter and the region where its signal is received after one reflection from the ionosphere.
  • skunk cabbage — a low, fetid, broad-leaved North American plant, Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family, having a brownish-purple and green mottled spathe surrounding a stout spadix, growing in moist ground.
  • snake charmer — an entertainer who seems to charm venomous snakes, usually by music.
  • socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
  • space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
  • speech making — act of addressing the public formally
  • squeaky clean — If you say that someone is squeaky clean, you mean that they live a very moral life and have never done anything wrong.
  • squeaky-clean — scrupulously clean.
  • steering lock — an anti-theft device
  • sticks&stones — (language, functional programming)   A functional, polymorphic hardware description language loosely based on ML by Lucca Cardelli.
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
  • take a chance — act on a possibility
  • take occasion — to avail oneself of an opportunity (to do something)
  • take stock in — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
  • talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
  • tarpeian rock — a rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which criminals and traitors were hurled.
  • tennis racket — long-handled bat used in tennis
  • the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
  • thick-skinned — having a thick skin.
  • thunderstruck — overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded: He was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion.
  • ticket agency — an agency dealing in the sale of tickets, especially theater tickets.
  • tinker's cuss — tinker's damn (def 1).
  • token economy — a method of encouraging desirable behavior, especially in a hospital setting, by offering rewards of token money that can be exchanged for special food, access to television, and other bonuses.
  • undated stock — stock that has no definitive repayment commitment
  • under-packing — the act or work of a person or thing that packs.
  • understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
  • unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
  • upper chinook — a Chinookan language of the Columbia River valley from the Deschutes River to the estuary.
  • volcanic neck — neck (def 14).
  • volcanic-neck — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
  • white knuckle — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
  • white-knuckle — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
  • wicket maiden — an over in which no runs are scored with the bat and at least one wicket is taken by the bowler
  • winkle-picker — a shoe or boot with a narrow, sharply pointed toe
  • wonder-struck — struck or affected with wonder.
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