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

  • preference stock — preferred stock.
  • proboscis monkey — a reddish, arboreal monkey, Nasalis larvatus, of Borneo, the male of which has a long, flexible nose: an endangered species.
  • rack one's brain — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
  • reckless driving — a serious traffic offence whereby the driver of a vehicle disregards the rules of the road, driving very dangerously, causing accidents or other damage
  • red-necked grebe — a large stocky grebe, Podiceps grisegena, of circumpolar regions having a dark neck: family Podicipedidae
  • ring-necked duck — a North American scauplike duck, Aythya collaris, having a chestnut ring around the neck.
  • rocket scientist — a specialist in rocketry.
  • rockville centre — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
  • run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
  • secondary market — the market that exists for an issue after large blocks of shares have been publicly distributed.
  • secondhand smoke — smoke from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe that is involuntarily inhaled, especially by nonsmokers.
  • security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
  • sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
  • seneca snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
  • shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
  • sheepskin jacket — a short jacket made of the skin of a sheep with the wool still attached to it
  • sickness benefit — Sickness benefit is money that you receive regularly from the government when you are unable to work because of illness.
  • silk-cotton tree — any of several spiny trees belonging to the genus Ceiba, of the bombax family, having palmately compound leaves and seeds surrounded by silk cotton, especially C. pentandra, from which kapok is obtained.
  • slap on the back — to congratulate
  • smack in the eye — a snub or setback
  • smack one's lips — If you smack your lips, you open and close your mouth noisily, especially before or after eating, to show that you are eager to eat or enjoyed eating.
  • spanish mackerel — an American game fish, Scomberomorus maculatus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.
  • stab in the back — to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
  • stick in the mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
  • stick-in-the-mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
  • sticking plaster — an adhesive cloth or other material for covering and closing superficial wounds, holding bandages in place, etc.
  • stock controller — someone employed to monitor and manage goods and stock so that new stock can be ordered as required and the right numbers and quantities made available all the time
  • stock management — the monitoring and control of goods and stock so that new stock can be ordered as required and the right numbers and quantities made available at all times
  • stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
  • stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
  • stockton-on-tees — a seaport in Cleveland, in NE England, near the mouth of the Tees River.
  • strike a balance — compromise
  • take a raincheck — to accept the postponement of an offer
  • take one's place — to take up one's usual or specified position
  • the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
  • the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
  • thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
  • thieves' kitchen — a thieves' hideout
  • thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
  • travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
  • turkish crescent — crescent (def 6).
  • two-percent milk — Two-percent milk is milk from which some of the cream has been removed.
  • unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
  • up to one's neck — If you say that someone is in some sort of trouble or criminal activity up to their neck, you mean that they are deeply involved in it.
  • upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
  • walking distance — distance that can easily be walked
  • weak interaction — the interaction between elementary particles and the intermediate vector bosons that carry the weak force from one particle to another.
  • wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
  • william mckinley — William, 1843–1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897–1901.
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