7-letter words containing k, n, e, c
- genlock — a method of synchronizing cameras by using an external signal
- hackmen — Plural form of hackman.
- hackney — Also called hackney coach. a carriage or coach for hire; cab.
- henpeck — to browbeat, bully, or intimidate (one's husband, boyfriend, etc.).
- hockney — David, born 1937, British artist.
- icerink — Alternative spelling of ice rink.
- jackeen — a slick self-assertive lower-class Dubliner
- janacek — Leoš [le-awsh] /ˈlɛ ɔʃ/ (Show IPA), 1854–1928, Czech composer.
- jockney — the Scots dialect influenced by cockney speech patterns
- juncker — Jean-Claude ( ʒɑ̃klod) born 1954, Luxembourgish politician; prime minister of Luxembourg (1995–2013); president of the European Commission from 2014
- kechuan — Quechuan.
- kenotic — the doctrine that Christ relinquished His divine attributes so as to experience human suffering.
- kentuck — Kentucky.
- ketonic — any of a class of organic compounds containing a carbonyl group, CO, attached to two alkyl groups, as CH 3 COCH 3 or CH 3 COC 2 H 5 .
- kinesic — the study of body movements, gestures, facial expressions, etc., as a means of communication.
- kinetic — pertaining to motion.
- kitchen — a room or place equipped for cooking.
- knacked — Simple past tense and past participle of knack.
- knacker — a person who buys animal carcasses or slaughters useless livestock for a knackery or rendering works.
- kneecap — the patella.
- knicker — (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickers.
- knocked — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knocker — a person or thing that knocks.
- knuckle — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- lockean — an adherent of the philosophy of Locke.
- mckenna — Siobhan [shuh-vawn,, -von] /ʃəˈvɔn,, -ˈvɒn/ (Show IPA), 1923–86, Irish actress.
- mencken — H(enry) L(ouis) 1880–1956, U.S. writer, editor, and critic.
- mockney — a person who affects a cockney accent
- nechako — a river in central British Columbia, Canada, flowing NE and E to the Fraser river. About 150 miles (240 km) long.
- necking — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- necklet — something worn around the neck for ornamentation, as a fur piece.
- necktie — a band of decorative fabric worn around the neck, under the collar, and tied in front to hang down the front of a shirt or to form a small bow.
- netback — a calculation of the price of crude-oil products based on the price of crude oil.
- nethack — (games) /net'hak/ (Unix) A dungeon game similar to rogue but more elaborate, distributed in C source over Usenet and very popular at Unix sites and on PC-class machines (nethack is probably the most widely distributed of the freeware dungeon games). The earliest versions, written by Jay Fenlason and later considerably enhanced by Andries Brouwer, were simply called "hack". The name changed when maintenance was taken over by a group of hackers originally organised by Mike Stephenson. Version: NetHack 3.2 (Apr 1996?). E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- netrock — /net'rok/ (IBM) A flame; used especially on VNET, IBM's internal corporate network.
- nickels — Plural form of nickel.
- nickers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nicker.
- nickles — Plural form of nickle.
- nutcake — A cake made with nuts.
- on deck — Nautical. a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel. the space between such a surface and the next such surface above: Our stateroom was on B deck.
- pancake — a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.
- pecking — to strike or indent with the beak, as a bird does, or with some pointed instrument, especially with quick, repeated movements.
- pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- pickney — a child
- quicken — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
- quincke — Angioedema.
- recking — to have care, concern, or regard (often followed by of, with, or a clause).
- redneck — an uneducated white farm laborer, especially from the South.
- renwick — James, 1818–95, U.S. architect.
- slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.