8-letter words containing k, n, e, c
- crinkles — Plural form of crinkle.
- cronkite — Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.
- crunkest — a type of hip-hop originating in the southern U.S. and characterized by heavy bass and call-and-response vocals.
- cytokine — any of various proteins, secreted by cells, that carry signals to neighbouring cells. Cytokines include interferon
- deckhand — A deckhand is a person who does the cleaning and other work on the deck of a ship.
- deckings — Plural form of decking.
- donicker — bathroom; toilet.
- duveneck — Frank (Frank Decker) 1848–1919, U.S. painter and teacher.
- ewe-neck — a condition in horses in which the neck is straight and sagging rather than arched
- flecking — a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.
- frecking — Present participle of freck.
- glackens — William James, 1870–1938, U.S. painter and illustrator.
- greenock — a seaport in the Strathcylde region, in SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde.
- gun deck — (formerly, on a warship) any deck, other than the weather deck, having cannons from end to end.
- hackneys — Plural form of hackney.
- heckling — to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
- hendrick — a male given name, form of Henry.
- henpecks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of henpeck.
- hinckley — a town in central England, in Leicestershire. Pop: 43 246 (2001)
- honecker — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, East German Communist leader: chairman of the Council of State 1976–89.
- ice rink — arena with ice-covered floor
- iceblink — a yellowish luminosity near the horizon or on the underside of a cloud, caused by the reflection of light from sea ice.
- icekhana — an auto-racing competition testing driving skills on a frozen lake.
- ickiness — repulsive or distasteful.
- in check — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- insucken — relating to, or situated within, a sucken
- jackelyn — a female given name.
- kennebec — a river flowing S through W Maine to the Atlantic. 164 miles (264 km) long.
- kentucky — a state in the E central United States. 40,395 sq. mi. (104,625 sq. km). Capital: Frankfort. Abbreviation: KY (for use with zip code), Ken., Ky.
- kerching — (onomatopoeia, informal, humorous) Said to indicate that someone is obtaining money, especially a comparatively large amount.
- kerchunk — A sudden heavy blow or thump.
- ketching — Present participle of ketch.
- keychain — A chain or ring to which a key may be attached.
- keypunch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
- kinepock — (obsolete) cowpox.
- kinesics — the study of body movements, gestures, facial expressions, etc., as a means of communication.
- kinetics — the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses.
- kirchner — Ernst Ludwig, 1880–1938, German expressionist artist.
- kitchens — Plural form of kitchen.
- knackers — Plural form of knacker.
- knackery — rendering works.
- kneecaps — Plural form of kneecap.
- knickers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
- knockers — a person or thing that knocks.
- knuckled — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- knuckler — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
- knuckles — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- leakance — the reciprocal of the resistance of insulation.
- longneck — a bottle of beer.
- mckellen — Sir Ian (Murray). born 1939, British actor, noted esp for his Shakespearean roles; films include The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03)