8-letter words containing k, n, e, c
- mckenzie — Robert Tait [teyt] /teɪt/ (Show IPA), 1867–1938, Canadian physician, educator, and sculptor.
- mckinley — William, 1843–1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897–1901.
- mckinney — a city in NE Texas.
- monicker — a person's name, especially a nickname or alias.
- mooncake — A rich, dense Chinese pastry with a variety of fillings, usually to eat in Zhongqiu Festival.
- neckatee — a piece of ornamental cloth worn around the neck
- neckband — a band of cloth at the neck of a garment.
- neckbeef — the flesh from the neck of cattle, regarded as being of poor quality
- neckdown — An angled narrowing of the roadway and widening of the pavement, used as a traffic calming measure.
- neckgear — any form of clothing or apparel worn around the neck
- necklace — a piece of jewelry consisting of a string of stones, beads, jewels, or the like, or a chain of gold, silver, or other metal, for wearing around the neck.
- neckless — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- necklets — Plural form of necklet.
- necklike — Resembling a neck or some aspect of one.
- neckline — the opening at the neck of a garment, especially of a woman's garment, with reference to its shape or its position on the body: a V-neckline; a high neckline.
- neckmold — Alt form neckmould.
- neckshot — a shot in the neck of an animal
- neckties — Plural form of necktie.
- neckwear — articles of dress worn round or at the neck.
- neckweed — a type of flowering weed (Veronica peregrine) native to North America
- neckyoke — A yoke which touches or surrounds the carrier's neck, rather then just resting on the shoulders.
- nektonic — the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water, able to move independently of water currents.
- netbacks — Plural form of netback.
- nickeled — Simple past tense and past participle of nickel.
- nickelic — of or containing nickel, especially in the trivalent state.
- nickered — neigh.
- nickname — a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity: He has always loathed his nickname of “Whizzer.”.
- panicked — a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- peacenik — an activist or demonstrator who opposes war and military intervention; pacifist.
- peckings — to strike or indent with the beak, as a bird does, or with some pointed instrument, especially with quick, repeated movements.
- penstock — a pipe conducting water from a head gate to a waterwheel.
- penuckle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- pincheck — a very small check woven into fabric, much used in the manufacture of men's and women's suits.
- pinckney — Charles, 1757–1824, American Revolutionary leader and politician: senator 1798–1801.
- quickens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicken.
- reckoned — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- reckoner — a person who reckons.
- reinecke — Carl Heinrich Carsten [kahrl hahyn-rikh kahr-stuh n] /ˈkɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈkɑr stən/ (Show IPA), 1824–1910, German pianist, conductor, composer, and teacher.
- ringneck — a ring-necked animal.
- rollneck — (of a garment) having a high neck that may be rolled over
- selznick — David O(liver) 1902–65, U.S. motion-picture producer.
- sickener — something that sickens or disgusts.
- sickness — a particular disease or malady.
- skeechan — a beer of treacle and malt liquor
- skincare — use of toiletries on the skin
- snickery — of, pertaining to, or resembling a snicker
- specking — a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies: Specks of soot on the window sill.
- stenlock — a coal fish, Merlangus carbonarius
- stricken — a past participle of strike.
- suckener — a tenant of a sucken