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11-letter words containing k, n, i, f, e

  • next of kin — a person's nearest relative or relatives: The newspaper did not publish the names of casualties until the next of kin had been notified.
  • paper knife — a small, often decorative, knifelike instrument with a blade of metal, ivory, wood, or the like, for slitting open envelopes, the leaves of books, folded papers, etc.
  • pocketknife — a knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle, suitable for carrying in the pocket.
  • putty knife — a tool for puttying, having a broad flexible blade.
  • radio knife — an electrical instrument for cutting tissue that by searing severed blood vessels seals them and prevents bleeding.
  • rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
  • safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
  • self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
  • skin effect — the phenomenon in which an alternating current tends to concentrate in the outer layer of a conductor, caused by the self-induction of the conductor and resulting in increased resistance.
  • sneak thief — a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.
  • steak knife — a sharp dinner knife the blade of which is made of steel and usually serrated, used in cutting meat.
  • stiffnecked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
  • strike fund — an amount of money reserved by a union to make payments to striking works should a strike occur
  • sunk relief — cavo-relievo.
  • yellowknife — a territory of Canada lying N of 60 degrees N and extending E from the Yukon Territory to Nunavut. 519,732 sq. mi. (1,346,106 sq. km) Capital: Yellowknife.
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