11-letter words containing k, n, i, g
- 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.
- sewing silk — finely twisted silk thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.
- sex linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
- sex-linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
- shopkeeping — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
- shriekingly — with shrieking
- sick-making — making one feel jealous
- sicknursing — the nursing of the sick
- sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
- signal book — a book containing the signals to be used for sending messages to other boats
- single knot — overhand knot.
- single-knit — a fabric made on warp knit.
- singlestick — a short, heavy stick.
- singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- ski binding — an device on a ski used to attach it to a ski boot
- ski jumping — a competitive event, included in the Nordic combined, in which a skier jumps from a ski jump, often traveling 230 to 300 feet (70 to 90 meters) in the air, with scores being based on both the skier's form and the distance of the jump.
- ski touring — cross-country skiing.
- ski-jumping — the sport or activity of (skiers) jumping from a high ramp overhanging a slope
- skimmington — (in rural Britain, formerly) the custom of forming a mock procession to ridicule an unfaithful spouse
- skin diving — underwater exploring with face mask and flippers
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- slacklining — the activity of walking across a narrow line of synthetic webbing hung slackly above the ground
- smoking ban — the prohibition of smoking cigarettes, etc in public places
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- smoking gun — indisputable proof or evidence of a crime.
- snorkelling — the activity of swimming with a snorkel
- sock lining — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
- sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
- spirketting — deck planking near the bulwarks
- spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- squeakingly — in a squeaking manner
- steelmaking — the manufacture of steel.
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
- sucking-pig — a pig that is not yet weaned
- taking lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
- tanganyikan — a former country in E Africa: formed the larger part of German East Africa; British trusteeship (Tanganyika Territory) 1946–61; became independent 1961; now the mainland part of Tanzania. 361,800 sq. mi. (937,062 sq. km).
- tank engine — locomotive train
- tankbusting — the practice of destroying tanks
- tearjerking — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
- telebanking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services by means of a computer network
- teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
- tengri khan — a mountain in central Asia, on the boundary between Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) and China: highest peak of the Tien Shan Mountains. About 23,950 feet (7300 meters).
- thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
- the gherkin — the nickname of a bluish cigar-shaped office block in the City of London; height 180 m (585 ft); opened in in 2004
- the-knights — a comedy (424 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- think again — reconsider sth