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12-letter words containing k, n, i

  • homesickness — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
  • hookswinging — a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
  • hopkinsville — a city in S Kentucky.
  • housekeeping — the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
  • hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
  • hunting pink — scarlet
  • hupokeimenon — (philosophy) That which underlies, or lies beneath; substratum.
  • hydrokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control water.
  • hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
  • hyperkinesia — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
  • hyperkinesis — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
  • hyperkinetic — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
  • hyperlinking — Present participle of hyperlink.
  • hypokeimenon — Alternative spelling of hupokeimenon.
  • ignition key — key that starts an engine
  • iliamna lake — the largest lake in Alaska, in the SW part. 1022 sq. mi. (2647 sq. km).
  • in good nick — in good condition
  • in sb's wake — If you leave something or someone in your wake, you leave them behind you as you go.
  • in the black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
  • in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • index-linked — index (def 25).
  • indigo snake — a large, deep-blue or brown harmless snake, Drymarchon corais, ranging from the southern U.S. to South America and invading burrows to prey on small mammals: the eastern subspecies D. corais couperi is now greatly reduced in number.
  • infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
  • ink fountain — the part of a printing press that stores ink and feeds it to the rollers.
  • inkblot test — any of various psychological tests in which varied patterns formed by blots of ink are interpreted by the subject.
  • inkhorn term — an obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously erudite borrowing from another language, especially Latin or Greek.
  • inquiry desk — a section of an office, business etc, which deals with inquiries nor requests for information
  • inside track — the inner, or shorter, track of a racecourse.
  • intake valve — a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine that opens at the proper moment in the cycle to allow the fuel-air mixture to be drawn into the cylinder.
  • interkinesis — interphase.
  • interlinking — Linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing.
  • interlocking — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
  • internetwork — two or more computer networks connected by routers, bridges, etc.: The Internet is the largest internetwork.
  • interworking — to work or weave together; interweave.
  • isak dinesen — Isak [ee-sahk] /ˈi sɑk/ (Show IPA), (pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen) 1885–1962, Danish author.
  • iskander bey — Scanderbeg.
  • jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
  • jailbreaking — Present participle of jailbreak.
  • jaw-breaking — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
  • jenghis khan — Genghis Khan.
  • jenghiz khan — Genghis Khan
  • jickajogging — the act of moving in a jogging or rolling motion
  • joking apart — seriously: said to recall a discussion to seriousness after there has been joking
  • jumping jack — a toy consisting of a jointed figure that is made to jump, move, or dance by pulling a string or stick attached to it.
  • junior clerk — a clerk of low rank
  • junk science — faulty scientific information or research, especially when used to advance special interests.
  • jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
  • k'ang yu-wei — 1858–1927, Chinese scholar and reformer.
  • kachina doll — a Hopi Indian doll carved from cottonwood root in representation of a kachina and given as a gift to a child or used as a household decoration.
  • kaleidophone — an instrument, invented by Professor Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), consisting of a light on a vibrating rod with a reflecting knob for exhibiting the effect of sound waves
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