11-letter words containing k, n, p
- ground pink — a plant, Linanthus dianthiflorus, of southern California, having pink or white flowers.
- hand-picked — to pick by hand.
- handpicking — to pick by hand.
- hanky-panky — unethical behavior; deceit: When the bank teller bought an expensive car and house, they suspected there might be some hanky-panky going on.
- harney peak — a mountain in SW South Dakota: the highest peak in the Black Hills. 7242 feet (2207 meters).
- heckelphone — A woodwind instrument resembling a large oboe, with a range about an octave lower.
- hop-picking — the activity of picking hops
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hyperlinked — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperlink.
- hypokinesia — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- hypokinesis — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- hypokinetic — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- imparkation — the act of imparking
- in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.
- in the pink — healthy, on good form
- indian poke — false hellebore.
- ink printer — (printer) A retronym used by Blind users to refer to all printers which are not Braille printers, regardless of whether they actually use ink.
- jackanapery — (dated, pejorative) The behaviour of a jackanapes.
- jackpudding — An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain people.
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- kanga pirau — fermented corn used as food
- kapuskasing — a town in central Ontario, in S Canada.
- karyotyping — the analysis of chromosomes.
- kentia palm — a palm, Howea forsterana, of Lord Howe Island, Australia, having erect leaves, widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- ketopentose — (carbohydrate) A pentose that is also a ketose.
- kiddie porn — child pornography.
- kidnappings — Plural form of kidnapping.
- kinderspiel — a play or piece of musical theatre performed by children
- kindredship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kinetoplast — A mass of mitochondrial DNA lying close to the nucleus in some flagellate protozoa.
- kinetoscope — an early motion-picture device, invented by Edison, in which the film passed behind a peephole for viewing by a single viewer.
- king philip — one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
- kinsmanship — Kinship.
- kleptomania — an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
- knee spavin — chronic inflammation of the carpal joint of a horse
- knee-sprung — (of a horse, mule, etc.) having a forward bowing of the knee caused by shortening of the flexor tendons.
- kneecapping — (uncountable) The act of destroying the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
- knife pleat — a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded in the same direction.
- knife-point — the sharp tip of a knife.
- knifepoints — Plural form of knifepoint.
- knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
- knotty pine — pine wood with many knots
- kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- lassen peak — an active volcano in N California, in the S Cascade Range. 10,465 feet (3190 meters).
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- maiden pink — a turf-forming plant, Dianthus deltoides , found from western Europe to eastern Asia, having red or pink flowers.