11-letter words containing k, n, p
- picket line — a line of strikers or other demonstrators serving as pickets.
- pickwickian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Mr. Pickwick, central character of The Pickwick Papers.
- pigeon hawk — merlin.
- pigeon milk — crop milk.
- pigsticking — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- pincer-like — resembling pincers in shape or action
- pine siskin — a small, North American finch, Carduelis pinus, of coniferous forests, having yellow markings on the wings and tail.
- pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- pink family — the plant family Caryophyllaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite leaves, usually swollen-jointed stems, flowers with petals notched at the tips, and fruit generally in the form of a many-seeded capsule, and including baby's-breath, carnation, chickweed, pink, and sweet william.
- pink salmon — a small Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, distinguished by its small scales and long anal fin and by the bright red spawning coloration of males, occurring from California to Alaska and in waters of Japan: fished commercially and for sport.
- pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- pinkishness — a pinkish quality or colouring
- plank floor — a floor made from sawed, straight-grained timber.
- plank-sheer — a plank or timber covering the upper ends of the frames of a wooden vessel
- platemaking — the act of making plates
- pocketknife — a knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle, suitable for carrying in the pocket.
- pocketphone — a mobile phone
- point-blank — aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
- poke around — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- poke bonnet — a bonnet with a projecting front brim
- poke fun at — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- policy wonk — a person who studies or makes political policies, esp one who has a strong enthusiasm for technical details
- politicking — activity undertaken for political reasons or ends, as campaigning for votes before an election, making speeches, etc., or otherwise promoting oneself or one's policies.
- pond hockey — ice hockey played on a frozen pond
- pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
- poyang lake — a lake in E China, in N Jiangxi province, connected by canal with the Yangtze River: the second largest lake in China. Area (at its greatest): 2780 sq km (1073 sq miles)
- prank flash — a short film or animation linked surreptitiously to an innocuous website, intended to shock unsuspecting and easily-offended users of the internet
- printmaking — the art or technique of making prints, especially as practiced in engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut or serigraphy.
- prony brake — a friction brake serving as a dynamometer for measuring torque.
- provokement — the act or instance of provoking
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- puckishness — the state of being puckish
- pumpkinhead — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- pumpkinseed — the seed of the pumpkin.
- puncak jaya — a mountain in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, on W New Guinea: highest island point in the world. 16,503 feet (5030 meters).
- punch-drunk — (especially of a boxer) having cerebral concussion caused by repeated blows to the head and consequently exhibiting unsteadiness of gait, hand tremors, slow muscular movement, hesitant speech, and dulled mentality.
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- punk rocker — a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.
- putty knife — a tool for puttying, having a broad flexible blade.
- pyrokinesis — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- pyrokinetic — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- ripple-tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
- rock pigeon — rock dove.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
- sandia peak — a mountain in N central New Mexico in the Sandia Mountains. 10,678 feet (3255 meters).
- septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
- serpentlike — resembling a serpent
- sheep-shank — a kind of knot, hitch, or bend made on a rope to shorten it temporarily.