13-letter words containing k, o, n, g, i
- kangaroo vine — an Australian vine, Cissus antarctica, of the grape family, having shiny, leathery leaves.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- killing frost — the occurrence of temperatures cold enough to kill all but the hardiest vegetation, especially the last such occurrence in spring and the first in fall, events that limit the agricultural growing season.
- kim young sam — born 1927, president of South Korea 1993–98.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- kinesiologist — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
- king of kings — Christ; Jesus.
- king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
- king's ransom — an extremely large amount of money: The painting was sold for a king's ransom.
- king's yellow — a yellow or red crystalline substance, As 2 S 3 , occurring in nature as the mineral orpiment, and used as a pigment (king's yellow) and in pyrotechnics.
- knitting wool — wool used for knitting
- knocking copy — advertising or publicity material designed to denigrate a competing product
- know by sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- know-nothings — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
- kolding fjord — an inlet of the Little Belt at the head of which is Kolding
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- leading block — lead block.
- leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- loan-sharking — the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates
- locking piece — (in a striking train) a hooked part, rising and falling on a locking plate and arresting the rotation of the plate after the proper number of strokes.
- locking plate — a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.
- looking glass — a mirror made of glass with a metallic or amalgam backing.
- looking-glass — a mirror made of glass with a metallic or amalgam backing.
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- mallemaroking — (historical, nautical) Carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
- microcracking — microscopic cracking
- milking stool — a low, usually three-legged stool with a flat seat in the shape of a half circle, used by a person when milking a cow.
- monkey bridge — flying bridge.
- monkey engine — a pile-driver
- motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- nocking point — a marked part of the bowstring where the arrow is placed
- noise masking — the use of noise to cancel out another sound, as with a white noise machine.
- nordic skiing — types of skiing in which the heel of the boot is not fixed to the ski, especially cross-country skiing and ski-jumping
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- parking orbit — a temporary orbit in which a spacecraft awaits the next phase of its mission.
- pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
- phone hacking — an act or instance of gaining access to a phone's voicemail, email, text messages, etc., without authorization from the phone's owner.
- pig in a poke — something not adequately appraised or of undetermined value, as an offering or purchase.
- pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
- plant kingdom — the plants of the world collectively.
- policy-making — Policy-making is the making of policies.
- pony trekking — the act of riding ponies cross-country, esp as a pastime
- power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- profit taking — the selling of securities that have risen in price above costs; selling in order to realize a profit.
- profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
- profit-taking — Profit-taking is the selling of stocks and shares at a profit after their value has risen or just before their value falls.
- queer-looking — odd or strange in appearance