12-letter words containing k, r, i, s, n
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hydrokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control water.
- hyperkinesia — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hyperkinesis — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- 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.
- interkinesis — interphase.
- iskander bey — Scanderbeg.
- karyokinesis — mitosis.
- kentish fire — prolonged clapping by an audience, especially in unison, indicating impatience or disapproval.
- kindred soul — like-minded person
- kindred-ship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- kinesiatrics — the treatment of disease by the use of gymnastics or muscle exercises
- king's color — a white ceremonial ensign with a royal cipher, flown on special occasions by the British Royal Navy.
- king's crown — a tropical American shrub, Justicia carnea, of the acanthus family, bearing clusters of tubular reddish flowers.
- king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
- kirk session — the lowest court of the Presbyterian Church
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- klipspringer — a small, agile African antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus, of mountainous regions from the Cape of Good Hope to Ethiopia.
- korsakoffian — relating to or suffering from Korsakoff's psychosis
- kristiansand — a seaport in S Norway.
- kristianstad — a town in S Sweden: founded in 1614 as a Danish fortress, it was finally acquired by Sweden in 1678. Pop: 75 590 (2004 est)
- lansker line — (in Pembrokeshire) the linguistic and ethnic division between the Welsh-speaking north and the English-speaking south
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lepenski vir — the site of an advanced Mesolithic fishing culture on the banks of the Danube in Serbia, characterized by trapezoidal buildings and large stone sculptures of human heads and torsos.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- linked verse — a Japanese verse form in which stanzas of three lines alternating with stanzas of two lines are composed by two or more poets in alternation.
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- make friends — get to know people
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- marksmanship — a person who is skilled in shooting at a mark; a person who shoots well.
- marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- moonstricken — Moonstruck.
- mule skinner — a muleteer.
- muleskinners — Plural form of muleskinner.
- neckerchiefs — Plural form of neckerchief.
- nordic skier — a person who practises cross-country racing and ski-jumping
- novorossiysk — a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- overkindness — the quality of being too kind
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- pair skating — a form of competitive skating in which a man and a woman skate together in performing a choreographed series of jumps, lifts, and other acrobatic moves to a selection of music.
- parkinsonian — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, related to, or resembling Parkinson's disease.
- parkinsonism — Parkinson's disease.
- pecksniffery — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.