12-letter words containing n, a, i, k
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- 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.
- paki-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked physical assaults upon Pakistani immigrants or people of Pakistani descent
- pale-skinned — having pale skin
- pallet knife — a small, flat utensil for picking up and handling pastry paste.
- pancake coil — a coil (of wire, etc) wound in a flat circular shape
- panic attack — an intense attack of anxiety characterized by feelings of impending doom and trembling, sweating, pounding heart, and other physical symptoms.
- paper napkin — a napkin or serviette made from tissue paper
- paring knife — a short-bladed kitchen knife for paring fruits and vegetables.
- parking fine — penalty fee for an offence
- parking ramp — apron (def 6).
- parkinsonian — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, related to, or resembling Parkinson's disease.
- parkinsonism — Parkinson's disease.
- passion week — the week preceding Easter; Holy Week.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- peacekeeping — the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area: the United Nations' efforts toward peacekeeping.
- pecksniffian — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
- penalty kick — a free kick awarded for an infraction committed by a defensive player in the penalty area and taken by the offensive player who has been fouled from a point 12 yards (11 meters) directly in front of the goal.
- persian knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the ends of yarn looped around a warp thread appear at each of the interstices between adjacent threads and produce a compact and relatively even pile effect.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- pick and mix — a selection of sweets from which the customer can choose, paid for by weight
- piggybacking — on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- pipe jacking — a method of laying underground pipelines by assembling the pipes at the foot of an access shaft and pushing them through the ground
- pkware, inc. — (company, compression) The company, founded by Phil Katz in 1986, which produces the PKZIP and PKUNZIP compression tools and libraries for many platforms. Address: 201 E. Pittsburgh Ave., Suite 400, Milwaukee, WI 53204 USA
- plain turkey — a bustard
- plain-spoken — candid; frank; blunt.
- plane ticket — entitlement to travel by aircraft
- play chicken — to engage in a test of courage in which, typically, two vehicles are driven directly toward one another in order to see which driver will swerve away first
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- prankishness — the quality or condition of being prankish
- premarketing — before the development of a market
- prepackaging — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
- pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- quackishness — The state or condition of being quackish.
- quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
- quick-acting — (of a drug, chemical, etc) taking effect quickly
- racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
- racketeering — a person engaged in a racket.
- raking piece — a sloping piece of scenery, as on a television or stage set, especially such a piece used for masking the side of a ramp.
- rapacki plan — the denuclearization of Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and West Germany, proposed by Adam Rapacki (1909–70), the Polish foreign minister, in 1957
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- reading desk — a desk for use in reading, especially by a person standing.
- reading week — university: week-long break from classes
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- ribbon snake — either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
- rickenbacker — Edward Vernon ("Eddie") 1890–1973, U.S. aviator and aviation executive.
- risk manager — A risk manager is a person who works in risk management.
- risk-manager — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.