11-letter words containing n, a, r, k
- crankshafts — Plural form of crankshaft.
- cytokeratin — Either of several forms of keratin found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue.
- dark energy — unobserved energy whose existence is proposed to account for the observed acceleration in the expansion of the universe
- dark nebula — a type of nebula that is observed by its blocking of radiation from other sources
- dead-reckon — to calculate (one's position) by means of dead reckoning.
- debarkation — Disembarkation.
- demarkation — the determining and marking off of the boundaries of something.
- demarketing — advertising that urges the public to limit the consumption of a product, as at a time of shortage.
- derrickhand — A derrickhand is a member of the drilling crew who works on a platform above the rig floor and handles the drillpipe.
- dick around — to spend time wastefully or unprofitably
- diefenbaker — John George, 1895–1979, prime minister of Canada 1957–63.
- disk sander — a sander that uses a revolving abrasive disk driven by an electric motor.
- dogger bank — a shoal in the North Sea, between N England and Denmark: fishing grounds; naval battle 1915.
- doner kebab — a fast-food dish comprising grilled meat and salad served in pitta bread with chilli sauce
- down-market — appealing or catering to lower-income consumers; widely affordable or accessible.
- downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
- dragon book — (publication) The classic text "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6). So called because of the cover design featuring a dragon labelled "complexity of compiler design" and a knight bearing the lance "LALR parser generator" among his other trappings. This one is more specifically known as the "Red Dragon Book" (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled "Principles Of Compiler Design" (Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman; Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the "Green Dragon Book" (1977). (Also "New Dragon Book", "Old Dragon Book".) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast extends back in normal space. See also book titles.
- drakensberg — a mountain range in the E Republic of South Africa: highest peak, 10,988 feet (3350 meters).
- dressmaking — a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
- drug-taking — the activity of taking illegal drugs
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- e-marketing — the practice of marketing by means of the internet
- ekman layer — the thin top layer of the sea that flows at 90° to the wind direction, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
- embarkation — The act of embarking.
- embarkments — Plural form of embarkment.
- fair dinkum — dinkum.
- fair-spoken — speaking or spoken in a courteous, civil, or plausible manner; smooth-spoken.
- faulknerian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of William Faulkner.
- finger mark — a mark, especially a smudge or stain, made by a finger.
- fingermarks — Plural form of fingermark.
- folktronica — a musical genre that combines elements from folk and electronic music
- frank dobie — (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.
- frankenfood — (colloquial, derogatory) genetically modified food.
- frankenword — (neologism) A word formed by combining two (or more) other words; a portmanteau.
- frankfurter — Felix, 1882–1965, U.S. jurist, born in Austria: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1939–62.
- franklinite — a mineral of the spinel group, an oxide of zinc, manganese, and iron, occurring in black octahedral crystals or in masses: formerly mined for zinc.
- frankpledge — a system of dividing a community into tithings or groups of ten men, each member of which was responsible for the conduct of the other members of his group and for the assurance that a member charged with a breach of the law would be produced at court.
- franks peak — a mountain in NW Wyoming: highest peak in the Absaroka Range of the Rocky Mountains. 13,153 feet (4009 meters).
- franz kline — Franz (Josef) [joh-zuh f,, -suh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf/ (Show IPA), 1910–62, U.S. painter.
- fuck around — to have sexual intercourse with.
- furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- garden pink — the plant Dianthus plumarius
- godforsaken — desolate; remote; deserted: They live in some godforsaken place 40 miles from the nearest town.
- grand banks — an extensive shoal SE of Newfoundland: fishing grounds. 350 miles (565 km) long; 40,000 sq. mi. (104,000 sq. km).
- grand forks — a town in E North Dakota.
- granitelike — Resembling granite.
- granny knot — a reef knot with the ends crossed the wrong way, making it liable to slip or jam
- grass snake — Also called ring snake. a common European snake, Natrix natrix, having a collar of bright orange or yellow.
- green snake — any slender, green snake of the genus Opheodrys, of North America, feeding chiefly on insects.
- greenmarket — farmers' market.