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13-letter words containing n, e, k, i

  • bottlenecking — a narrow entrance or passageway.
  • brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
  • braking power — the ability of a braking system to cause a vehicle to come to a halt
  • branch rickey — (Wesley) Branch, 1881–1965, U.S. baseball executive.
  • break dancing — a style of dance engaged in by youths, involving acrobatic movements, spinning about on the head or shoulders, etc.
  • break feeding — the feeding of animals on paddocks where feeding space is controlled by the frequent movement of an electric fence
  • break it down — stop it
  • breaking ball — any pitch that breaks; specif., a curve or slider
  • breaking news — news of events that have taken place very recently or are in the process of taking place
  • broken-winded — suffering from heaves
  • bulk settling — Bulk settling is a process in which two liquids, or a solid and a liquid, of different densities are allowed to separate by gravity.
  • bush sickness — an animal disease caused by a cobalt deficiency in old bush country
  • business park — an area specially designated and landscaped to accommodate business offices, warehouses, light industry, etc
  • butcher knife — a large, very sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat.
  • cabinet maker — A cabinet maker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
  • cabinet-maker — a person who makes fine furniture and other woodwork.
  • cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
  • cabinetmaking — the manufacture of fine furniture and other woodwork.
  • candidate key — (database)   One of several possible attributes or combinations of attributes which can be used to uniquely identify a body of information (a "record"). The chosen candidate key is called the primary key.
  • candlewicking — a kind of embroidery used for a bedspread, tablecloth, or pillow cover, patterned with French knots of candlewick embroidery thread or yarn
  • carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
  • carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
  • caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
  • chameleonlike — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
  • check-in time — The check-in time at a hotel is the time from which guests are expected to arrive.
  • checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
  • checkpointing — Present participle of checkpoint.
  • checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
  • chicken adder — milk snake.
  • chicken divan — a casserole of boned chicken breast, broccoli or asparagus spears, and cheese sauce
  • chicken liver — the liver of chicken, considered as food
  • chicken louse — a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
  • chicken snake — rat snake
  • chicken-fried — (of meats, esp steak) coated in seasoned flour and pan-fried
  • chickenburger — A hot sandwich made of a patty of chicken in a bun, often with other ingredients.
  • childlikeness — the character of being like a child
  • chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
  • chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
  • chinkerinchee — a flowering plant, Ornithogalum thyrsoides, that produces clusters of white and yellow flowers
  • christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
  • chronokinesis — (science fiction) The ability to manipulate time relevant to oneself.
  • citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
  • clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
  • clearing mark — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
  • clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
  • constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
  • cotton picker — a machine for harvesting cotton fibre
  • counterpicket — a picket which opposes an existing picket at the same location
  • counterstrike — a retaliatory strike
  • cowl neckline — a neckline of women's clothes loosely folded over and sometimes resembling a folded hood
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