13-letter words containing n, e, k, i
- glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
- great khingan — a mountain range in NE China: highest peak, 5000 feet (1525 meters).
- greensickness — chlorosis (def 2).
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- head shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- head-shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- headshrinkers — Plural form of headshrinker.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- herringchoker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
- hide and seek — one of a variety of children's games in which, according to specified rules, one player gives the others a chance to hide and then attempts to find them.
- hide-and-seek — one of a variety of children's games in which, according to specified rules, one player gives the others a chance to hide and then attempts to find them.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- hunger strike — refusal to eat as a protest
- hunger-strike — to go on a hunger strike.
- hunter's pink — a brilliant red often used for the jackets of hunters.
- hunter-killer — of or relating to a combined naval air and fleet force operating to seek out and destroy enemy submarines.
- hunting knife — a large, sharp knife, usually with a handle shaped to fit a firm grip and a blade with a slight curve toward the tip, that is used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to dispatch it.
- husking (bee) — cornhusking (sense 2)
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- immanuel kant — Immanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; German ih-mah-noo-el] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; German ɪˈmɑ nuˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1724–1804, German philosopher.
- in one's book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
- in the making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- in the pocket — (of a fly half) in an attacking position slightly further back from play than normal, making himself available for a drop goal attempt
- in-line skate — a roller skate with typically four hard-rubber wheels in a straight line resembling the blade of an ice skate.
- incense stick — a stick coated with incense, which burns slowly, releasing a fragrant odour
- inline skates — a roller skate with typically four hard-rubber wheels in a straight line resembling the blade of an ice skate.
- interleukin 1 — any of several proteins released from certain cells, especially macrophages, and having various effects on the activity of other cells, as promoting inflammation or enhancing T-cell proliferation. Abbreviation: IL-1.
- interleukin 2 — Immunology. a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells in response to antigen and interleukin 1, that stimulates the proliferation of T cells.
- interleukin 3 — a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells, that participates in the regulation of blood-cell production. Abbreviation: IL-3.
- interleukin-1 — any of several proteins released from certain cells, especially macrophages, and having various effects on the activity of other cells, as promoting inflammation or enhancing T-cell proliferation. Abbreviation: IL-1.
- interleukin-2 — Immunology. a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells in response to antigen and interleukin 1, that stimulates the proliferation of T cells.
- interleukin-3 — a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells, that participates in the regulation of blood-cell production. Abbreviation: IL-3.
- internet bank — a bank that allows customers to conduct business online, esp exclusively so
- invisible ink — sympathetic ink.
- invoice clerk — a worker, esp in an office, who deals with invoices
- japanese mink — a dark-brown arboreal marten, Martes melampus, native to Japan, having a long body and bushy tail.
- japanese silk — raw silk of usually high quality produced in Japan, used in the manufacture of such fabrics as shantung and habutai.
- john sobieski — John, John III (def 2).
- 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
- kathenotheism — Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
- keep in touch — stay in contact
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- kidderminster — an ingrain carpet 36 inches (91 cm) wide.