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

  • speaking part — a part in which the character speaks scripted dialogue
  • speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
  • speaking type — a device on a medal or coin that has a punning reference to a person or thing.
  • speech making — act of addressing the public formally
  • speed skating — ice skating as a form of racing, usually on an oval course and against other competitors or the clock.
  • speed walking — power walking.
  • spelling book — an elementary textbook or manual to teach spelling
  • spelling-book — a person who spells words.
  • spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
  • spindleshanks — spindlelegs.
  • spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman
  • sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • spring a leak — to develop a leak
  • standing joke — If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.
  • stanley knife — A Stanley knife is a very sharp knife that is used to cut materials such as carpet and paper. It consists of a small blade fixed in the end of a handle.
  • statesmanlike — a person who is experienced in the art of government or versed in the administration of government affairs.
  • station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
  • steering lock — an anti-theft device
  • steve wozniak — (person)   Co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs on 01 April 1976 and the inventor of the Apple II personal computer.
  • stewing steak — Stewing steak is beef which is suitable for cooking slowly in a stew.
  • sticks&stones — (language, functional programming)   A functional, polymorphic hardware description language loosely based on ML by Lucca Cardelli.
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • streptokinase — an enzyme used to dissolve blood clots.
  • stressed skin — a composite plywood material used especially in the construction of light aircraft
  • sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • take occasion — to avail oneself of an opportunity (to do something)
  • take pride in — be proud
  • take stock in — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
  • take to drink — If someone takes to drink, they start to drink a lot of alcohol regularly, usually because they are depressed or worried about something.
  • talkativeness — inclined to talk a great deal: One drink and she became very talkative.
  • talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
  • taranaki gate — a rough-and-ready gate in a fence made from wire and battens
  • tarpeian rock — a rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which criminals and traitors were hurled.
  • task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
  • telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
  • tennis racket — long-handled bat used in tennis
  • the night sky — the sky as it appears at night time
  • thick-skinned — having a thick skin.
  • think less of — to have a lower opinion of
  • think more of — to have a higher opinion of
  • thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
  • thinking time — time to think
  • thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • thunderstrike — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
  • ticket agency — an agency dealing in the sale of tickets, especially theater tickets.
  • tinker's cuss — tinker's damn (def 1).
  • tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • tinker's weed — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
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