14-letter words containing n, e, k, i
- chicken little — a person who spreads baseless or exaggerated reports of danger; alarmist
- chicken switch — a device by which an astronaut may eject the capsule in which he or she rides in the event that a rocket malfunctions.
- chicken turtle — an edible, freshwater turtle, Deirochelys reticularia, of the southeastern U.S., characterized by a long neck and by the network of fine, yellow lines marking the dark carapace.
- chickenhearted — timid; fearful; cowardly.
- chopping knife — a knife for chopping meat, vegetables etc
- clinkety-clank — a succession of alternating clinks and clanks: the clinkety-clank of armored vehicles on the rough road.
- clustergeeking — (jargon) /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- communism peak — a peak of the Pamir mountains, in NE Tajikistan. 24,590 feet (7495 meters).
- condensed milk — Condensed milk is very thick sweetened milk that is sold in cans.
- container dock — a dock designed for cargo containers
- cookie monster — (recreation) (From the children's TV program "Sesame Street") Any of a family of early (1970s) hacks reported on TOPS-10, ITS, Multics and elsewhere that would lock up either the victim's terminal (on a time-sharing machine) or the console (on a batch mainframe), repeatedly demanding "I WANT A COOKIE". The required responses ranged in complexity from "COOKIE" through "HAVE A COOKIE" and upward. See also wabbit.
- countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
- county cricket — (in Britain) cricket played between county teams competing in the county cricket championship
- cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
- dark continent — Africa, especially before the late 19th cent. when little was known of it
- dead reckoning — a method of establishing one's position using the distance and direction travelled rather than astronomical observations
- decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
- decisionmaking — Alternative form of decision making.
- defensive back — a defender positioned off the line of scrimmage for the purpose of covering pass receivers and tackling runners who elude linemen and linebackers.
- denmark strait — a channel between SE Greenland and Iceland, linking the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic
- diadokokinesia — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
- diadokokinesis — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
- dimethylketone — acetone.
- dining kitchen — a room where meals are eaten and prepared
- disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- disk duplexing — (hardware, storage) A variation on disk mirroring where, as well as redundant disk drives, a second disk controller or host adapter is also present.
- docking bridge — a raised platform running from one side to the other of a ship toward the stern, used by officers for supervising docking operations.
- donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- dread to think — If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
- drinking water — water that is safe to drink
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- early check-in — An early check-in at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check in earlier than the normal time.
- earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
- east pakistani — of or relating to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) or its inhabitants
- electrokinesis — (physics) The transport of particles or fluid by means of an electric field acting on a fluid which has a net mobile charge.
- electrokinetic — of or relating to the motion of charged particles and its effects
- electronic ink — a material consisting of microscopic cells that can be turned from white to black and vice versa with the application of a small electric charge allowing electronically stored text to appear on a paper-like substance
- falling market — a stock market in which share prices are falling
- figure skating — ice skating in which the skater traces intricate patterns on the ice.
- finnegans wake — a novel (1922–39) by James Joyce.
- fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
- fitted kitchen — a kitchen with units that are attached to the wall
- for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
- fortune cookie — a thin folded wafer containing a prediction or maxim printed on a slip of paper: often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants.
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- freezing works — a slaughterhouse at which animal carcasses are frozen for export