11-letter words containing n, k
- cankerworms — Plural form of cankerworm.
- canvas duck — a lightweight cotton or linen fabric.
- canvas-back — a North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, the male of which has a whitish back and a reddish-brown head and neck.
- canvasbacks — Plural form of canvasback.
- carbon sink — areas of vegetation, esp forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
- care-taking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- carjackings — Plural form of carjacking.
- carsickness — a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, as a result of the motion of the car in which one is traveling.
- cartoonlike — cartoonish
- center back — the player in the middle of the back line.
- chain-smoke — Someone who chain-smokes smokes cigarettes or cigars continuously.
- chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
- changemaker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
- check up on — to examine the record, character, etc. of; investigate
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
- chicken pox — a disease, commonly of children, caused by the varicella zoster virus and characterized by mild headache and fever, malaise, and eruption of blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.
- chicken run — the departure of white residents from South Africa
- chicken-fry — to dip (meat, vegetables, etc.) in batter and fry, usually in deep fat: chicken-fried steak.
- chickenfeed — If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it is chickenfeed.
- chickenhawk — Also called hen hawk. (not used scientifically) any of various hawks said to prey on poultry.
- chickenhead — (slang, hip-hop, derogatory) A woman who readily performs fellatio; by extension, an unintelligent and promiscuous woman.
- chickenshit — If you say that someone or something is chickenshit, you mean that they are worthless.
- chikungunya — A viral disease resembling dengue, transmitted by mosquitoes and endemic in East Africa and parts of Asia.
- chimneylike — resembling a chimney
- chinese ink — a black pigment consisting of lampblack mixed with glue or size.
- choke chain — a collar and lead for a dog so designed that if the dog drags on the lead the collar tightens round its neck
- choke point — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
- chokepoints — Plural form of chokepoint.
- choukoutien — Wade-Giles. Zhoukoudian.
- chuck wagon — a wagon carrying provisions and cooking utensils for men, such as cowboys, who work in the open
- chucklingly — In a chuckling manner.
- cinderblock — Made of cinder blocks.
- clackmannan — a town in E central Scotland, in Clackmannanshire. Pop: 3450 (2001)
- clasp knife — a large knife with one or more blades or other devices folding into the handle
- clerkliness — (obsolete) scholarship.
- clock in at — If something such as a CD or film clocks in at a particular amount of time, it is that amount of time long.
- close ranks — to maintain discipline or solidarity, esp in anticipation of attack
- cockcrowing — The crowing sound of a cock.
- cocktailing — any of various short mixed drinks, consisting typically of gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, or brandy, with different admixtures, as vermouth, fruit juices, or flavorings, usually chilled and frequently sweetened.
- code monkey — a computer programmer who is able to perform only routine tasks
- command key — (on a computer keyboard) a key used when executing commands
- computernik — a person who is very interested in, and knowledgeable about, computers
- congo snake — any of several eel-shaped salamanders, as the amphiuma or siren.
- connie mack — Connie [kon-ee] /ˈkɒn i/ (Show IPA), (Cornelius McGillicuddy) 1862–1956, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- control key — a key on the keyboard of a computer that is used in conjunction with the standard keys in order to initiate a specific function, such as editing
- cooking oil — a type of oil used for cooking food
- copying ink — a special ink used for writing when copies by impression are to be taken