12-letter words containing r, i, c, k, e, n
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- kitty-corner — diagonal.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- make certain — ensure
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- moonstricken — Moonstruck.
- neckerchiefs — Plural form of neckerchief.
- niche market — specific or limited consumer interest
- nordic skier — a person who practises cross-country racing and ski-jumping
- normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- pecksniffery — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- pencil skirt — women's garment: straight skirt
- pickeringite — a mineral, magnesia alum, occurring usually in the form of white fibrous masses.
- pkware, inc. — (company, compression) The company, founded by Phil Katz in 1986, which produces the PKZIP and PKUNZIP compression tools and libraries for many platforms. Address: 201 E. Pittsburgh Ave., Suite 400, Milwaukee, WI 53204 USA
- prepackaging — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
- pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
- racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
- racketeering — a person engaged in a racket.
- raking piece — a sloping piece of scenery, as on a television or stage set, especially such a piece used for masking the side of a ramp.
- rickenbacker — Edward Vernon ("Eddie") 1890–1973, U.S. aviator and aviation executive.
- ring knocker — a commissioned officer in the U.S. armed forces who is a graduate of a military academy.
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- science park — A science park is an area, usually linked to a university, where there are a lot of private companies, especially ones concerned with high technology.
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- section mark — section (def 16).
- senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
- silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- specksioneer — a whaler
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
- trench knife — a short knife for stabbing, sometimes equipped with brass knuckles as a guard, used in modern warfare in hand-to-hand combat.
- trick ending — an ending of a story or play, etc., that employs a surprise element or character to resolve the plot.
- trickishness — the quality of being crafty
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- trickstering — the practice of playing tricks
- van riebeeck — Jan, full name Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck. 1619–77, Dutch colonial administrator. Founder of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope (1652)
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- wisecracking — a smart or facetious remark.
- wrecking bar — pinch bar.
- wrecking car — a car that is equipped as a wrecker. Compare wrecker (def 2).