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11-letter words containing s, e, k, i, n

  • french-kiss — soul kiss.
  • gawkishness — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
  • give thanks — be thankful, express thankfulness
  • glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
  • godlikeness — The quality of being godlike.
  • hackishness — (jargon)   The quality of being or involving a hack. This term is considered mildly silly. Synonym hackitude.
  • hawkishness — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
  • headshaking — The act of shaking one's head, in disagreement or disapproval.
  • heli-skiing — skiing in which skiers are transported by helicopter to remote slopes
  • hot-desking — the practice of not assigning permanent desks in a workplace, so that employees may work at any available desk
  • huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
  • husbandlike — resembling a husband
  • husking bee — a gathering of farm families or friends to husk corn, usually as part of a celebration or party.
  • hypokinesia — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
  • hypokinesis — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
  • ice-skating — If you go ice-skating, you move about on ice wearing ice-skates. This activity is also a sport.
  • in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.
  • inky smudge — a judge
  • irksomeness — The state of being irksome; vexatiousness; tediousness; wearisomeness.
  • ironworkers — Plural form of ironworker.
  • isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
  • kauri resin — a hard resin obtained from the bark of the kauri or found, sometimes in masses of as much as 100 pounds (45 kg), in the soil where the tree has grown: used chiefly in making varnish.
  • kenogenesis — Alternative form of caenogenesis.
  • keratinised — Simple past tense and past participle of keratinise.
  • kernicterus — (medicine) Damage to the brain centres of infants caused by increased levels of unconjugated-indirect bilirubin which is free (not bound to albumin).
  • ketogenesis — the production of ketone bodies in the body, as in diabetes mellitus or low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets.
  • key station — a radio or television station that originates most of a network's broadcasting.
  • khmelnitsky — a city in W Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
  • kidney dish — medical: curved basin
  • kinderspiel — a play or piece of musical theatre performed by children
  • kindredship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
  • kinesiatric — of or relating to kinesiatrics
  • kinesimeter — An instrument for the quantitative measurement of movements.
  • kinesiology — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
  • kinesthesia — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
  • kinesthesis — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
  • kinesthetic — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
  • kinetoplast — A mass of mitochondrial DNA lying close to the nucleus in some flagellate protozoa.
  • kinetoscope — an early motion-picture device, invented by Edison, in which the film passed behind a peephole for viewing by a single viewer.
  • king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
  • king's blue — cobalt blue.
  • king's evil — scrofula: so called because it was supposed to be curable by the touch of the reigning sovereign.
  • kingfishers — Plural form of kingfisher.
  • kings river — a river in central California, flowing S through Kings Canyon to the Tulare reservoir. 125 miles (201 km) long.
  • kitesurfing — The sport or pastime of riding on a modified surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsion.
  • kittenishly — In a kittenish manner.
  • kleinhuisie — an outside lavatory
  • knavishness — The quality of being knavish.
  • knee spavin — chronic inflammation of the carpal joint of a horse
  • knifepoints — Plural form of knifepoint.
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