11-letter words containing s, k, e, n
- 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.
- klausenburg — German name of Cluj-Napoca.
- kleene star — (text) (Or "Kleene closure", named after Stephen Kleene) The postfix "*" operator used in regular expressions, Extended Backus-Naur Form, and similar formalisms to specify a match for zero or more occurrences of the preceding expression. For example, the regular expression "be*t" would match the string "bt", "bet", "beet", "beeeeet", and so on.
- kleinhuisie — an outside lavatory
- knavishness — The quality of being knavish.
- knee spavin — chronic inflammation of the carpal joint of a horse
- knee-sprung — (of a horse, mule, etc.) having a forward bowing of the knee caused by shortening of the flexor tendons.
- knifepoints — Plural form of knifepoint.
- knightheads — Plural form of knighthead.
- knobkerries — Plural form of knobkerry.
- knock-knees — a condition in which the legs are bent inwards causing the knees to touch when standing
- knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
- knotgrasses — Plural form of knotgrass.
- knowingness — affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
- konigshutte — German name of Chorzów.
- konrad zuse — (person) The designer of the first programming language, Plankalkül, and the first fully functional program-controlled electromechanical digital computer in the world, the Z3. He died on 1995-12-18 in Huenfeld, Germany.
- kostelanetz — André [ahn-drey] /ˈɑn dreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1901–80, U.S. orchestra conductor and pianist, born in Russia.
- kristiansen — Ingrid. born 1956, Norwegian long-distance runner: world 10 000 metres record holder (1986–93)
- kwasniewski — Aleksander [ah-lek-sahn-der] /ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), born 1954, Polish journalist and politician: president of Poland 1995–.
- lake salmon — landlocked salmon.
- lanarkshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- lassen peak — an active volcano in N California, in the S Cascade Range. 10,465 feet (3190 meters).
- lemon shark — a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil.
- lemon stick — a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- likableness — The property of being likable, that which makes likable.
- linebackers — Plural form of linebacker.
- linked list — (programming) A data structure in which each element contains a pointer to the next element, thus forming a linear list. A doubly linked list contains pointers to both the next and previous elements.
- littlenecks — Plural form of littleneck.
- luskishness — the state or condition of being luskish
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- make amends — reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- make rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- marksperson — A marksman or markswoman.
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- mawkishness — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
- mineworkers — Plural form of mineworker.
- miniskirted — Wearing a miniskirt.