13-letter words containing t, i, n, k, e
- kin selection — a form of natural selection that favors altruistic behavior toward close relatives resulting in an increase in the altruistic individual's genetic contribution to the next generation.
- kinaesthetics — Alternative spelling of kinesthetics.
- kinanesthesia — A disturbance of deep nerve sensitivity.
- kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
- kindergartner — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kindheartedly — In a kindhearted manner.
- kinematically — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- kinesiologist — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
- kinesipathist — someone who uses kinesipathy to treat diseases
- kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
- kiss-and-tell — revealing sth private for money
- kitchen match — a wooden friction match with a large head, used especially for igniting gas ovens or burners.
- kitchen paper — also kitchen roll
- kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
- kitchen waste — bits of food that are left over from cooking, such as vegetable peelings, cheese rind, and scraps from people's plates
- kitchen-diner — a kitchen that has an area intended to be used for eating meals, usually because there is no dining room elsewhere
- kite fighting — (in Malaysia) a game in which one player attempts to cut the string of his opponent's kite with the string of his own
- kittenishness — The state or condition of being kittenish.
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
- knight errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- knight-errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- knuckle joint — a joint forming a knuckle.
- lake manitoba — a lake in W Canada, in S Manitoba: fed by the outflow from Lake Winnipegosis; drains into Lake Winnipeg. Area: 4706 sq km (1817 sq miles)
- like anything — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- locking plate — a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
- magnetic disk — Also called disk, hard disk. a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- make position — the situation in which a short vowel may be regarded as long, that is, when it occurs before two or more consonants
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- marketing mix — A company's marketing mix is the combination of marketing activities it uses in order to promote a particular product or service.
- marketisation — Alternative spelling of marketization.
- marketization — The exposure of an industry or service to market forces.
- metenkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
- meths drinker — a person who drinks methylated spirits
- mid wicket on — mid on.
- milton keynes — a residential district in S England, near London, established in the 1960s.
- monkey tricks — mischievous behaviour or acts, such as practical jokes
- monkey's fist — a ball-like knot used as an ornament or as a throwing weight at the end of a line.
- motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- mountain bike — dirt bike, off-road cycle
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- necktie party — a lynching or other execution by hanging.
- neturei karta — a small ultra-orthodox Jewish group living mainly in Jerusalem and New York who oppose the establishment of a Jewish state by temporal means
- new york city — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
- nickel centre — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- nickel-plated — covered with a thin layer of nickel, deposited usually by electrolysis
- north merrick — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- northern pike — a pike, Esox lucius, of North American and Eurasian waters, valued as a game fish.