12-letter words containing y, a, n, k
- kona cyclone — a slow-moving cyclone occuring during the winter over the subtropical Pacific Ocean.
- ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
- laundry mark — a symbol on a label on an article of clothing, bed-linen, etc, which specifies how the item should be washed and cared for, for example, at which temperature it should be washed at, whether it should be ironed, dry-cleaned, etc
- lee kuan yew — 1923–2015, Singaporean statesman; prime minister of Singapore 1959–90, during which period his party's authoritarian rule was criticized but the country's economy progressed rapidly
- longboat key — a narrow barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, SW of Florida, sheltering Sarasota Bay: sports fishing.
- manuka honey — honey from the nectar of the manuka tree, often used for medicinal purposes; known as active manuka honey if it has a UMF rating of over 10.
- merry-making — Merry-making is the activities of people who are enjoying themselves together in a lively way, for example by eating, drinking, or dancing.
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- money market — the short-term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
- monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- nankeen lily — a lily, Lilium testaceum, having drooping, fragrant, pink-tinged, yellowish or apricot-colored flowers with recurved petals.
- new york bay — a bay of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Hudson, W of Long Island and E of Staten Island and New Jersey.
- noam chomsky — (Avram) Noam [nohm,, noh-uh m] /noʊm,, ˈnoʊ əm/ (Show IPA), born 1928, U.S. linguist, educator, and political activist.
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- north kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 329 sq km (127 sq miles)
- nosey parker — a persistently nosy, prying person; busybody.
- on your mark — a command given to runners in a race to prepare themselves at the starting line
- penalty kick — a free kick awarded for an infraction committed by a defensive player in the penalty area and taken by the offensive player who has been fouled from a point 12 yards (11 meters) directly in front of the goal.
- piggybacking — on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- plain turkey — a bustard
- play chicken — to engage in a test of courage in which, typically, two vehicles are driven directly toward one another in order to see which driver will swerve away first
- plunket baby — a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- rock and rye — a bottled drink made with rye whiskey, rock candy, and fruit.
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- sanity check — (programming) 1. Checking code (or anything else, e.g. a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies that the check is to make sure the author was sane when it was written; e.g. if a piece of scientific software relied on a particular formula and was giving unexpected results, one might first look at the nesting of parentheses or the coding of the formula, as a "sanity check", before looking at the more complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much less the algorithm itself. Compare reality check. 2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that the program hasn't screwed up internally (producing an inconsistent value or state).
- shank's pony — one's own legs, especially as a means of moving from one place to another: The only way we can get there is by shanks' mare.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- stanislavsky — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
- take pity on — show compassion, mercy
- thank kindly — to thank heartily
- the kootenay — a lake in British Columbia: fed chiefly by the Kootenay; drains into the Columbia River
- tommy atkins — any private of the British army.
- unmistakably — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unremarkably — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- unthankfully — in an unthankful manner; not thankfully; ungratefully
- vishnevskaya — Galina (Pavlovna) [guh-lee-nuh pahv-lohv-nuh,, pav-;; Russian guh-lyee-nuh pah-vluh v-nuh] /gəˈli nə pɑvˈloʊv nə,, pæv-;; Russian gʌˈlyi nə ˈpɑ vləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1926–2012, Soviet operatic soprano, in the U.S. (wife of Mstislav Rostropovich).
- wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
- yellowshanks — A bird, the yellowlegs.
- you can talk — you don't have to worry about doing a particular thing yourself
- yuan shi kai — 1859–1916, Chinese general and statesman: first president (1912–16) of the Chinese republic
- yukawa meson — a hypothetical elementary particle with finite rest mass, whose exchange between nucleons would account for the strong short-range forces between nucleons: subsequently identified as the pion.