14-letter words containing kn
- acknowledgedly — by general agreement, admittedly
- acknowledgment — An acknowledgment is a statement or action which recognizes that something exists or is true.
- at knife-point — under threat of being stabbed
- berkner island — an island in Antarctica, in the S Weddell Sea, between the Ronne Ice Shelf and the Filchner Ice Shelf.
- book knowledge — theory
- brass knuckles — linked metal rings or a metal bar with holes for the fingers, worn for rough fighting
- brecknockshire — a historic county in S Wales, now part of Powys, Gwent, and Mid Glamorgan.
- builder's knot — clove hitch
- butterfly knot — a particularly resistant knot which resembles a butterfly and can take loads on both ends, as well as on the loop
- chopping knife — a knife for chopping meat, vegetables etc
- cuckold's knot — a hitch, as for holding a spar, consisting of a single loop with the overlapping parts of the rope seized together.
- disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
- hangman's knot — a slip noose for hanging a person, usually having eight or nine turns around the rope.
- jackknife clam — any bivalve mollusk of the family Solenidae, especially of the genus Ensis, having a long, rectangular, slightly curved shell.
- jackknife-fish — a black and white, American drum, Equetus lanceolatus, found in tropical areas of the Atlantic Ocean, having an elongated dorsal fin that is held erect.
- knacker's yard — a slaughterhouse for horses
- knee-trembling — very exciting
- knickerbockers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
- knight templar — Templar.
- knobbling roll — a roll for a rolling mill, having a series of regularly shaped projections and depressions on its face.
- knock together — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knockout drops — a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
- knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
- knotty rhatany — See under rhatany (def 1).
- know backwards — to understand completely
- know the ropes — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
- know the score — understand the situation
- knowledge base — (artificial intelligence) A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).
- known quantity — Mathematics. a quantity whose value is given: in algebra, frequently represented by a letter from the first part of the alphabet, as a, b, or c.
- knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
- knuckledusters — Plural form of knuckleduster.
- last knockings — the final stage of a period or activity
- on bended knee — kneeling on one leg
- on one's knees — Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg.
- on the knocker — promptly; at once
- orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
- ozone sickness — a condition characterized by chest pain, itchy eyes, and drowsiness, caused by exposure to ozone, as experienced in the atmospheres of smog and high-altitude airplanes.
- self-knowledge — knowledge or understanding of oneself, one's character, abilities, motives, etc.
- serum sickness — a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints.
- space sickness — a complex of symptoms including nausea, lethargy, headache, and sweating, occurring among astronauts under conditions of weightlessness.
- surfer's knobs — a tumorlike nodule below a surfer's knee or on the upper area of the foot, caused by pressure on the skin and tissue exerted by the surfboard.
- surgeon's knot — a knot resembling a reef knot, used by surgeons for tying ligatures and the like.
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- to know better — If someone knows better than to do something, they are old enough or experienced enough to know it is the wrong thing to do.
- train sickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the motion of the train in which one is traveling.
- unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
- unforeknowable — not foreknowable
- unknightliness — the quality or condition of being unknightly
- unknown factor — a factor that is not known or understood
- white-knuckled — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
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