12-letter words containing nk
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
- monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
- 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 house — a cage or enclosure in a zoo where monkeys are kept
- 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.
- monkeyshines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
- monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
- monks' mound — the largest of the Cahokia Mounds.
- mountebanked — Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank.
- mullein pink — rose campion.
- nankeen lily — a lily, Lilium testaceum, having drooping, fragrant, pink-tinged, yellowish or apricot-colored flowers with recurved petals.
- nanoplankton — nannoplankton.
- night monkey — douroucouli.
- no thanks to — to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to: She thanked them for their hospitality.
- nomenklatura — a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, especially from a Communist Party.
- non-thinking — rational; reasoning: People are thinking animals.
- on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
- overdrinking — Present participle of overdrink.
- pink-slipped — (of an employee) given notice of redundancy
- pinking iron — a tool for perforating, or for notching or scalloping the edge of fabric, leather, etc.
- plunket baby — a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
- prankishness — the quality or condition of being prankish
- printing ink — a type of ink that flows smoothly, dries quickly, and is of a consistency able to hold enough color to make printed matter legible: used to transfer the image on a press plate to the printing surface.
- reserve bank — one of the 12 principal banks of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.
- reserve tank — the tank or part of a tank in a car engine that reserves fuel in case the main fuel supply runs out
- rooter skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
- rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
- saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
- sankt gallen — German name of St. Gallen.
- sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
- sankt pölten — a city in NE Austria, the capital of Lower Austria state. Pop: 49 121 (2001)
- savings bank — a bank that receives savings accounts only and pays interest to its depositors.
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- 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.
- shanks' mare — 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.
- sink or swim — fail or succeed
- sinking fund — a fund to extinguish an indebtedness, usually a bond issue.
- skating rink — arena for ice skating
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- sports drink — a drink containing sugar and salts, etc designed to help replace fluid and energy lost through the physical exertion of sport
- stinking ash — hoptree.
- stinky pinky — an oral word game in which one player provides a definition to which the others are to supply a rhyming phrase, as “a mighty nightie” for “a powerful pair of pajamas.”.
- stinky-pinky — an oral word game in which one player provides a definition to which the others are to supply a rhyming phrase, as “a mighty nightie” for “a powerful pair of pajamas.”.
- storage tank — A storage tank is a large vessel for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- stratotanker — an aircraft that can refuel other aircrafts at high speeds and altitudes
- strong drink — alcoholic drink
- tank farming — hydroponics.
- tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
- tank trailer — a trailer truck or tractor-trailer with a tank body, suitable for transporting gases or liquids, as oil, gasoline, or milk, in bulk.