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11-letter words containing a, l, k, i, n, g

  • sex-linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
  • shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
  • shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
  • sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
  • signal book — a book containing the signals to be used for sending messages to other boats
  • singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
  • slacklining — the activity of walking across a narrow line of synthetic webbing hung slackly above the ground
  • sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
  • squeakingly — in a squeaking manner
  • steelmaking — the manufacture of steel.
  • taking lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
  • telebanking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services by means of a computer network
  • tracklaying — (of a vehicle) having an endless jointed metal band around the wheels
  • walking bus — a group of schoolchildren walking together along an agreed route to and from school, accompanied by adults, with children joining and leaving the group at prearranged points
  • warchalking — the practice of marking chalk symbols on walls and pavements at places where local wireless internet connections may be obtained for free via a computer, usually without permission
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