Phrase Hound found 25 phrases and 170 compound words that contain ken. The most common are listed below. Open ken in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 25
- Red KenA nickname for Ken Livingstone.
- Ken dollA flawlessly handsome, but possibly dull or shallow, young man.
- Kai KenA dog of a rare Japanese breed with a wedge-shaped head and prick ears.
- Ken Burns effectA filmmaker's technique of panning and zooming over still imagery such as photographs.
- Ken and Eddie ShowThe minutes of the monthly meetings between Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke and Edward George, Baron George during which interest rates were set, published regularly during the 1990s.
- Kishu KenA dog of a Japanese breed descended from ancient medium-sized breeds.
- Ken dollsplural of Ken doll: A flawlessly handsome, but possibly dull or shallow, young man.
- boozing kenA pub; a public house; a tavern.
- bousing kenA pub; a public house; a tavern.
- bouzing-kenAlternative spelling of bousing ken: A pub; a public house; a tavern.
- bowsing kenAlternative spelling of bousing ken: A pub; a public house; a tavern.
- beyond one's kenBeyond one's knowledge or understanding.
- Ken Burns effectsplural of Ken Burns effect: A filmmaker's technique of panning and zooming over still imagery such as photographs.
- Kawakami KenA very rare dog of a breed that originated in Japan, said to have been descended from wolves.
- jan ken porock paper scissors
- wapping kenA brothel.
- queer kenA prison.
- quire kenAlternative spelling of queer ken: A prison.
- grubbing kenA place where food may be procured; a workhouse or cookshop.
- dunny-kenAn outhouse (toilet building).
- padding-kenA lodging house for tramps.
- dossing-kenA dosshouse; a cheap inn.
- flatty-kenA public house whose landlord is ignorant of the practices of the thieves and tramps who frequent it.
- gentry cove's kenA gentleman's house.
- stauling-kenA house that will receive stolen goods
Compound words 170
- KennyA diminutive of the male given name Kenneth.
- kennerOne who kens or knows.
- bekenTo make known; reveal.
- forekenTo perceive, ken, or realise ahead of time; foreknow; preconceive.
- miskenTo mistake one for another; mistake in point of knowledge or recognition; misconceive.
- outkenTo surpass or exceed in knowledge.
- kenloreEpistemology; theory of knowledge.
- kenneticRelating to the acquisition of knowledge
- unkenTo not know, fail to recognise, be ignorant of.
- kenspeckedMarked and easily recognized; kenspeck.