11-letter words containing a, k, d
- hand-picked — to pick by hand.
- hand-worker — a person who does handwork
- handbaskets — Plural form of handbasket.
- handpicking — to pick by hand.
- handshaking — a gripping and shaking of right hands by two individuals, as to symbolize greeting, congratulation, agreement, or farewell.
- hard dinkum — hard work; a difficult task.
- hard-ticket — a ticket entitling one to a reserved seat.
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- header tank — a reservoir, tank, or hopper that maintains a gravity feed or a static fluid pressure in an apparatus
- headshaking — The act of shaking one's head, in disagreement or disapproval.
- horned lark — a lark, Eremophila alpestris, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a tuft of feathers on each side of the crown of the head.
- hunchbacked — humpbacked.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- ibn khaldun — Abd-al-Rahman [ahb-dahl-rah-mahn] /ɑb dɑlˈrɑ mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher.
- ibn-khaldun — 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher. His Kitab al-`ibar (Book of Examples) is a history of Islam
- in the dark — having very little or no light: a dark room.
- indian poke — false hellebore.
- iykwimaityd — if you know what I mean and I think you do
- jack around — to spend time in useless activity
- jack ladder — Nautical. Jacob's ladder (def 2a).
- jackpudding — An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain people.
- jackson day — January 8, a holiday commemorating Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815: a legal holiday in Louisiana.
- jerk around — If you say that someone is jerking you around, you mean that they are not being honest with you about something.
- junk dealer — a person who buys and sells discarded or secondhand objects
- k-radiation — one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- kailyardism — kaleyard school.
- kainic acid — an analogue of glutamate, C 10 H 15 NO 4 , derived from the red alga Digenia simplex, used experimentally to stimulate certain neurons in the brain.
- kaliningrad — a seaport in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the Bay of Danzig.
- keratinised — Simple past tense and past participle of keratinise.
- keratinized — Simple past tense and past participle of keratinize.
- keratoderma — a disease of the horny layer of the skin, especially of the soles or palms.
- kew gardens — the Royal Botanic Gardens in the Greater London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, on the River Thames; established in 1759 and given to the nation in 1841
- keyboarders — Plural form of keyboarder.
- keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keyboardist — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- khalkidhiki — Greek name of Chalcidice.
- kick around — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kickstarted — Simple past tense and past participle of kickstart.
- kidnappings — Plural form of kidnapping.
- kidney bean — a common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, cultivated in many varieties for its edible seeds and pods.
- kierkegaard — Sören Aabye [sœ-ruh n aw-by] /ˈsœ rən ˈɔ bü/ (Show IPA), 1813–55, Danish philosopher and theologian.
- kindhearted — having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.
- kinkaid act — an act of Congress (1904) providing for the granting of 640-acre homesteads to settlers in western Nebraska.
- kinyarwanda — Ruanda (def 2).
- kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
- kiteboarder — A person who participates in kiteboarding.
- knightheads — Plural form of knighthead.
- knot garden — an intricately designed flower or herb garden with plants arranged to create an interlacing pattern, sometimes with fanciful topiary and carefully tended paths.
- knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
- kodiak bear — a large, brown bear, Ursus (arctos) middendorffi, inhabiting coastal areas of Alaska and British Columbia, that grows to a length of 9 feet (2.7 meters).