14-letter words containing a, k, e, r
- kapellmeisters — Plural form of kapellmeister.
- karitane nurse — a nurse trained in the care of young babies and their mothers according to the principles of the Plunket Society
- kastrop-rauxel — Castrop-Rauxel.
- kawartha lakes — a group of lakes in S Ontario, Canada, on the Trent Canal system.
- keep a rein on — to check, control, or restrain
- kekulé formula — the structural formula of benzene represented as a hexagonal ring with alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms.
- kendal (green) — a coarse, green woolen cloth
- keratinization — Conversion into keratin or keratinous tissue.
- keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- kierkegaardian — of, relating to, or resembling the philosophy or religious views of Kierkegaard.
- kilogram-force — a meter-kilogram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity, when acting on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: kgf.
- kilogram-meter — a meter-kilogram-second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one kilogram when its point of application moves through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force; approximately 7.2 foot-pounds. Abbreviation: kg-m.
- kindergardener — Misspelling of kindergartner.
- kindergartener — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
- kinematic pair — pair1 (def 10).
- king's pattern — a spoon pattern of the 19th century having a stem decorated with threads, scrolls, and shell motifs.
- king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
- kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
- kleptoparasite — A bird, insect, or other animal that habitually robs animals of other species of food.
- knacker's yard — a slaughterhouse for horses
- knight templar — Templar.
- krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
- la grange park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
- lake maracaibo — a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)
- lake nicaragua — a lake in SW Nicaragua, separated from the Pacific by an isthmus 19 km (12 miles) wide: the largest lake in Central America. Area: 8264 sq km (3191 sq miles)
- lake trasimene — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria: the largest lake in central Italy; scene of Hannibal's victory over the Romans in 217 bc. Area: 128 sq km (49 sq miles)
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
- leatherjackets — Plural form of leatherjacket.
- lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
- library ticket — a ticket admitting a person access to a library, esp a reference library
- like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
- linkage editor — linker
- linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
- load-line mark — any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line.
- locker-lampson — Frederick (Frederick Locker) 1821–95, English poet.
- low-water mark — the lowest point reached by a low tide.
- lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
- luggage locker — a large locker at a transport terminal or airport where luggage can be left temporarily
- mackerel shark — any of several fierce sharks of the family Lamidae, including the great white shark and the mako.
- macromarketing — marketing concerning all marketing as a whole, marketing systems, and the mutual effect that society and marketing systems have on each other
- make a bargain — to agree on terms
- make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
- make free with — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- make no secret — If you make no secret of something, you tell others about it openly and clearly.