11-letter words containing a, k, e
- 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).
- kohanga reo — an infant class in which the lessons are conducted in Māori
- konrad zuse — (person) The designer of the first programming language, Plankalkül, and the first fully functional program-controlled electromechanical digital computer in the world, the Z3. He died on 1995-12-18 in Huenfeld, Germany.
- kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
- kostelanetz — André [ahn-drey] /ˈɑn dreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1901–80, U.S. orchestra conductor and pianist, born in Russia.
- kristiansen — Ingrid. born 1956, Norwegian long-distance runner: world 10 000 metres record holder (1986–93)
- kwasniewski — Aleksander [ah-lek-sahn-der] /ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), born 1954, Polish journalist and politician: president of Poland 1995–.
- lack-luster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
- ladder back — a chair back having a number of horizontal slats between uprights.
- lady-killer — a man who is irresistible to women or has the reputation for being so.
- lake albert — a lake in E Africa, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda in the great Rift Valley, 660 m (2200 ft) above sea level: a source of the Nile, fed by the Victoria Nile, which leaves as the Albert Nile. Area: 5345 sq km (2064 sq miles)
- lake annecy — a lake in E France, in the Alps
- lake baikal — a lake in Russia, in SE Siberia: the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia and the deepest in the world. Greatest depth: over 1500 m (5000 ft). Area: about 33 670 sq km (13 000 sq miles)
- lake breeze — a thermally produced wind blowing during the day from the surface of a large lake to the shore, caused by the difference in the rates of heating of the surfaces of the lake and of the land.
- lake edward — a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Great Rift Valley: empties through the Semliki River into Lake Albert. Area: about 2150 sq km (830 sq miles)
- lake effect — the phenomena created in the surrounding area by weather passing over a large lake, especially any of the Great Lakes of the U.S.
- lake forest — a city in NE Illinois, N of Chicago, on Lake Michigan.
- lake geneva — a lake between SW Switzerland and E France: fed and drained by the River Rhône, it is the largest of the Alpine lakes; the surface is subject to considerable changes of level. Area: 580 sq km (224 sq miles)
- lake kariba — a dam built across the Zambezi for the purposes of generating hydroelectric power; it created Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border
- lake ladoga — a lake in NW Russia, in the SW Karelian Republic: the largest lake in Europe; drains through the River Neva into the Gulf of Finland. Area: about 18 000 sq km (7000 sq miles)
- lake placid — a town in NE New York, in the Adirondack Mountains: resort.
- lake rudolf — the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana
- lake salmon — landlocked salmon.
- lake school — Lake Poets.
- lake vänern — a lake in SW Sweden: the largest lake in Sweden and W Europe; drains into the Kattegat. Area: 5585 sq km (2156 sq miles)
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- lake-effect — caused or greatly influenced by the moist air above a large lake
- lake-geneva — a city in and the capital of the canton of Geneva, in SW Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva: seat of the League of Nations 1920–46.
- lakshadweep — a union territory of India comprising a group of islands and coral reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India. About 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km).
- lanarkshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- land worker — a person who works on the land
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- large black — a heavy black breed of pig with long lop ears: used for crossbreeding
- lassen peak — an active volcano in N California, in the S Cascade Range. 10,465 feet (3190 meters).
- latticelike — Resembling a lattice.
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- law-breaker — A law-breaker is someone who breaks the law.
- lawbreakers — Plural form of lawbreaker.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- leatherback — a sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having the shell embedded in a leathery skin, reaching a length of more than 7 feet (2.1 meter) and a weight of more than 1000 pounds (450 kg): the largest living sea turtle; an endangered species.
- leatherjack — Leatherjacket (fish in genus Oligoplites).
- leatherlike — Resembling leather.
- leatherneck — a U.S. marine.
- leatherwork — work or decoration done in leather.
- lemon shark — a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil.
- length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- leucoplakia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.