11-letter words containing a, k, i, p
- klappvisier — a visor attached by a hinge at the top: used on basinets of the 14th century.
- kleptomania — an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
- knee spavin — chronic inflammation of the carpal joint of a horse
- kneecapping — (uncountable) The act of destroying the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
- knife pleat — a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded in the same direction.
- kymographic — Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
- lake placid — a town in NE New York, in the Adirondack Mountains: resort.
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- 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.
- leukoplakia — 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.
- leukoplakic — Relating to leukoplakia.
- leukoplasia — 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.
- magpie lark — a black-and-white pied bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, inhabiting areas near water in Australia and southern New Guinea.
- maiden pink — a turf-forming plant, Dianthus deltoides , found from western Europe to eastern Asia, having red or pink flowers.
- marking pen — marker (def 10).
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- meatpacking — (US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
- mis-package — a bundle of something, usually of small or medium size, that is packed and wrapped or boxed; parcel.
- misspeaking — (obsolete) Speaking ill; defamation, slander.
- napkin ring — a ring or band of metal, wood, plastic, etc., through which a folded napkin is inserted, often as part of a place setting.
- nonspeaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- office park — a complex of office buildings located on land planted with lawns, trees, bushes, etc.
- pack animal — a mule, donkey, burro, or horse bred for vigor and hardiness and used for carrying heavy loads.
- packability — The quality or state of being packable.
- packing box — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- packing nut — a nut that serves to condense packing and so to tighten its seal.
- painkilling — of or relating to a drug or method of reducing or eliminating pain
- painstaking — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
- palk strait — a strait in the Bay of Bengal between SE India and N Sri Lanka, to the N of Adam's Bridge. 40–85 miles (64–137 km) wide.
- pancake ice — newly formed ice in flat pieces too small and thin to obstruct navigation.
- paper knife — a small, often decorative, knifelike instrument with a blade of metal, ivory, wood, or the like, for slitting open envelopes, the leaves of books, folded papers, etc.
- papermaking — the art or action of making paper
- park-miller — A pseudorandom number generation algorithm which was discredited by Marsaglia and Steve Sullivanin in the July 1993 CACM.
- parking bay — a space in a car park designed to be large enough to park a vehicle in
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
- partial key — (database) A key which identifies a subset of a set of information items (e.g. database "records"), and which could narrow the subset to one item if other partial key(s) were combined with it.
- pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
- pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
- pc-talk iii — (communications, tool) An MS-DOS communications program by Andrew Fluegelman.
- peacemaking — a person, group, or nation that tries to make peace, especially by reconciling parties who disagree, quarrel, or fight.
- peak period — the busiest or most popular time
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pen and ink — A pen and ink drawing is done using a pen rather than a pencil.
- perestroika — Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- piatigorsky — Gregor [greg-er] /ˈgrɛg ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. cellist, born in Russia.
- pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
- picket boat — a vessel used to patrol a harbor.