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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.
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