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11-letter words containing a, l, e, c, k

  • electroweak — combining both the electromagnetic and weak forces or interactions
  • factorylike — Resembling a factory in any of various respects.
  • fiddle back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
  • fiddle-back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
  • filter cake — the solid material accumulated by a filter press
  • fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
  • flak jacket — U.S. Air Force. an armored garment made of steel plates covered by a padded fabric, designed to protect vital parts of the body from shrapnel.
  • flare stack — A flare stack is a high vertical pipe for carrying unwanted gas so it can be burned off.
  • flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
  • flat-packed — (of a piece of furniture, equipment, or other construction) supplied in pieces packed into a flat box for assembly by the buyer
  • flickertail — Richardson ground squirrel.
  • flock paper — a wallpaper treated with flock to emphasize a design or effect.
  • freckleface — A person with many freckles.
  • funnel cake — a crisp, deep-fried cake, made by pouring batter through a funnel into fat or oil, usually in a spiral shape, and dusted with powdered sugar.
  • furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
  • gerlachovka — a mountain in N Slovakia: highest peak of the Carpathian Mountains. 8737 feet (2663 meters).
  • glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
  • googlewhack — A Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words.
  • griddlecake — a thin cake of batter cooked on a griddle; pancake.
  • half cocked — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
  • half-cocked — (of a firearm) at the position of half cock.
  • half-cooked — not cooked thoroughly
  • hammerlocks — Plural form of hammerlock.
  • heart block — a defect in the electrical impulses of the heart resulting in any of various arrhythmias or irregularities in the heartbeat.
  • hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
  • jack ladder — Nautical. Jacob's ladder (def 2a).
  • jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
  • james clark — Dr. James H. Clark
  • keratolytic — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
  • kilocalorie — one thousand small calories. Abbreviation: kcal. Also called Calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie. Compare calorie (def 1a).
  • kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
  • kinematical — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
  • kinetically — pertaining to motion.
  • kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
  • kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
  • kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.
  • knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
  • knuckleball — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
  • knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
  • 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.
  • lake annecy — a lake in E France, in the Alps
  • 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 placid — a town in NE New York, in the Adirondack Mountains: resort.
  • lake school — Lake Poets.
  • 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
  • landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
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