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11-letter words containing a, l, k

  • brake block — the part of the brake in a train or on a bicycle that is applied to the wheel to slow the vehicle down or stop it
  • brake cable — a cable that connects a brake handle, pedal, or lever to a vehicle's braking mechanism
  • brake fluid — an oily liquid used to transmit pressure in a hydraulic brake or clutch system
  • brake lever — (on a bicycle) a lever on the handlebar that connects to the brake cable and thus operates the braking mechanism
  • brake light — a red light attached to the rear of a motor vehicle that lights up when the brakes are applied, serving as a warning to following drivers
  • brake pedal — (in a vehicle) a pedal that connects to the brake cable and thus operates the braking mechanism
  • brake wheel — (in a windmill) a bevel gearwheel rotating with the wind shaft.
  • break a leg — to performer: good luck
  • break loose — to free oneself by force
  • breast milk — Breast milk is the white liquid produced by women to breast-feed their babies.
  • bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
  • broken coal — anthracite in pieces ranging from 2 1/2 to 4 inches (6.5 to 11 cm) in extreme dimension; the largest commercial size, larger than egg coal.
  • broken play — an improvised offensive play that results when the originally planned play has failed to be executed properly.
  • bucket-load — a large quantity
  • bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
  • bull market — A bull market is a situation on the stock market when people are buying a lot of shares because they expect that the shares will increase in value and that they will be able to make a profit by selling them again after a short time. Compare bear market.
  • bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
  • bundelkhand — a region of central India: formerly native states, now mainly part of Madhya Pradesh
  • bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
  • cache block — cache line
  • cackleberry — a hen's egg used for food.
  • cakewalking — Present participle of cakewalk.
  • call market — the market for lending call money.
  • candlemaker — Someone who makes candles; candler.
  • candlestick — A candlestick is a narrow object with a hole at the top which holds a candle.
  • cartoonlike — cartoonish
  • castle peak — highest peak in the Elk Mountain range, in W central Colorado. 14,265 feet (4352 meters).
  • castle walk — a ballroom dance of the pre–World War I era, consisting of a sedate step to each beat.
  • casual work — temporary, as opposed to permanent or regular, employment
  • cattle tick — a dark brown tick, Boophilus annulatus, that infests cattle and is a vector for parasitic diseases of cattle, as babesiosis.
  • cattle-cake — concentrated food for cattle in the form of cakes
  • cayuga lake — lake in WC N.Y., one of the Finger Lakes: 38 mi (61 km) long
  • chalkboards — Plural form of chalkboard.
  • chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
  • chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
  • check valve — a valve that closes by fluid pressure to prevent return flow
  • chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
  • chockablock — pulled so tight as to have the blocks touching
  • chucklehead — a stupid person; blockhead; dolt
  • chuckwallas — Plural form of chuckwalla.
  • clack valve — a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball
  • clackmannan — a town in E central Scotland, in Clackmannanshire. Pop: 3450 (2001)
  • clark gable — (William) Clark, 1901–60, U.S. film actor.
  • clarksville — city in N Tenn., on the Cumberland River: pop. 103,000
  • clasp knife — a large knife with one or more blades or other devices folding into the handle
  • clerk vicar — a lay officer in a cathedral who performs those parts of a service not reserved to the priests.
  • click fraud — repeated clicking on an online advert for fraudulent purposes, esp to charge the advertiser for fictitious traffic to their website
  • clickstream — a record of the path taken by users through a website, enabling designers to access the use being made of their website
  • cliff brake — any of several common ferns of the genus Pellaea, usually growing in pockets of thin soil on rocks.
  • clock in at — If something such as a CD or film clocks in at a particular amount of time, it is that amount of time long.
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