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11-letter words containing a, l, k

  • clock radio — a radio combined with an alarm clock in a compact cabinet, the clock serving as a timer to turn the radio on or off at a preset time.
  • clock watch — a watch that strikes the hours. Compare repeater (def 3).
  • clock-radio — a device combining the functions of a radio and alarm clock which can be used to play the radio at a set time
  • close ranks — to maintain discipline or solidarity, esp in anticipation of attack
  • coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
  • cockleboats — Plural form of cockleboat.
  • cocktailing — any of various short mixed drinks, consisting typically of gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, or brandy, with different admixtures, as vermouth, fruit juices, or flavorings, usually chilled and frequently sweetened.
  • coral snake — any venomous elapid snake of the genus Micrurus and related genera, of tropical and subtropical America, marked with red, black, yellow, and white transverse bands
  • crackleware — porcelain or pottery decorated with intentional crazing in the glaze
  • cracklingly — With a crackling sound.
  • crankhandle — a handle for starting a motor
  • crater lake — a lake in the crater of an extinct volcano in SW Oregon, in Crater Lake National Park. 20 sq. mi. (52 sq. km); 1996 feet (608 meters) deep.
  • crystallike — a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
  • cycle track — a special path created for cyclists to use
  • cycloalkane — any saturated hydrocarbon similar to an alkane but having a cyclic molecular structure and the general formula CnH2n
  • cycloalkene — (organic chemistry) Any unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.
  • dark nebula — a type of nebula that is observed by its blocking of radiation from other sources
  • das kapital — a work (1867) by Karl Marx, dealing with economic, social, and political relations within society and containing the tenets on which modern communism is based.
  • deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
  • dealbreaker — A dealbreaker is an issue that prevents people from reaching an agreement.
  • death knell — something that heralds death or destruction
  • deerstalker — A deerstalker is an old-fashioned hat with parts at the sides which can be folded down to cover the ears. Deerstalkers are usually worn by men.
  • delta stock — any of the fourth rank of active securities on the Stock Exchange. Market makers need not display prices of these securities continuously and any prices displayed are taken only as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
  • dewar flask — a type of vacuum flask, esp one used in scientific experiments to keep liquid air, helium, etc; Thermos
  • dialkylzinc — (organic chemistry) Any organometallic compound of zinc containing two alkyl groups.
  • diazoalkane — any diazo compound having the general formula R 2 CN 2 , where R is hydrogen or any saturated organic group, as diazomethane, CH 2 N 2 .
  • die walküre — an opera by Wagner (1870), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
  • dislikeable — Alternative spelling of dislikable.
  • doodle-sack — bagpipe (def 1).
  • doodlesacks — Plural form of doodlesack.
  • double back — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • double ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
  • double take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
  • double talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
  • double-bank — to have two rowers pull (each of a number of oars).
  • double-park — If someone double-parks their car or their car double-parks, they park in a road by the side of another parked car.
  • double-take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
  • double-talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
  • doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
  • dreadlocked — Wearing dreadlocks.
  • drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
  • duck plague — an acute, highly fatal disease of ducks caused by a herpesvirus
  • eccles cake — a pastry with a filling of dried fruit
  • ekman layer — the thin top layer of the sea that flows at 90° to the wind direction, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
  • electroweak — combining both the electromagnetic and weak forces or interactions
  • english oak — a species, Q. robur of the genus Quercus.
  • enkephalins — Plural form of enkephalin.
  • exoskeletal — Pertaining to the exoskeleton.
  • factorylike — Resembling a factory in any of various respects.
  • farkleberry — a shrub or small tree, Vaccinium arboreum, of the heath family, native to the southern U.S., bearing small, waxy, white flowers and black, many-seeded berries.
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