9-letter words containing a, l
- kazillion — (slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).
- keel-rake — Nautical. to haul (an offender) under the bottom of a ship and up on the other side as a punishment.
- keelboats — Plural form of keelboat.
- keelhauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of keelhaul.
- kei-apple — a thorny shrub or small tree, Dovyalis caffra, of southern Africa, having round, yellow, juicy-pulped, cranberry-flavored fruit that is edible only when cooked.
- kelp bass — a sea bass, Paralabrax clathratus, of southern California coastal waters, valued as a food and game fish.
- kelp crab — any of several spider crabs common among kelp beds along the Pacific coast of North America.
- kennelman — a man who works in a kennels
- key largo — one of the islands in the Florida Keys. 30 miles (48 km) long; 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- key plate — (in color printing) the plate providing the greatest definition of detail, usually the black plate, on which the other plates are registered.
- khalifate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- khanbalik — an ancient city in Mongol China, the capital of Kublai Khan: present-day site of Beijing.
- kiangling — a city in S Hubei province, in central China, on the Chang Jiang.
- kielbasas — Plural form of kielbasa.
- killarney — a town in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- kilogauss — a unit of magnetic induction, equal to 1000 gauss. Abbreviation: kG.
- kilograms — Plural form of kilogram.
- kilowatts — Plural form of kilowatt.
- king clam — geoduck.
- king lear — a tragedy (1606) by Shakespeare.
- king rail — a large, long-billed rail, Rallus elegans, of North America, having reddish-brown plumage.
- kirikkale — city in central Turkey: pop. 233,000
- kirkcaldy — a city in SE Fife, in E Scotland, on the Firth of Forth.
- kiswahili — Swahili (def 2).
- kleopatra — Cleopatra (def 2).
- klinostat — a rotating and tilting plant-holder used for studying and experimenting with plant growth
- knaidlach — a dumpling, especially a small ball of matzo meal, eggs, and salt, often mixed with another foodstuff, as ground almonds or grated potato, usually served in soup.
- knavishly — In a knavish manner.
- kneadable — Capable of being kneaded, or worked into a mass.
- kolozsvar — Hungarian name of Cluj-Napoca.
- kraepelin — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.
- kulebyaka — coulibiac.
- kundalini — the vital force lying dormant within one until activated by the practice of yoga, which leads one toward spiritual power and eventual salvation.
- kwajalein — an atoll in the Marshall Islands, in E Micronesia. About 78 miles (126 km) long.
- kzyl-orda — a city in S Kazakhstan, on the Syr Darya.
- l & p — Lemon and Paeroa: a soda water drink, originally from the town of Paeroa
- l'allegro — L'Allegro.
- la boheme — an opera (1896) by Giacomo Puccini.
- la chaise — Père François d'Aix de [frahn-swa de duh] /frɑ̃ˈswa dɛ də/ (Show IPA), 1624–1709, French Roman Catholic priest: confessor to Louis XIV.
- la coruna — a seaport in NW Spain.
- la crosse — a city in W Wisconsin, on the Mississippi River.
- la cumbre — Uspallata Pass.
- la grande — a town in NE Oregon.
- la grange — a city in W Georgia.
- la granja — a town in central Spain, near Segovia: termed the “Spanish Versailles” for its 18th-century palace (La Granja) treaty 1800.
- la guaira — a seaport in N Venezuela: the port of Caracas.
- la laguna — city in Tenerife, Canary Islands: pop. 128,000
- la mancha — a plateau region in central Spain: famous as the birthplace of Don Quixote, the hero of Cervantes' novel Don Quixote de la Mancha.
- la marque — a city in SE coastal Texas.
- la mirada — a city in SW California.