10-letter words containing c, l, a, k
- frantickly — Obsolete form of franticly.
- funkadelic — (music) Of, or relating to, funkadelia.
- goalkicker — a person who makes a goal kick
- gottschalk — Louis Moreau [maw-roh,, moh-] /mɔˈroʊ,, moʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1829–69, U.S. pianist and composer.
- gun tackle — a tackle composed of a fall rove through two single blocks and secured to one of them so as to secure a mechanical advantage of two or three, neglecting friction, depending on the arrangement.
- hack value — Often adduced as the reason or motivation for expending effort toward a seemingly useless goal, the point being that the accomplished goal is a hack. For example, MacLISP had features for reading and printing Roman numerals, which were installed purely for hack value. See display hack for one method of computing hack value, but this cannot really be explained, only experienced. As Louis Armstrong once said when asked to explain jazz: "Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know." (Feminists please note Fats Waller's explanation of rhythm: "Lady, if you got to ask you ain't got it.")
- hackle fly — an artificial fly made with hackles, usually without wings.
- hackleback — shovelnose sturgeon.
- half-track — a caterpillar tread that runs over and under the rear or driving wheels of a vehicle but is not connected with the forward wheels: used especially on military vehicles.
- halfcocked — Simple past tense and past participle of halfcock.
- halterneck — A single strap or material which runs from the front of the garment around the back of the wearer's neck, leaving most of the back uncovered, often used in swimsuits and women's dresses.
- hammerlock — a hold in which one arm of an opponent is twisted and forced upward behind his back.
- hamshackle — to hobble (a cow, horse, etc) by tying a rope around the head and one of the legs
- head clerk — a supervisor; manager
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- jack block — a block used in raising or lowering a topgallant yard.
- jack kilby — (person) (1924 - 2005-06-20) The electronics engineer who invented the integrated circuit in 1958 at Texas Instruments.
- jack plane — a plane for rough surfacing.
- jack towel — a long towel with the ends sewed together, for hanging on a roller.
- jacketless — Without a jacket (coat).
- kabalistic — cabalistic.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- kaolinitic — Of or relating to kaolinite.
- karmically — In a karmic context.
- karyologic — of or relating to karyology
- keltically — Celt.
- kick plate — a metal plate fastened to the bottom of a door to resist blows and scratches.
- kick pleat — an inverted pleat extending upward 6 to 10 inches (15 to 25 cm) from the hemline at the back of a narrow skirt, to allow freedom in walking.
- kiel canal — a canal connecting the North and Baltic seas. 61 miles (98 km) long.
- kilmarnock — Official name Kilmarnock and Loudon. an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in SW Scotland.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kilopascal — one thousand pascals
- kilpatrick — Hugh Judson [juhd-suh n] /ˈdʒʌd sən/ (Show IPA), 1836–81, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- klootchman — a North American Indian woman
- knob latch — a latch having a spring bolt controlled by a knob on one or both sides.
- koulibiaca — A Russian dish of salmon, rice etc. cooked in puff pastry.
- lacemakers — Plural form of lacemaker.
- lacemaking — the art, act, or process of making lace.
- lackadaisy — alas
- lackawanna — a city in W New York, on Lake Erie, near Buffalo.
- lackluster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lacklustre — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lamarckian — of or relating to Jean de Lamarck or his theory of organic evolution.
- lamarckism — the Lamarckian theory that characteristics acquired by habit, use, or disuse may be passed on to future generations through inheritance.
- lamp-black — a fine black pigment consisting of almost pure carbon collected as soot from the smoke of burning oil, gas, etc.
- landlocked — shut in completely, or almost completely, by land: a landlocked bay.
- lardy cake — a rich sweet cake made of bread dough, lard, sugar, and dried fruit
- latch hook — a handheld tool similar to a latch needle, used for drawing loops of yarn through canvas or similar material to make rugs and the like.
- layer cake — a cake made in layers, with a cream, jelly, or other filling between them.