9-letter words containing c, l, a, k
- fullbacks — Plural form of fullback.
- garlicked — flavoured with garlic
- gas black — finely powdered carbon produced by burning natural gas. It is used as a pigment in paints, etc
- glam rock — a style of rock music of the early 1970s, characterized by the glittery flamboyance and androgynous image of its performers
- goal kick — a free kick taken by a defensive player after the ball, having last been touched by an offensive player, has gone out of bounds over the goal line.
- hair-lock — a curl of the hair of the head
- half buck — a half dollar; the sum of 50 cents.
- half deck — (in a sailing ship) the portion of the deck below the upper or spar deck and aft of the mainmast.
- half-cock — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- half-deck — a deck on an old ship of war that is situated below the upper deck and extends aft from the mainmast
- half-jack — a flat pocket-sized bottle of alcohol
- half-peck — a unit of dry measure equal to 4 quarts (4.4 liters).
- halfbacks — Plural form of halfback.
- halftrack — an army truck, armored vehicle, etc. with tractor treads in the rear, but with a pair of wheels in front
- hard luck — If you say that someone had some hard luck, or that a situation was hard luck on them, you mean that something bad happened to them and you are implying that it was not their fault.
- headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
- hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- holdbacks — Plural form of holdback.
- jacklight — a portable cresset, oil-burning lantern, or electric light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night.
- jacksmelt — a large silversides, Atherinopsis californiensis, found along the coast of California, that grows to a length of 22 inches (55 cm).
- jet black — deep-black: jet-black hair.
- jet-black — deep-black: jet-black hair.
- jim clark — Dr. James H. Clark
- junk call — a telephone call soliciting a donation or selling a product or service by a caller making many such calls to a list of prospects.
- kalanchoe — any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching clusters of flowers.
- kamchadal — Itelmen.
- katabolic — Alternative form of catabolic.
- kelp crab — any of several spider crabs common among kelp beds along the Pacific coast of North America.
- king clam — geoduck.
- kirkcaldy — a city in SE Fife, in E Scotland, on the Firth of Forth.
- 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.
- lacemaker — A person who makes lace.
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- lady luck — the personification of luck as a lady bringing good or bad fortune: Lady Luck was against us and we lost the game.
- lady muck — an ordinary woman behaving or being treated as if she were aristocratic
- laid back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- laid deck — a wooden deck having planking laid parallel to the sides of the hull so as to follow the curves toward the ends of the vessel.
- laid-back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- lake chad — a lake in N central Africa: fed chiefly by the Shari River, it has no apparent outlet. Area: at fullest extent 10 000 to 26 000 sq km (4000 to 10 000 sq miles), varying seasonally; it has shrunk considerably in recent years
- lame duck — an elected official or group of officials, as a legislator, continuing in office during the period between an election defeat and a successor's assumption of office.
- lampblack — a fine black pigment consisting of almost pure carbon collected as soot from the smoke of burning oil, gas, etc.
- lancejack — a lance corporal
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- law clerk — an attorney, usually a recent law-school graduate, working as an assistant to a judge or being trained by another attorney.
- lay clerk — lay vicar.
- leaseback — the disposal of a building, land, or other property to a buyer under special arrangements for simultaneously leasing it on a long-term basis to the original seller, usually with an option to renew the lease.
- left back — a defending player on the left side of the field
- leukaemic — relating to, or affected by, leukaemia
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- localtalk — (networking) An Apple Computer network standard using Apple Computer's own networking hardware. Compare EtherTalk.