11-letter words containing c, l, o, a, k, e
- kilocalorie — one thousand small calories. Abbreviation: kcal. Also called Calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie. Compare calorie (def 1a).
- kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
- kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.
- knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
- lake school — Lake Poets.
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- leucoplakia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- leukoplakic — Relating to leukoplakia.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
- mantle rock — the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's crust; regolith.
- nose tackle — nose guard
- opera cloak — a large cloak worn over evening clothes
- plate block — a block of four or more stamps containing the number or numbers of the printing plate or plates in the margin of the sheet.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
- schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
- shacklebone — the wrist
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
- sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
- swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
- unshockable — not able to be shocked
- wackadoodle — (slang, pejorative) Crazy, irrational, or eccentric.
- wall rocket — any of several yellow-flowered European plants of the genus Diplotaxis, such as D. muralis, that grow on old walls and in waste places: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- wall socket — socket (def 2b).
- water clock — a device, as a clepsydra, for measuring time by the flow of water.
- waterlocked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- yellow cake — a processed oxide of uranium, U 3 O 8 , extracted and concentrated from uranium ore: used as the raw material for commercial nuclear materials, especially fuel elements in nuclear reactors.
- yellow jack — Informal. quarantine flag.