11-letter words containing d, a, l, e, k
- 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
- fiddle back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
- fiddle-back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
- flank speed — the maximum possible speed of a ship.
- flat-packed — (of a piece of furniture, equipment, or other construction) supplied in pieces packed into a flat box for assembly by the buyer
- frankpledge — a system of dividing a community into tithings or groups of ten men, each member of which was responsible for the conduct of the other members of his group and for the assurance that a member charged with a breach of the law would be produced at court.
- greek salad — a salad of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, onions, and feta cheese, served with a vinaigrette.
- grenadelike — Resembling a grenade (weapon).
- griddlecake — a thin cake of batter cooked on a griddle; pancake.
- half cocked — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- half-cocked — (of a firearm) at the position of half cock.
- half-cooked — not cooked thoroughly
- horned lark — a lark, Eremophila alpestris, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a tuft of feathers on each side of the crown of the head.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- jack ladder — Nautical. Jacob's ladder (def 2a).
- junk dealer — a person who buys and sells discarded or secondhand objects
- knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
- ladder back — a chair back having a number of horizontal slats between uprights.
- lady-killer — a man who is irresistible to women or has the reputation for being so.
- lake edward — a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Great Rift Valley: empties through the Semliki River into Lake Albert. Area: about 2150 sq km (830 sq miles)
- lake ladoga — a lake in NW Russia, in the SW Karelian Republic: the largest lake in Europe; drains through the River Neva into the Gulf of Finland. Area: about 18 000 sq km (7000 sq miles)
- lake placid — a town in NE New York, in the Adirondack Mountains: resort.
- lake rudolf — the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana
- lakshadweep — a union territory of India comprising a group of islands and coral reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India. About 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km).
- land worker — a person who works on the land
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- liederkranz — a German choral society or singing club, especially of men.
- like a bird — without resistance or difficulty
- link loader — linker
- loudspeaker — any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
- madder lake — a strong purple-red color.
- malted milk — a soluble powder made of dehydrated milk and malted cereals.
- masked ball — a ball at which masks are worn.
- meadowlarks — Plural form of meadowlark.
- multitasked — Simple past tense and past participle of multitask.
- naked lunch — a novel (1959–66) by William S. Burroughs.
- oneida lake — a lake in central New York. 20 miles (32 km) long; 5 miles (8 km) wide.
- polkadotted — a dot or round spot (printed, woven, or embroidered) repeated to form a pattern on a textile fabric.
- quark model — a scheme that explains the quantum numbers of all the baryons and mesons by assuming that baryons are composed of three quarks and mesons of a quark and an antiquark, with different combinations of quark and antiquark flavors giving different sets of quantum numbers.