11-letter words containing d, k
- jackpudding — An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain people.
- jackson day — January 8, a holiday commemorating Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815: a legal holiday in Louisiana.
- jerk around — If you say that someone is jerking you around, you mean that they are not being honest with you about something.
- junk dealer — a person who buys and sells discarded or secondhand objects
- k-radiation — one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- kailyardism — kaleyard school.
- kainic acid — an analogue of glutamate, C 10 H 15 NO 4 , derived from the red alga Digenia simplex, used experimentally to stimulate certain neurons in the brain.
- kaliningrad — a seaport in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the Bay of Danzig.
- keratinised — Simple past tense and past participle of keratinise.
- keratinized — Simple past tense and past participle of keratinize.
- keratoderma — a disease of the horny layer of the skin, especially of the soles or palms.
- ketone body — any of three compounds, acetoacetic acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, or acetone, that are intermediate in the metabolism of fatty acids and that are found in abnormal quantities in the blood and urine during certain pathological conditions, as diabetes mellitus.
- ketosteroid — any of a group of steroids containing a ketone group.
- kettledrums — a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass, copper, or fiberglass over which is stretched a skin, the tension of which can be modified by hand screws or foot pedals to vary the pitch.
- kew gardens — the Royal Botanic Gardens in the Greater London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, on the River Thames; established in 1759 and given to the nation in 1841
- kewpie doll — a doll having rosy cheeks and a curl of hair on its head
- keyboarders — Plural form of keyboarder.
- keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keyboardist — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keyed bugle — a bugle that has keys to make it possible to play a chromatic scale
- khalkidhiki — Greek name of Chalcidice.
- kick around — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kickstarted — Simple past tense and past participle of kickstart.
- kid brother — younger male sibling
- kiddie porn — child pornography.
- kidnappings — Plural form of kidnapping.
- kidney bean — a common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, cultivated in many varieties for its edible seeds and pods.
- kidney dish — medical: curved basin
- kidney worm — any of various large nematodes parasitic in the kidneys, especially Stephanurus dentatus, found in pigs.
- kids' stuff — something considered fit only for children
- kierkegaard — Sören Aabye [sœ-ruh n aw-by] /ˈsœ rən ˈɔ bü/ (Show IPA), 1813–55, Danish philosopher and theologian.
- kinderspiel — a play or piece of musical theatre performed by children
- kindhearted — having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.
- kindredship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- kinkaid act — an act of Congress (1904) providing for the granting of 640-acre homesteads to settlers in western Nebraska.
- kinyarwanda — Ruanda (def 2).
- kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
- kite winder — a triangular winder on a staircase.
- kiteboarder — A person who participates in kiteboarding.
- knife-edged — having a thin, sharp edge.
- knightheads — Plural form of knighthead.
- knighthoods — Plural form of knighthood.
- knock-kneed — Someone who is knock-kneed has legs which turn inwards at the knees.
- knocked out — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knot garden — an intricately designed flower or herb garden with plants arranged to create an interlacing pattern, sometimes with fanciful topiary and carefully tended paths.
- knowledging — Present participle of knowledge.
- knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
- kodiak bear — a large, brown bear, Ursus (arctos) middendorffi, inhabiting coastal areas of Alaska and British Columbia, that grows to a length of 9 feet (2.7 meters).
- konrad zuse — (person) The designer of the first programming language, Plankalkül, and the first fully functional program-controlled electromechanical digital computer in the world, the Z3. He died on 1995-12-18 in Huenfeld, Germany.
- kordofanian — a subfamily of Niger-Kordofanian that comprises about 30 languages spoken in southern Kordofan.