11-letter words containing f, a, l, k
- kaffir lily — clivia.
- kaffir lime — an Asian citrus tree, Citrus hystrix, having green fruit with wrinkly skin and aromatic leaves that are used in Thai and Indonesian cookery.
- knife pleat — a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded in the same direction.
- kulturkampf — the conflict between the German imperial government and the Roman Catholic Church from 1872 or 1873 until 1886, chiefly over the control of education and ecclesiastical appointments.
- lake effect — the phenomena created in the surrounding area by weather passing over a large lake, especially any of the Great Lakes of the U.S.
- lake forest — a city in NE Illinois, N of Chicago, on Lake Michigan.
- lake rudolf — the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana
- lake-effect — caused or greatly influenced by the moist air above a large lake
- life jacket — a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable construction, for supporting the wearer in deep water and preventing drowning.
- luff tackle — a tackle having a double block and a single block, giving a mechanical advantage of three or four, neglecting friction, depending on which is the standing and which is the running block.
- of that ilk — of the place of the same name: used to indicate that the person named is proprietor or laird of the place named
- outflanking — Present participle of outflank.
- pink family — the plant family Caryophyllaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite leaves, usually swollen-jointed stems, flowers with petals notched at the tips, and fruit generally in the form of a many-seeded capsule, and including baby's-breath, carnation, chickweed, pink, and sweet william.
- plank floor — a floor made from sawed, straight-grained timber.
- prank flash — a short film or animation linked surreptitiously to an innocuous website, intended to shock unsuspecting and easily-offended users of the internet
- safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
- self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- shelftalker — a promotional sign used by a retailer to draw attention to a featured product on the shelf
- slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
- stick float — a float attached at the top and bottom to the line
- take flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
- talk out of — dissuade
- wakefulness — unable to sleep; not sleeping; indisposed to sleep: Excitement made the children wakeful.
- wolf packs' — a group of submarines operating together in hunting down and attacking enemy convoys.