15-letter words containing i, l, k, e
- kitchen utensil — a utensil intended for use in a kitchen, such as a chopping board, saucepan, or knife
- kleptoparasites — Plural form of kleptoparasite.
- kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- knitting needle — either of two types of instruments used for hand knitting: a straight rod of steel, wood, plastic, etc., pointed at one or both ends, used in pairs, or a single curved, flexible rod with two pointed ends.
- lake miraflores — an artificial lake in Panama, in the S Canal Zone of the Panama Canal
- lake mistassini — a lake in E Canada, in N Quebec: the largest lake in the province; drains through the Rupert River into James Bay. Area: 2175 sq km (840 sq miles). Length: about 160 km (100 miles)
- lake saint john — a lake in Canada, in S Quebec: drained by the Saguenay River. Area: 971 sq km (375 sq miles)
- lake tanganyika — a lake in central Africa between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo, bordering also on Burundi and Zambia, in the Great Rift Valley: the longest freshwater lake in the world. Area: 32 893 sq km (12 700 sq miles). Length: 676 km (420 miles)
- lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
- lake-saint-john — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- language skills — the ability to use language
- least killifish — a fish, Heterandria formosa, of coastal swamps from South Carolina to Florida, that feeds on mosquito larvae.
- leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- lick one's lips — to anticipate or recall something with glee or relish
- lifestyle block — a semi-rural property comprising a house and land for small-scale farming
- like grim death — as if afraid for one's life
- linear-tracking — (of a tone arm) designed to move across a phonograph record in a straight line, instead of an arc, so that as the needle tracks the groove, its orientation remains unchanged.
- liquorice stick — a long, stick-shaped, liquorice-flavoured sweet, often dipped in sherbet, etc
- local is lekker — popular slogan promoting South African culture, produce, etc
- loving-kindness — tender kindness motivated by or expressing affection.
- make a big deal — If someone makes a big deal out of something, they make a fuss about it or treat it as if it were very important.
- make a horlicks — to make a mistake or a mess
- make capital of — to get advantage from
- marianske lazne — a spa in W Bohemia, in the W Czech Republic. 18,510.
- market analysis — the process of determining factors, conditions, and characteristics of a market.
- mechanical bank — a toy bank in which a coin is deposited by a mechanical process that is usually activated by pushing a lever.
- milking machine — an electric machine for milking cows.
- milkweed beetle — any of several small red, black-spotted elongated beetles of the genus Tetraopes, common in eastern North America, that inhabit the milkweed.
- milkweed family — the plant family Asclepiadaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and vines having simple, opposite or whorled leaves, usually milky juice, umbellike clusters of small flowers, and long pods that split open to release tufted, airborne seeds, and including the anglepod, butterfly weed, milkweed, stephanotis, and wax plant.
- mineral kingdom — minerals collectively.
- molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
- moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
- nickel and dime — of little or no importance; trivial; petty: a nickel-and-dime business that soon folded.
- nickel carbonyl — a colorless or yellow, volatile, water-insoluble, poisonous, flammable liquid, Ni(CO) 4 , obtained by the reaction of nickel and carbon monoxide, and used for nickel-plating.
- nickel-and-dime — of little or no importance; trivial; petty: a nickel-and-dime business that soon folded.
- norfolk terrier — one of an English breed of small short-legged hunting terriers having a straight, wiry, red, black and tan, or grizzle coat, and dropped ears that distinguish it from the Norwich terrier.
- official strike — a collective stoppage of work by part or all of the workforce of an organization with the approval of the trade union concerned. The stoppage may be accompanied by the payment of strike pay by the trade union concerned
- oil of the sick — holy oil used in the sacrament of extreme unction.
- oil tanker pier — An oil tanker pier is a structure over water where oil tankers can stop and load or unload.
- orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
- package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
- percussion lock — a gunlock on a firearm that fires by striking a percussion cap.
- phenylketonuria — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
- phenylketonuric — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
- pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
- pickaback plane — a powered airplane designed to be carried aloft by another airplane and released in flight.
- pig, run like a — To run very slowly on given hardware, said of software. Distinct from hog.