7-letter words containing i, l, n
- kidling — (archaic, poetic) A young kid; a baby goat.
- killeen — a city in central Texas.
- killing — the act of killing, especially game: The hounds moved in for the kill.
- kiloton — a unit of weight, equal to 1000 tons.
- kilting — any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
- kindjal — a double-edged knife of the Caucasus, having a broad blade with edges parallel for most of their length, terminating in a long, sharp point.
- kindled — Simple past tense and past participle of kindle.
- kindler — to start (a fire); cause (a flame, blaze, etc.) to begin burning.
- kindles — Plural form of kindle.
- kindlin — (protein) Any of a group of adhesion plaque proteins that activate integrins.
- kinfolk — (in anthropological or formal use) a person's blood relations, regarded collectively.
- kinglet — a king ruling over a small country or territory.
- kinkily — In a kinky manner.
- kinless — Without kin; familyless.
- kinnell — Galway, 1927–2014, U.S. poet.
- kipling — (Joseph) Rudyard [ruhd-yerd] /ˈrʌd yərd/ (Show IPA), 1865–1936, English author: Nobel Prize 1907.
- kitling — the young of any animal, especially a young cat; kitten; kit.
- knaidel — a dumpling, especially a small ball of matzo meal, eggs, and salt, often mixed with another foodstuff, as ground almonds or grated potato, usually served in soup.
- kneidel — (in Jewish cookery) a small dumpling, usually served in chicken soup
- knittle — (UK, dialect) A string that draws together a purse or bag.
- kolding — a port in Denmark, in E Jutland at the head of Kolding Fjord (an inlet of the Little Belt). Pop: 54 941 (2004 est)
- kolpino — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: a suburb SE of St. Petersburg.
- kremlin — the Kremlin. the executive branch of the government of Russia or of the Soviet Union, especially in regard to its foreign affairs. the citadel of Moscow, including within its walls the chief offices of the Russian and, formerly, of the Soviet government.
- kringle — A Scandinavian pastry, a Nordic variety of pretzel.
- kweilin — Guilin.
- l chain — Immunology. either of an identical pair of polypeptides in the antibody molecule that lie parallel to the upper parts of the heavy chain pair and are half the molecular weight.
- la nina — a cool ocean current that develops off the coast of Ecuador and Peru, sometimes following an El Niño but causing nearly the opposite extreme weather conditions.
- lachine — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec, on the St. Lawrence.
- lacings — Plural form of lacing.
- lacinia — Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
- lacking — being without; not having; wanting; less: Lacking equipment, the laboratory couldn't undertake the research project.
- laconia — an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- laconic — using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply.
- ladling — a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- ladykin — (often used as a term of endearment) a little lady.
- lagging — one of the staves or strips that form the periphery of a wooden drum, the casing of a steam cylinder, or the like.
- lagting — the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- lairing — Present participle of lair.
- lalling — to make imperfect l- or r- sounds, or both, often by substituting a w- like sound for r or l or a y- like sound for l.
- lambing — a young sheep.
- lambkin — a little lamb.
- laminae — a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- laminal — laminar.
- laminar — composed of, or arranged in, laminae.
- laminin — a glycoprotein in animal tissue that is important in binding together the molecules which form the extracellular matrix
- lamming — Present participle of lam.
- lamping — a source of intellectual or spiritual light: the lamp of learning.
- lampion — a small lamp, especially a small oil lamp with a tinted glass chimney, formerly very popular as a source of illumination on carriages.
- lancier — Synonym of lancer.
- lancing — a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.