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15-letter words containing k, a, i, l

  • 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
  • lay it on thick — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • least killifish — a fish, Heterandria formosa, of coastal swamps from South Carolina to Florida, that feeds on mosquito larvae.
  • leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • liskov, barbara — Barbara Liskov
  • local is lekker — popular slogan promoting South African culture, produce, etc
  • 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.
  • milk of almonds — almond milk.
  • milking machine — an electric machine for milking cows.
  • 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.
  • 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 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).
  • outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
  • package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
  • parkinson's law — the statement, expressed facetiously as if a law of physics, that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion.
  • patchwork quilt — cover sewn from patches of cloth
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • pickaback plant — piggyback plant.
  • pig, run like a — To run very slowly on given hardware, said of software. Distinct from hog.
  • piggyback plant — a plant, Tolmiea menziesii, of the saxifrage family, native to western North America, that produces new plants at the base of its broad, hairy leaves and that is popular as a houseplant.
  • pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
  • planet-stricken — believed to be adversely affected mentally or physically by the planets
  • platform ticket — a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
  • play kissy-face — to engage in kissing, caressing, etc., esp. overtly or publicly
  • point-and-click — of or denoting an interface with which the user typically interacts by using a mouse to move the cursor and then clicking on a screen object.
  • police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
  • proximity talks — a diplomatic process whereby an impartial representative acts as go-between for two opposing parties who are willing to attend the same conference but unwilling to meet face to face
  • public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
  • pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
  • railway network — a system of intersecting rail routes
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