11-letter words containing k, a, l, e, i
- kinetically — pertaining to motion.
- kinetoplast — A mass of mitochondrial DNA lying close to the nucleus in some flagellate protozoa.
- kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
- klappvisier — a visor attached by a hinge at the top: used on basinets of the 14th century.
- kleptomania — an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
- knife pleat — a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded in the same direction.
- lady-killer — a man who is irresistible to women or has the reputation for being so.
- lake baikal — a lake in Russia, in SE Siberia: the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia and the deepest in the world. Greatest depth: over 1500 m (5000 ft). Area: about 33 670 sq km (13 000 sq miles)
- lake kariba — a dam built across the Zambezi for the purposes of generating hydroelectric power; it created Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border
- lake placid — a town in NE New York, in the Adirondack Mountains: resort.
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- lanarkshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- latticelike — Resembling a lattice.
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- leatherlike — Resembling leather.
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- leucoplakia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- leukoplakia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leukoplakic — Relating to leukoplakia.
- leukoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- liederkranz — a German choral society or singing club, especially of men.
- lienyunkang — Lianyungang.
- life jacket — a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable construction, for supporting the wearer in deep water and preventing drowning.
- likableness — The property of being likable, that which makes likable.
- like a bird — without resistance or difficulty
- like a bomb — with great speed or success; very well (esp in the phrase go like a bomb)
- like a shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- like blazes — with furious energy, speed, etc.
- likeability — readily or easily liked; pleasing: a likable young man.
- linebackers — Plural form of linebacker.
- linebacking — the act of forming a second line of defence, close to the linesman
- link loader — linker
- little sark — one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel E of Guernsey, connected to Sark by a natural causeway.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- look alive! — having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- magpie lark — a black-and-white pied bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, inhabiting areas near water in Australia and southern New Guinea.
- makebelieve — Alternative form of make-believe.
- malted milk — a soluble powder made of dehydrated milk and malted cereals.
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- meal ticket — Carl Owen ("King Carl"; "The Meal Ticket") 1903–88, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- mile-marker — a numbered milepost along a highway: used as a way of determining the exact location of a vehicle.
- milwaukeean — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- minke whale — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- monkey tail — any of various light or short ropes or lines.
- multimarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.