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7-letter words containing k, a, l

  • jaywalk — to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.
  • kabbala — Alternative spelling of Kaballah.
  • kabylia — a historic and ethnic region in the north of Algeria
  • kahului — a town on N Maui, in central Hawaii.
  • kailasa — a Brahmanical temple dedicated to Shiva, at Ellora, India: architecturally one of the finest of ancient cave temples.
  • kalemie — a city in the E Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Lake Tanganyika.
  • kalends — the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
  • kalimba — mbira.
  • kalinin — Mikhail Ivanovich [myi-khuh-yeel ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /myɪ xʌˈyil iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1946, Russian revolutionary: president of the U.S.S.R. 1923–46.
  • kalmias — Plural form of kalmia.
  • kalmuck — a member of any of a group of Buddhistic Mongol tribes of a region extending from western China to the valley of the lower Volga River.
  • kalooki — a form of rummy played with two packs of cards
  • kalypso — Calypso (def 1).
  • kampala — an independent state in E Africa, between the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British protectorate. 91,065 sq. mi. (241,068 sq. km). Capital: Kampala.
  • kanchil — A small, agile chevrotain of the genus Tragulus.
  • kantele — a Finnish stringed instrument, similar to a zither
  • kaolack — a city in W Senegal.
  • kaoline — Alternative spelling of kaolin.
  • karakul — one of an Asian breed of sheep having curly fleece that is black in the young and brown or gray in the adult: raised especially for lambskins used in the fur industry. Compare broadtail, Persian lamb.
  • karbala — Kerbela.
  • karelia — a region in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, comprising Lake Ladoga and Onega Lake and the adjoining area along the E border of Finland.
  • karloff — Boris (William Henry Pratt) 1887–1969, British actor in the U.S.
  • kassala — a city in the E Sudan, near Eritrea.
  • kastler — Alfred [al-fred] /alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1902–84, French physicist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize 1966.
  • kavalla — a seaport in E Greece.
  • kaylied — intoxicated; drunk
  • keelage — a toll on a merchant ship entering a port.
  • keelman — someone who works on a barge or who is in charge of a keel
  • keitloa — a variety of the black rhinoceros having the posterior horn equal to or longer than the anterior horn.
  • kelowna — a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
  • kendall — Edward Calvin, 1886–1972, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1950.
  • kerbela — a town in central Iraq: holy city of the Shiʿite sect.
  • kestral — Misspelling of kestrel.
  • kevalin — a person who is free of karmic matter, detached, and omniscient; Tirthankara.
  • keypals — Plural form of keypal.
  • khalasi — An Indian worker at a port or dockyard, traditionally employed in pulling vessels out of the water for maintenance and repair and returning them to the water afterwards.
  • khalifa — caliph.
  • khalkha — a Mongolian language that is the official language of the Mongolian People's Republic and the chief vernacular of the eastern half of the country.
  • khalkis — Chalcis.
  • kilauea — a crater on Mauna Loa volcano, on SE Hawaii island, in Hawaii. 2 miles (3.2 km) wide; 4040 feet (1231 meters) high.
  • kildare — a county in Leinster, in the E Republic of Ireland. 654 sq. mi. (1695 sq. km). County seat: Naas.
  • kilobar — a unit of pressure, equal to 1000 bars (14,500 pounds per square inch; equivalent to 100 megapascals). Abbreviation: kb.
  • kilorad — one thousand rads
  • kimball — a male given name.
  • 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.
  • kisetla — a pidgin language based on Swahili, formerly used for communication between Europeans and Africans.
  • klabund — (Alfred Henschke) 1890?–1928, German poet, novelist, and playwright.
  • klamath — a member of an American Indian people belonging to the Lutuamian group and located in southern Oregon.
  • klatsch — a casual gathering of people, especially for refreshments and informal conversation: a sewing klatsch.
  • klavern — a local branch of the Ku Klux Klan.
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