12-letter words containing k, a, m
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- holkham hall — a Palladian mansion near Wells in Norfolk: built 1734–59 by William Kent for Thomas Coke
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- hyperkalemia — an abnormally high concentration of potassium in the blood.
- hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hypermarkets — Plural form of hypermarket.
- hypokalaemia — Alternative form of hypokalemia.
- iliamna lake — the largest lake in Alaska, in the SW part. 1022 sq. mi. (2647 sq. km).
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- james dickey — James, 1923–97, U.S. poet and novelist.
- james k polk — James Knox, 1795–1849, the 11th president of the U.S. 1845–49.
- jumping jack — a toy consisting of a jointed figure that is made to jump, move, or dance by pulling a string or stick attached to it.
- kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
- kamehameha i — ("the Great") 1737?–1819, king of the Hawaiian Islands 1810–19.
- karmadharaya — a compound of two words in which the first is an adjective and the second a substantive, as blackbird, gentleman, or grandson.
- karnaugh map — A Karnaugh map is a pictorial method used to minimize Boolean expressions without having to use Boolean algebra theorems.
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
- katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
- kath and kim — a personification of the White population of middle Australia
- katharometer — (science) A device used for analyzing gas mixtures by measuring their thermal conductivity.
- katzenjammer — the discomfort and illness experienced as the aftereffects of excessive drinking; hangover.
- keep company — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- keratotomies — Plural form of keratotomy.
- kigoma-ujiji — a city composed of two merged towns in W Tanzania, on Lake Tanganyika: Stanley found Livingstone in Ujiji 1871.
- kim dae jung — 1925–2009, president of South Korea 1998–2003.
- king-of-arms — a title of certain of the principal heralds of England and certain other kingdoms empowered by their sovereigns to grant armorial bearings.
- kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
- klamath weed — the St.-John's-wort, Hypericum perforatum.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- know by name — to have heard of without having met
- kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
- kuala lumpur — a constitutional monarchy in SE Asia: a federation, comprising the former British territories of Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak: member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 126,310 sq. mi. (327,143 sq. km). Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- labor market — the available supply of labor considered with reference to the demand for it.
- lady's-smock — a N temperate plant, Cardamine pratensis, with white or rose-pink flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- lake mälaren — a lake in S Sweden, extending 121 km (75 miles) west from Stockholm, where it joins with an inlet of the Baltic Sea (the Saltsjön). Area: 1140 sq km (440 sq miles)
- lake managua — a lake in W Nicaragua: drains into Lake Nicaragua by the Tipitapa River. Length: 61 km (38 miles). Width: about 26 km (16 miles)
- lambeth walk — a spirited ballroom dance popular, especially in England, in the late 1930s.
- lamp bracket — a bracket for holding a lamp
- laundry mark — a symbol on a label on an article of clothing, bed-linen, etc, which specifies how the item should be washed and cared for, for example, at which temperature it should be washed at, whether it should be ironed, dry-cleaned, etc
- leading mark — either of two conspicuous objects regarded as points on a line (leading line) upon which a vessel can sail a safe course.
- lemminkainen — (in the Kalevala) a young, jovial hero who has many adventures in which he is sometimes helped by his mother.
- like a charm — perfectly; successfully
- like a dream — If you say that someone does something like a dream, you think that they do it very well. If you say that something happens like a dream, you mean that it happens successfully without any problems.
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
- lukewarmness — The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
- lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- machtpolitik — power politics
- mackerel sky — an extensive group of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds, especially when well-marked in their arrangement: so called because of a resemblance to the scales on a mackerel.