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12-letter words containing k, a, r, e, l

  • flea-flicker — a deceptive offensive play in which the ball is passed or transferred laterally before or after a forward pass.
  • floorwalkers — Plural form of floorwalker.
  • florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
  • flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
  • frank stella — Frank (Phillip) born 1936, U.S. painter.
  • franked mail — official mail sent by members of Congress, the vice president, and other authorized officials. Compare frank1 (defs 6–9).
  • french chalk — a talc for marking lines on fabrics.
  • giant killer — sb who defeats a larger opponent
  • giant-killer — A giant-killer is a sportsman, sportswoman, or team that unexpectedly beats a much stronger opponent.
  • glacier milk — water flowing in a stream from the snout of a glacier and containing particles of rock
  • glacier peak — a volcanic mountain in NW central Washington, in the Cascade range. 10,541 feet (3213 meters).
  • glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
  • griddlecakes — Plural form of griddlecake.
  • health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
  • heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
  • helical rack — a rack having teeth set at an oblique angle to the edges. Compare rack1 (def 5).
  • holidaymaker — vacationer.
  • holkar state — a former state of central India, ruled by the Holkar dynasty of Maratha rulers of Indore (18th century until 1947)
  • hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
  • hyperkalemia — an abnormally high concentration of potassium in the blood.
  • hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
  • jack russell — a small short-legged terrier having a white coat with tan, black, or lemon markings: there are rough- and smooth-haired varieties
  • jailbreaking — Present participle of jailbreak.
  • jodrell bank — site of a radio astronomy observatory (Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories) in NE Cheshire, England, that operates a 250-foot (76-meter) radio telescope.
  • keep it real — avoid affectation
  • kendal green — a coarse woolen cloth, green in color.
  • kepler's law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
  • keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
  • keratoplasty — plastic surgery performed upon the cornea, especially a corneal transplantation.
  • kerb-crawler — a man who drives slowly looking to entice a prostitute into his car for sexual purposes
  • killer whale — any of several predatory dolphins, especially the black-and-white Orcinus orca, found in all seas.
  • kilocalories — Plural form of kilocalorie.
  • kleptocratic — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
  • kluge around — (jargon)   To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
  • knee-slapper — a joke evoking boisterous hilarity.
  • 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)
  • labor market — the available supply of labor considered with reference to the demand for it.
  • ladder track — a railroad track linking a series of parallel tracks.
  • ladder truck — hook and ladder.
  • lake charles — a city in SW Louisiana.
  • lake dweller — an inhabitant of a lake dwelling.
  • lake herring — a cisco or whitefish, especially Coregonus artedii, of the Great Lakes.
  • lake lucerne — a lake in central Switzerland: fed and drained chiefly by the River Reuss. Area: 115 sq km (44 sq miles)
  • 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 ontario — a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
  • lake torrens — a shallow salt lake in E central South Australia, about 8 m (25 ft) below sea level. Area: 5776 sq km (2230 sq miles)
  • lake turkana — a long narrow lake in E Africa, in the Great Rift Valley. Area: 7104 sq km (2743 sq miles)
  • lake vättern — a lake in S central Sweden: the second largest lake in Sweden; linked to Lake Vänern by the Göta Canal; drains into the Baltic. Area: 1912 sq km (738 sq miles)
  • lamp bracket — a bracket for holding a lamp
  • lansker line — (in Pembrokeshire) the linguistic and ethnic division between the Welsh-speaking north and the English-speaking south
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