11-letter words containing k, e, n, t, l
- kleptomania — an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
- knee-length — socks; also knee-high
- knife pleat — a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded in the same direction.
- kort nozzle — a cylindrical fitting around a propeller, tapered inward toward the stern to increase thrust and maneuverability.
- kostelanetz — André [ahn-drey] /ˈɑn dreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1901–80, U.S. orchestra conductor and pianist, born in Russia.
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- leatherneck — a U.S. marine.
- lemon stick — a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.
- length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
- leukotriene — a lipid, C 20 H 30 O 3 , produced by white blood cells in an immune response to antigens, that contributes to allergic asthma and inflammatory reactions.
- link editor — linker
- linked list — (programming) A data structure in which each element contains a pointer to the next element, thus forming a linear list. A doubly linked list contains pointers to both the next and previous elements.
- littlenecks — Plural form of littleneck.
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- malakatoone — a variety of large peach
- mantle rock — the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's crust; regolith.
- money talks — If you say that money talks, you mean that if someone has a lot of money, they also have a lot of power.
- monkey tail — any of various light or short ropes or lines.
- montelukast — a type of oral drug containing a leukotriene inhibitor, used in the treatment of asthma and seasonal allergies.
- nature walk — a walk on a nature trail, especially with an experienced guide.
- needlestick — Puncture of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object.
- nickel belt — the area around Sudbury in Northern Ontario, rich in nickel ore
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- nonskeletal — of or pertaining to parts of the body other than the skeletal structure
- nose tackle — nose guard
- outspokenly — In an outspoken manner.
- overblanket — a blanket that is placed on a bed on top of the other bedding
- panel truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.
- petrol tank — The petrol tank in a motor vehicle is the container for petrol.
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- picket line — a line of strikers or other demonstrators serving as pickets.
- platemaking — the act of making plates
- rattlesnake — any of several New World pit vipers of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle composed of a series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail.
- ripple-tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
- schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
- serpentlike — resembling a serpent
- single knot — overhand knot.
- single-knit — a fabric made on warp knit.
- singlestick — a short, heavy stick.
- singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- skeletonize — to reduce to a skeleton, outline, or framework.
- skillcentre — an institution providing vocational training or retraining for employed or unemployed people
- snack table — a small portable folding table used for an individual serving.
- snake plant — a widely grown houseplant, Sansevieria trifasciata, having stiffly erect, mottled, lance-shaped leaves.
- stalin peak — former name of Communism Peak.
- steelmaking — the manufacture of steel.
- stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
- taking lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
- telebanking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services by means of a computer network