11-letter words containing k, e, t, l
- castle walk — a ballroom dance of the pre–World War I era, consisting of a sedate step to each beat.
- cattle tick — a dark brown tick, Boophilus annulatus, that infests cattle and is a vector for parasitic diseases of cattle, as babesiosis.
- cattle-cake — concentrated food for cattle in the form of cakes
- chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
- chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
- clickstream — a record of the path taken by users through a website, enabling designers to access the use being made of their website
- clock tower — A clock tower is a tall, narrow building with a clock at the top.
- clock-timer — timer (def 4).
- coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
- cockleboats — Plural form of cockleboat.
- cold turkey — Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
- cold-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
- control key — a key on the keyboard of a computer that is used in conjunction with the standard keys in order to initiate a specific function, such as editing
- crater lake — a lake in the crater of an extinct volcano in SW Oregon, in Crater Lake National Park. 20 sq. mi. (52 sq. km); 1996 feet (608 meters) deep.
- crinkle-cut — (of chips or crisps) having a striated or furrowed surface
- crinkleroot — any of several species of the toothwort Dentaria, esp D. diphylla of E North America, which has a fleshy pungent rhizome and clusters of white or pinkish flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- crystallike — a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- cycle track — a special path created for cyclists to use
- death knell — something that heralds death or destruction
- deerstalker — A deerstalker is an old-fashioned hat with parts at the sides which can be folded down to cover the ears. Deerstalkers are usually worn by men.
- delta stock — any of the fourth rank of active securities on the Stock Exchange. Market makers need not display prices of these securities continuously and any prices displayed are taken only as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
- double ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- double knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- double knot — any of various knots that are reinforced with a second tying
- double take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
- double talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
- double-knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- double-take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
- double-talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
- doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
- electroweak — combining both the electromagnetic and weak forces or interactions
- exoskeletal — Pertaining to the exoskeleton.
- exoskeleton — A rigid external covering for the body in some invertebrate animals, especially arthropods, providing both support and protection.
- factorylike — Resembling a factory in any of various respects.
- featherlike — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- felt marker — a felt pen with a wide nib for making identifying marks, as on clothing.
- ferntickles — freckles
- fiddlestick — anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.
- filter cake — the solid material accumulated by a filter press
- fish kettle — an oval pan used for cooking a whole fish
- fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
- flak jacket — U.S. Air Force. an armored garment made of steel plates covered by a padded fabric, designed to protect vital parts of the body from shrapnel.
- flake white — lead white.
- flare stack — A flare stack is a high vertical pipe for carrying unwanted gas so it can be burned off.
- flat-packed — (of a piece of furniture, equipment, or other construction) supplied in pieces packed into a flat box for assembly by the buyer
- flea market — a market, often outdoors, consisting of a number of individual stalls selling old or used articles, curios and antiques, cut-rate merchandise, etc.
- flickertail — Richardson ground squirrel.
- flight deck — Navy. the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, constructed and equipped for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
- flying kite — any of various sails set above the royals or skysails in light weather; jolly jumper.
- footlockers — Plural form of footlocker.