11-letter words containing k, e, t, l
- franklinite — a mineral of the spinel group, an oxide of zinc, manganese, and iron, occurring in black octahedral crystals or in masses: formerly mined for zinc.
- gentlefolks — (nonstandard) gentlefolk.
- granitelike — Resembling granite.
- great lakes — group of lakes in North America
- halterbreak — to get (an animal) used to wearing a halter
- health risk — something that could cause harm to people's health
- heart block — a defect in the electrical impulses of the heart resulting in any of various arrhythmias or irregularities in the heartbeat.
- helmut kohl — Helmut [hel-moo t] /ˈhɛl mʊt/ (Show IPA), born 1930, German political leader: chancellor of West Germany (1982–90); chancellor of Germany 1990–98.
- hot cockles — a children's game in which a blindfolded player is hit by one of the other players and then tries to guess which one did the hitting.
- hotelkeeper — a manager or owner of a hotel.
- in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.
- interleukin — Any of a class of glycoproteins produced by leukocytes for regulating immune responses.
- interlinked — Simple past tense and past participle of interlink.
- interlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of interlock.
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- keelboatman — a member of the crew of a keelboat.
- kente cloth — a fabric made esp. in Ghana, woven in strips of brightly patterned bands interspersed with bands of black
- kentia palm — a palm, Howea forsterana, of Lord Howe Island, Australia, having erect leaves, widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- keratolysis — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
- keratolytic — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
- kernel smut — a disease of sorghum and other grasses in which the grains are replaced by the black spores of a smut fungus, especially of the genera Tilletia and Ustilago.
- kettle base — a bombé base to a piece of furniture.
- kettle hole — a deep, kettle-shaped depression in glacial drift.
- kettledrums — a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass, copper, or fiberglass over which is stretched a skin, the tension of which can be modified by hand screws or foot pedals to vary the pitch.
- khmelnitsky — a city in W Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
- killer boat — a boat used for hunting whales and towing them to a factory ship.
- kilometrage — The total distance, in kilometres, travelled.
- kilovoltage — electric potential difference or electromotive force, as measured in kilovolts.
- kinematical — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kinetically — pertaining to motion.
- kinetoplast — A mass of mitochondrial DNA lying close to the nucleus in some flagellate protozoa.
- kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
- kite flying — an act or instance of flying a kite.
- kitten heel — a thin, tapering heel on a woman's shoe, lower than a spike heel.
- kittenishly — In a kittenish manner.
- kleene star — (text) (Or "Kleene closure", named after Stephen Kleene) The postfix "*" operator used in regular expressions, Extended Backus-Naur Form, and similar formalisms to specify a match for zero or more occurrences of the preceding expression. For example, the regular expression "be*t" would match the string "bt", "bet", "beet", "beeeeet", and so on.
- kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.
- kleptomania — an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
- klieg light — a powerful type of arc light once widely used in motion-picture studios.
- 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.
- kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
- kostelanetz — André [ahn-drey] /ˈɑn dreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1901–80, U.S. orchestra conductor and pianist, born in Russia.
- kuiper belt — a disk-shaped region on the edge of the solar system that contains masses of ice and icy rock, believed to be the source of comets with orbital periods of less than 200 years. Compare Oort cloud.
- kulturkreis — formerly, a complex of related cultural traits assumed to diffuse or radiate outward as a unit in concentric waves or circles.
- lack-luster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- lake albert — a lake in E Africa, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda in the great Rift Valley, 660 m (2200 ft) above sea level: a source of the Nile, fed by the Victoria Nile, which leaves as the Albert Nile. Area: 5345 sq km (2064 sq miles)