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11-letter words containing k, h, l

  • horse block — a step or block of stone, wood, etc., for getting on or off a horse or in or out of a vehicle.
  • 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.
  • huckleberry — the dark-blue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Gaylussacia of the heath family.
  • husbandlike — resembling a husband
  • hyperlinked — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperlink.
  • hypokalemia — an abnormally low concentration of potassium in the blood.
  • hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
  • ibn khaldun — Abd-al-Rahman [ahb-dahl-rah-mahn] /ɑb dɑlˈrɑ mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher.
  • ibn-khaldun — 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher. His Kitab al-`ibar (Book of Examples) is a history of Islam
  • ioshkar-ola — autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe. 8994 sq. mi. (23,294 sq. km). Capital: Ioshkar-Ola.
  • jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
  • kalashnikov — A Kalashnikov is a type of rifle that is made in Russia.
  • keelhauling — Present participle of keelhaul.
  • kelly hours — a suggestion for the name of the hours before and after the traditional school day during which child-minding facilities are provided for the children of working parents
  • kente cloth — a fabric made esp. in Ghana, woven in strips of brightly patterned bands interspersed with bands of black
  • keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
  • kettle hole — a deep, kettle-shaped depression in glacial drift.
  • keyhole saw — a compass saw for cutting keyholes, etc.
  • khalkidhiki — Greek name of Chalcidice.
  • khmelnitsky — a city in W Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
  • kill switch — a button, switch, or other mechanism that allows a machine to be shut down immediately: Only use the kill switch in emergencies.
  • killifishes — Plural form of killifish.
  • king philip — one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
  • kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
  • kitten heel — a thin, tapering heel on a woman's shoe, lower than a spike heel.
  • kittenishly — In a kittenish manner.
  • kleinhuisie — an outside lavatory
  • klieg light — a powerful type of arc light once widely used in motion-picture studios.
  • knee-length — socks; also knee-high
  • knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
  • kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
  • koilonychia — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; spoon nail.
  • kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
  • krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
  • kublai khan — 1216–94, khan c1260–94: founder of the Mongol dynasty in China (grandson of Genghis Khan).
  • 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 school — Lake Poets.
  • lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
  • lakshadweep — a union territory of India comprising a group of islands and coral reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India. About 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km).
  • lanarkshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
  • landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
  • lashkar gah — a city in S Afghanistan, situated between the Arghandab and Helmand rivers: capital of Helmand province. Pop: 201 546 (2006 est)
  • laugh track — a separate sound track of prerecorded laughter added to the sound track of a radio or television program to enhance or feign audience responses.
  • leatherback — a sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having the shell embedded in a leathery skin, reaching a length of more than 7 feet (2.1 meter) and a weight of more than 1000 pounds (450 kg): the largest living sea turtle; an endangered species.
  • leatherjack — Leatherjacket (fish in genus Oligoplites).
  • leatherlike — Resembling leather.
  • leatherneck — a U.S. marine.
  • leatherwork — work or decoration done in leather.
  • leeuwenhoek — Anton van [ahn-tawn vahn] /ˈɑn tɔn vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1632–1723, Dutch naturalist and microscopist.
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