11-letter words containing k, i, l, t
- 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-knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
- drillstocks — Plural form of drillstock.
- 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.
- 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.
- fit to kill — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- flake white — lead white.
- 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.
- folklorists — Plural form of folklorist.
- folktronica — a musical genre that combines elements from folk and electronic music
- 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.
- granitelike — Resembling granite.
- health risk — something that could cause harm to people's health
- 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.
- kabbalistic — cabalistic.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- knife pleat — a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded in the same direction.
- know it all — a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
- know-it-all — a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
- knowability — capable of being known.
- 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.