11-letter words containing k, i, w
- kill a well — To kill a well is to stop it from flowing by the use of mud or water to stop the pressure.
- 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 blow — something that puts a stop to something or defeats something
- kinyarwanda — Ruanda (def 2).
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- kite winder — a triangular winder on a staircase.
- 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.
- knowingness — affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
- knowledging — Present participle of knowledge.
- kwashiorkor — a malnutrition disease, chiefly of children, caused by severe protein and vitamin deficiency and characterized by retarded growth, changes in pigmentation, potbelly, and anemia.
- kwasniewski — Aleksander [ah-lek-sahn-der] /ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), born 1954, Polish journalist and politician: president of Poland 1995–.
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- life's work — Someone's life's work or life work is the main activity that they have been involved in during their life, or their most important achievement.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lutosławski — Witold (ˈvitɔlt). 1913–94, Polish composer, whose works frequently juxtapose aleatoric and notated writing
- makeweights — Plural form of makeweight.
- malt whisky — whisky, as Scotch, made entirely from malted barley.
- mawkishness — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
- milk powder — dry milk.
- milky-white — of a cream or whitish colour similar to the colour of milk
- mill worker — a person who works in a mill, esp a cotton mill
- milwaukeean — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- mineworkers — Plural form of mineworker.
- minke whale — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- motion work — clockwork by which the hour hand is driven from the shaft of the minute hand.
- new kingdom — a period of Egyptian history, extending from the 18th to the 20th dynasty (?1570–?1080 bc)
- new wrinkle — innovation
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- non-working — not employed for a salary, fees, or wages; not producing or generating income: Our employee medical plan also covers nonworking spouses.
- office work — work normally carried out in an office, for example clerical or administrative work for an organization
- pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
- pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
- pickwickian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Mr. Pickwick, central character of The Pickwick Papers.
- pieceworker — someone who does work paid for according to the quantity produced
- pigeon hawk — merlin.
- pillow talk — private conversation, endearments, or confidences exchanged in bed or in intimate circumstances between spouses or lovers.
- police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
- policy wonk — a person who studies or makes political policies, esp one who has a strong enthusiasm for technical details
- privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
- quickwitted — Alternative spelling of quick-witted.
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- reawakening — rousing; quickening: an awakening interest in ballet.
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- relief work — the work carried out by charities providing aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- rye whiskey — rye1 (defs 4, 5).