10-letter words containing k, l
- lumpsucker — A globular fish of cooler northern waters, typically having a ventral sucker and spiny fins; a lumpfish.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- lung fluke — any of various trematodes, as Paragonimus westermani, parasitic in the lungs of humans and other mammals.
- lunkheaded — Seeming to have a lunk for a head; obtuse.
- lymphokine — any lymphocyte product, as interferon, that is not an antibody but may participate in the immune response through its effect on the function of other cells, as destroying antigen-coated cells or stimulating macrophages.
- lyre snake — any of several mildly venomous colubrid snakes of the genus Trimorphodon, inhabiting rocky areas from the southwestern U.S. to Central America, having fangs in the rear of the upper jaw and a lyre-shaped marking on the head.
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- maidenlike — Like a maiden; gentle, demure.
- mail clerk — a person who performs clerical work in a post office
- mail truck — a large vehicle that is used to transport letters, packages, etc, by road
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- malinowski — Bronislaw Kasper [bron-uh-slahf kas-per;; Polish braw-nee-slahf kahs-puh r] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɑf ˈkæs pər;; Polish brɔˈni slɑf ˈkɑs pər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1942, Polish anthropologist in the U.S.
- mallemucks — Plural form of mallemuck.
- market-led — of or relating to an approach to business in which the customer's requirements are identified by market research before a product or service is released
- marketable — readily salable.
- marketably — readily salable.
- martyrlike — Resembling or characteristic of a martyr.
- maskalonge — muskellunge.
- matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- mcclintock — Barbara, 1902–92, U.S. geneticist: Nobel prize 1983.
- meadowlark — any of several American songbirds of the genus Sturnella, of the family Icteridae, especially S. magna (eastern meadowlark) and S. neglecta (western meadowlark) having a brownish and black back and wings and a yellow breast, noted for their clear, tuneful song.
- menelik ii — 1844–1913, emperor of Ethiopia 1889–1913.
- menlo park — a city in W California, near San Francisco.
- metalworks — Plural form of metalwork.
- middelskot — (in South Africa) an intermediate payment to a farmers' cooperative for a crop or wool clip
- milk adder — any of numerous, usually brightly marked king snakes of the subspecies Lampropeltis triangulum (doliata), of North America.
- milk churn — a container used to transport milk from farms
- milk fever — Pathology. fever coinciding with the beginning of lactation, formerly believed to be due to lactation but really due to infection.
- milk float — a motor vehicle, usually battery powered, in which bottles or cartons of milk and other dairy products are delivered to homes by a daily or regular route.
- milk glass — an opaque white glass.
- milk gravy — a gravy or sauce made from cooking fat, milk, flour, and seasonings.
- milk punch — a beverage containing milk and alcoholic liquor with sugar, flavoring, etc.
- milk round — If someone has a milk round, they work as a milkman, going from house to house delivering milk.
- milk shake — a frothy drink made of cold milk, flavoring, and usually ice cream, shaken together or blended in a mixer.
- milk snake — a nonvenomous brown-and-grey North American colubrid snake Lampropeltis doliata, related to the king snakes
- milk stout — a rich mellow stout lacking a bitter aftertaste
- milk sugar — lactose.
- milk tooth — baby tooth
- milk train — a local train running through the early hours of the morning.
- milk vetch — a European plant, Astragalus glycyphyllos, of the legume family, believed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.
- milk white — You can use milk white to describe things that are a milky white colour.
- milk-toast — easily dominated; extremely mild; ineffectual; namby-pamby; wishy-washy.
- milk-white — of a white or slightly blue-white color, as that of milk.
- milkfishes — Plural form of milkfish.
- milkshakes — Plural form of milkshake.
- millworker — A worker in a mill or factory.
- mirrorlike — Resembling a mirror; reflective.
- mistakable — capable of being or liable to be mistaken or misunderstood.
- mistakably — In a mistakable manner.