11-letter words containing k, l
- kilimanjaro — a volcanic mountain in N Tanzania: highest peak in Africa. 19,321 feet (5889 meters).
- 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 bars — an imprint consisting of a series of wavy lines used to cancel postage stamps.
- killer blow — something that puts a stop to something or defeats something
- killer boat — a boat used for hunting whales and towing them to a factory ship.
- killer cell — any of several types of lymphocyte or leukocyte capable of destroying cells that have acquired foreign characteristics, as a tumor cell or virus-infected cell.
- killer poke — A recipe for inducing hardware damage on a machine via insertion of invalid values (see poke) into a memory-mapped control register; used especially of various fairly well-known tricks on bitty boxes without hardware memory management (such as the IBM PC and Commodore PET) that can overload analog electronics in the monitor. See also HCF.
- killifishes — Plural form of killifish.
- killikinick — Alternative form of kinnikinnick.
- kilocalorie — one thousand small calories. Abbreviation: kcal. Also called Calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie. Compare calorie (def 1a).
- kilometrage — The total distance, in kilometres, travelled.
- kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
- kilovoltage — electric potential difference or electromotive force, as measured in kilovolts.
- kim il sung — 1912–94, North Korean political leader: premier 1948–72; president 1972–94.
- kim il-sung — 1912–94, North Korean statesman and marshal; prime minister (1948–72) and president (1972–94) of North Korea
- kim jong il — 1942–2011, president of North Korea 1994–2011 (son of Kim Il Sung).
- kim jong-il — 1942–2011, North Korean politician; supreme leader of North Korea (1994–2011): son of Kim Il-sung
- kinderspiel — a play or piece of musical theatre performed by children
- kinematical — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kinesiology — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
- kinetically — pertaining to motion.
- kinetoplast — A mass of mitochondrial DNA lying close to the nucleus in some flagellate protozoa.
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- king philip — one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
- king salmon — chinook salmon.
- king's blue — cobalt blue.
- king's evil — scrofula: so called because it was supposed to be curable by the touch of the reigning sovereign.
- king's lynn — a historic town in Norfolk, England.
- 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.
- kizil irmak — a river flowing N through central Turkey to the Black Sea. 600 miles (965 km) long.
- klappvisier — a visor attached by a hinge at the top: used on basinets of the 14th century.
- klausenburg — German name of Cluj-Napoca.
- 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.
- kleinhuisie — an outside lavatory
- 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 reflex — an outward reflex kick of the lower leg caused by a sharp tap on the quadriceps tendon just below the patella
- knee-length — socks; also knee-high
- knife pleat — a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded in the same direction.
- knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
- 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.
- knowledging — Present participle of knowledge.