11-letter words containing k, l
- knuckleball — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
- knucklebone — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
- 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.
- kort nozzle — a cylindrical fitting around a propeller, tapered inward toward the stern to increase thrust and maneuverability.
- kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
- kostelanetz — André [ahn-drey] /ˈɑn dreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1901–80, U.S. orchestra conductor and pianist, born in Russia.
- koulibiacas — Plural form of koulibiaca.
- krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
- krebs cycle — a cycle of enzyme-catalyzed reactions in living cells that is the final series of reactions of aerobic metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and fatty acids, and by which carbon dioxide is produced, oxygen is reduced, and ATP is formed.
- kublai khan — 1216–94, khan c1260–94: founder of the Mongol dynasty in China (grandson of Genghis Khan).
- 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.
- kulturkampf — the conflict between the German imperial government and the Roman Catholic Church from 1872 or 1873 until 1886, chiefly over the control of education and ecclesiastical appointments.
- kulturkreis — formerly, a complex of related cultural traits assumed to diffuse or radiate outward as a unit in concentric waves or circles.
- lack-luster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- 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
- lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
- ladder back — a chair back having a number of horizontal slats between uprights.
- lady-killer — a man who is irresistible to women or has the reputation for being so.
- lake albert — a lake in E Africa, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda in the great Rift Valley, 660 m (2200 ft) above sea level: a source of the Nile, fed by the Victoria Nile, which leaves as the Albert Nile. Area: 5345 sq km (2064 sq miles)
- lake annecy — a lake in E France, in the Alps
- lake baikal — a lake in Russia, in SE Siberia: the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia and the deepest in the world. Greatest depth: over 1500 m (5000 ft). Area: about 33 670 sq km (13 000 sq miles)
- lake breeze — a thermally produced wind blowing during the day from the surface of a large lake to the shore, caused by the difference in the rates of heating of the surfaces of the lake and of the land.
- lake edward — a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Great Rift Valley: empties through the Semliki River into Lake Albert. Area: about 2150 sq km (830 sq miles)
- lake effect — the phenomena created in the surrounding area by weather passing over a large lake, especially any of the Great Lakes of the U.S.
- lake forest — a city in NE Illinois, N of Chicago, on Lake Michigan.
- lake geneva — a lake between SW Switzerland and E France: fed and drained by the River Rhône, it is the largest of the Alpine lakes; the surface is subject to considerable changes of level. Area: 580 sq km (224 sq miles)
- lake kariba — a dam built across the Zambezi for the purposes of generating hydroelectric power; it created Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border
- lake ladoga — a lake in NW Russia, in the SW Karelian Republic: the largest lake in Europe; drains through the River Neva into the Gulf of Finland. Area: about 18 000 sq km (7000 sq miles)
- lake placid — a town in NE New York, in the Adirondack Mountains: resort.
- lake rudolf — the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana
- lake salmon — landlocked salmon.
- lake school — Lake Poets.
- lake vänern — a lake in SW Sweden: the largest lake in Sweden and W Europe; drains into the Kattegat. Area: 5585 sq km (2156 sq miles)
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- lake-effect — caused or greatly influenced by the moist air above a large lake
- lake-geneva — a city in and the capital of the canton of Geneva, in SW Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva: seat of the League of Nations 1920–46.
- 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).
- 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.
- lanarkshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- land worker — a person who works on the land
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- large black — a heavy black breed of pig with long lop ears: used for crossbreeding
- lark around — If you lark around or lark about, you behave in a playful, childish, and silly way, often in order to make people laugh.
- larrikinism — (Australia, New Zealand) The behaviour of larrikins (hooligans); impertinent and disrespectful behaviour.
- lashkar gah — a city in S Afghanistan, situated between the Arghandab and Helmand rivers: capital of Helmand province. Pop: 201 546 (2006 est)
- lassen peak — an active volcano in N California, in the S Cascade Range. 10,465 feet (3190 meters).
- latticelike — Resembling a lattice.
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.