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11-letter words containing k, l

  • bundelkhand — a region of central India: formerly native states, now mainly part of Madhya Pradesh
  • bunker hill — the first battle of the American Revolution, actually fought on Breed's Hill, next to Bunker Hill, near Boston, on June 17, 1775. Though defeated, the colonists proved that they could stand against British regular soldiers
  • bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
  • cache block — cache line
  • cackleberry — a hen's egg used for food.
  • cakewalking — Present participle of cakewalk.
  • call market — the market for lending call money.
  • candlemaker — Someone who makes candles; candler.
  • candlestick — A candlestick is a narrow object with a hole at the top which holds a candle.
  • cartoonlike — cartoonish
  • castle peak — highest peak in the Elk Mountain range, in W central Colorado. 14,265 feet (4352 meters).
  • castle walk — a ballroom dance of the pre–World War I era, consisting of a sedate step to each beat.
  • casual work — temporary, as opposed to permanent or regular, employment
  • cattle tick — a dark brown tick, Boophilus annulatus, that infests cattle and is a vector for parasitic diseases of cattle, as babesiosis.
  • cattle-cake — concentrated food for cattle in the form of cakes
  • cayuga lake — lake in WC N.Y., one of the Finger Lakes: 38 mi (61 km) long
  • chalkboards — Plural form of chalkboard.
  • chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
  • chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
  • check valve — a valve that closes by fluid pressure to prevent return flow
  • chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
  • chess clock — a timer for chess players, having a dial for each player on which his or her accumulated time is recorded and a device for stopping one timer and starting the other at the end of each move.
  • chick flick — A chick flick is a romantic film that is not very serious and is intended to appeal to women.
  • chimneylike — resembling a chimney
  • chockablock — pulled so tight as to have the blocks touching
  • chucklehead — a stupid person; blockhead; dolt
  • chucklesome — amusing; full of humour
  • chucklingly — In a chuckling manner.
  • chuckwallas — Plural form of chuckwalla.
  • cinderblock — Made of cinder blocks.
  • circle jerk — mutual masturbation among three or more persons.
  • clack valve — a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball
  • clackmannan — a town in E central Scotland, in Clackmannanshire. Pop: 3450 (2001)
  • clark gable — (William) Clark, 1901–60, U.S. film actor.
  • clarksville — city in N Tenn., on the Cumberland River: pop. 103,000
  • clasp knife — a large knife with one or more blades or other devices folding into the handle
  • clerk vicar — a lay officer in a cathedral who performs those parts of a service not reserved to the priests.
  • clerkliness — (obsolete) scholarship.
  • clever dick — a person considered to have an unwarrantably high opinion of his or her own ability or knowledge
  • click fraud — repeated clicking on an online advert for fraudulent purposes, esp to charge the advertiser for fictitious traffic to their website
  • clickstream — a record of the path taken by users through a website, enabling designers to access the use being made of their website
  • clicktivism — a policy of using the internet to take direct and often militant action to achieve a political or social aim
  • cliff brake — any of several common ferns of the genus Pellaea, usually growing in pockets of thin soil on rocks.
  • clock in at — If something such as a CD or film clocks in at a particular amount of time, it is that amount of time long.
  • clock radio — a radio combined with an alarm clock in a compact cabinet, the clock serving as a timer to turn the radio on or off at a preset time.
  • clock speed — clock rate
  • clock tower — A clock tower is a tall, narrow building with a clock at the top.
  • clock watch — a watch that strikes the hours. Compare repeater (def 3).
  • clock-radio — a device combining the functions of a radio and alarm clock which can be used to play the radio at a set time
  • clock-timer — timer (def 4).
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