11-letter words containing k, l
- close ranks — to maintain discipline or solidarity, esp in anticipation of attack
- closed book — something deemed unknown or incapable of being understood
- clutch disk — The clutch disk or clutch plate is the rotating part of the clutch, to which the friction material is attached.
- coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
- cockblocker — Agent noun of cockblock: one who cockblocks.
- cockleboats — Plural form of cockleboat.
- cockleshell — the shell of the cockle
- cocktailing — any of various short mixed drinks, consisting typically of gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, or brandy, with different admixtures, as vermouth, fruit juices, or flavorings, usually chilled and frequently sweetened.
- cold turkey — Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
- cold-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
- control key — a key on the keyboard of a computer that is used in conjunction with the standard keys in order to initiate a specific function, such as editing
- cookie file — (operating system) A collection of fortune cookies in a format that facilitates retrieval by a fortune program. There are many cookie files in public distribution, and site admins often assemble their own from various sources.
- cooking oil — a type of oil used for cooking food
- coral snake — any venomous elapid snake of the genus Micrurus and related genera, of tropical and subtropical America, marked with red, black, yellow, and white transverse bands
- corn cockle — a tall annual weed (Agrostemma githago) of the pink family, with flat, pinkish flowers and poisonous seeds, often found in grainfields
- corncockles — Plural form of corncockle.
- countryfolk — people living or raised in the country; rustics.
- crackleware — porcelain or pottery decorated with intentional crazing in the glaze
- cracklingly — With a crackling sound.
- crankhandle — a handle for starting a motor
- crater lake — a lake in the crater of an extinct volcano in SW Oregon, in Crater Lake National Park. 20 sq. mi. (52 sq. km); 1996 feet (608 meters) deep.
- crinkle-cut — (of chips or crisps) having a striated or furrowed surface
- crinkleroot — any of several species of the toothwort Dentaria, esp D. diphylla of E North America, which has a fleshy pungent rhizome and clusters of white or pinkish flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- crinkliness — The state or quality of being crinkly.
- crown block — A crown block is a fixed set of sheaves (= pulleys) at the top of a derrick, over which the drilling line is run.
- crystallike — a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- cupronickel — any ductile corrosion-resistant copper alloy containing up to 40 per cent nickel: used in coins, condenser tubes, turbine blades, etc
- cyberskills — Skills in using computer technology.
- cycle track — a special path created for cyclists to use
- cycloalkane — any saturated hydrocarbon similar to an alkane but having a cyclic molecular structure and the general formula CnH2n
- cycloalkene — (organic chemistry) Any unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.
- dark nebula — a type of nebula that is observed by its blocking of radiation from other sources
- das kapital — a work (1867) by Karl Marx, dealing with economic, social, and political relations within society and containing the tenets on which modern communism is based.
- deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
- dealbreaker — A dealbreaker is an issue that prevents people from reaching an agreement.
- death knell — something that heralds death or destruction
- deckle edge — the rough edge of handmade paper, caused by pulp seeping between the mould and the deckle: often left as ornamentation in fine books and writing papers
- deerstalker — A deerstalker is an old-fashioned hat with parts at the sides which can be folded down to cover the ears. Deerstalkers are usually worn by men.
- delta stock — any of the fourth rank of active securities on the Stock Exchange. Market makers need not display prices of these securities continuously and any prices displayed are taken only as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
- dewar flask — a type of vacuum flask, esp one used in scientific experiments to keep liquid air, helium, etc; Thermos
- dialkylzinc — (organic chemistry) Any organometallic compound of zinc containing two alkyl groups.
- diazoalkane — any diazo compound having the general formula R 2 CN 2 , where R is hydrogen or any saturated organic group, as diazomethane, CH 2 N 2 .
- dickcissels — Plural form of dickcissel.
- die walküre — an opera by Wagner (1870), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- dill pickle — a cucumber pickle flavored with dill.
- disk flower — one of a number of small tubular flowers composing the disk of certain composite plants.
- dislikeable — Alternative spelling of dislikable.
- dislikeness — disparity
- dongle-disk — /don'gl disk/ (Or "key disk") A kind of dongle consisting of a special floppy disk that is required in order to perform some task. Some contain special coding that allows an application to identify it uniquely, others *are* special code that does something that normally-resident programs don't or can't. For example, AT&T's "Unix PC" would only come up in root mode with a special boot disk.
- donkey-lick — to defeat decisively