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12-letter words containing k, l

  • kona cyclone — a slow-moving cyclone occuring during the winter over the subtropical Pacific Ocean.
  • kosher-style — (of a cuisine, restaurant, etc.) featuring traditional Jewish dishes, but not adhering to the dietary laws: kosher-style cooking.
  • kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.
  • ku klux klan — U.S. History. a secret hate group in the southern U.S., active for several years after the Civil War, which aimed to suppress the newly acquired rights of black people and to oppose carpetbaggers from the North, and which was responsible for many lawless and violent proceedings.
  • kuala lumpur — a constitutional monarchy in SE Asia: a federation, comprising the former British territories of Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak: member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 126,310 sq. mi. (327,143 sq. km). Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
  • kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
  • kylie effect — the increased awareness of breast cancer caused by the publicity surrounding its diagnosis in Kylie Minogue, born 1968, Australian singer and actress
  • labor market — the available supply of labor considered with reference to the demand for it.
  • ladder track — a railroad track linking a series of parallel tracks.
  • ladder truck — hook and ladder.
  • lady's-smock — a N temperate plant, Cardamine pratensis, with white or rose-pink flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
  • lake balaton — a large shallow lake in W Hungary. Area: 689 sq km (266 sq miles)
  • lake charles — a city in SW Louisiana.
  • lake dweller — an inhabitant of a lake dwelling.
  • lake herring — a cisco or whitefish, especially Coregonus artedii, of the Great Lakes.
  • lake jackson — a town in S Texas.
  • lake lucerne — a lake in central Switzerland: fed and drained chiefly by the River Reuss. Area: 115 sq km (44 sq miles)
  • lake mälaren — a lake in S Sweden, extending 121 km (75 miles) west from Stockholm, where it joins with an inlet of the Baltic Sea (the Saltsjön). Area: 1140 sq km (440 sq miles)
  • lake managua — a lake in W Nicaragua: drains into Lake Nicaragua by the Tipitapa River. Length: 61 km (38 miles). Width: about 26 km (16 miles)
  • lake nipigon — a lake in central Canada, in NW Ontario, draining into Lake Superior via the Nipigon River. Area: 4843 sq km (1870 sq miles)
  • lake ontario — a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
  • lake station — a town in NW Indiana.
  • lake success — a town on Long Island, in SE New York: temporary United Nations headquarters 1946–51.
  • lake torrens — a shallow salt lake in E central South Australia, about 8 m (25 ft) below sea level. Area: 5776 sq km (2230 sq miles)
  • lake turkana — a long narrow lake in E Africa, in the Great Rift Valley. Area: 7104 sq km (2743 sq miles)
  • lake vättern — a lake in S central Sweden: the second largest lake in Sweden; linked to Lake Vänern by the Göta Canal; drains into the Baltic. Area: 1912 sq km (738 sq miles)
  • lambeth walk — a spirited ballroom dance popular, especially in England, in the late 1930s.
  • lamp bracket — a bracket for holding a lamp
  • lancet clock — a mantel clock having a case formed like an acutely pointed arch.
  • lansker line — (in Pembrokeshire) the linguistic and ethnic division between the Welsh-speaking north and the English-speaking south
  • lark bunting — a finch, Calamospiza melanocorys, of the western U.S., the male of which is black with a large, white patch on each wing.
  • lark sparrow — a North American sparrow, Chondestes grammacus, having a distinctive brown-and-white facial pattern.
  • latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
  • laundry mark — a symbol on a label on an article of clothing, bed-linen, etc, which specifies how the item should be washed and cared for, for example, at which temperature it should be washed at, whether it should be ironed, dry-cleaned, etc
  • law-breaking — Law-breaking is any kind of illegal activity.
  • lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
  • leader block — Nautical. lead block.
  • leading mark — either of two conspicuous objects regarded as points on a line (leading line) upon which a vessel can sail a safe course.
  • leakage-flux — an act of leaking; leak.
  • leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
  • leathernecks — Plural form of leatherneck.
  • leave-taking — a saying farewell; a parting or goodbye; departure: His leave-taking was brief.
  • lee kuan yew — 1923–2015, Singaporean statesman; prime minister of Singapore 1959–90, during which period his party's authoritarian rule was criticized but the country's economy progressed rapidly
  • left bracket — (character)   "[". ASCII character 91. Common: left square bracket; ITU-T: opening bracket; bracket. Rare: square; INTERCAL: U turn. Paired with right bracket ("]").
  • lemminkainen — (in the Kalevala) a young, jovial hero who has many adventures in which he is sometimes helped by his mother.
  • leon trotsky — Leon (Lev or Leib, Davidovich Bronstein) 1879–1940, Russian revolutionary and writer: minister of war 1918–25.
  • lepenski vir — the site of an advanced Mesolithic fishing culture on the banks of the Danube in Serbia, characterized by trapezoidal buildings and large stone sculptures of human heads and torsos.
  • lesser-known — less widely known; less famous
  • letter stock — unregistered stock sold privately by a company so as not to have a negative effect on the price of its publicly traded stock.
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