14-letter words containing k, l
- kalamata olive — a purplish-black, almond-shaped olive with a fruity flavor and meaty texture, often split and cured in brine and packed in vinegar.
- kamloops trout — a variety of rainbow trout found in Canadian lakes
- kapellmeisters — Plural form of kapellmeister.
- karyotypically — (cytology) With regard to the karyotype.
- kastrop-rauxel — Castrop-Rauxel.
- kawartha lakes — a group of lakes in S Ontario, Canada, on the Trent Canal system.
- kealakekua bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the W (Kona) coast of Hawaii Island: Capt. James Cook was killed here 1779.
- kedleston hall — a mansion near Derby in Derbyshire: rebuilt (1759–65) for the Curzon family by Matthew Brettingham, James Paine, and Robert Adam
- keep a lookout — If someone keeps a lookout, especially on a boat, they look around all the time in order to make sure there is no danger.
- keep the field — to continue activity, as in games or military operations
- keep your cool — remain calm
- keep-fit class — an exercise class designed to promote physical fitness
- kegel exercise — Often, Kegel exercises. exercise performed to strengthen the pubococcygeus and other muscles of the pelvic floor, in order to control incontinence, improve sexual response, etc.
- kekulé formula — the structural formula of benzene represented as a hexagonal ring with alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms.
- kelp greenling — a food and game fish, Hexagrammos decagrammus, living among the kelp along the Pacific coast of North America.
- kelyphitic rim — a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock, formed by reaction of the interned mineral with the surrounding rock
- kendal (green) — a coarse, green woolen cloth
- kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- kentucky rifle — a long-barreled muzzleloading flintlock rifle developed near Lancaster, Pa., in the early 18th century and widely used on the frontier.
- keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
- kettle of fish — an awkward, difficult, or bad situation; muddle; mess: He's managed to get himself into a fine kettle of fish!
- khaki election — a general election held during or immediately after a war, esp one in which the war has an effect on how people vote
- khmer republic — a former official name of Cambodia.
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- kill the clock — an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
- killing fields — People sometimes refer to a battlefield or a place where many people have been killed as that place's killing fields.
- kiln run brick — any of various bricks of sufficient hardness to be exposed to the weather.
- kilogram-force — a meter-kilogram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity, when acting on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: kgf.
- kilogram-meter — a meter-kilogram-second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one kilogram when its point of application moves through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force; approximately 7.2 foot-pounds. Abbreviation: kg-m.
- kinetheodolite — a type of theodolite containing a cine camera instead of a telescope and giving continuous film of a moving target together with a record of its altitude and azimuth: used in tracking a missile, satellite, etc
- king's counsel — a body of barristers of a higher status who are specially appointed to be the crown's counsel, and who are permitted to plead inside the bar in the court.
- king's english — standard, educated, or correct English speech or usage, especially of England.
- kiss principle — /kis' prin'si-pl/ Keep It Simple, Stupid. A maxim often invoked when discussing design to fend off creeping featurism and control complexity of development. Possibly related to the marketroid maxim on sales presentations, "Keep It Short and Simple". See also Occam's Razor.
- kitchen police — soldiers detailed by roster or as punishment to assist in kitchen duties.
- kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
- kleene closure — Kleene star
- kleptomaniacal — Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
- kleptoparasite — A bird, insect, or other animal that habitually robs animals of other species of food.
- knee-trembling — very exciting
- knight templar — Templar.
- knobbling roll — a roll for a rolling mill, having a series of regularly shaped projections and depressions on its face.
- knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
- knowledge base — (artificial intelligence) A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).
- knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
- knuckledusters — Plural form of knuckleduster.
- kochel listing — the chronological number of a composition of Mozart as assigned in the catalog of the composer's works compiled in the 19th century by the Austrian musicologist Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877) and since revised several times. Abbreviation: K.
- kola peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
- kola-peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
- krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.