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15-letter words containing k, l

  • keyboard skills — ability to input information using a keyboard
  • keyhole surgery — operation done by laparoscopy
  • killer instinct — If you say that a sports player or politician has the killer instinct, you admire them for their toughness and determination to succeed.
  • kilovolt-ampere — an electrical unit, equal to 1000 volt-amperes. Abbreviation: kVA, kva.
  • kinesthesiology — The medical and therapeutic study of the movement of muscles and joints.
  • kinesthetically — In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics.
  • king's shilling — (until 1879) a shilling given a recruit in the British army to bind his enlistment contract.
  • kirchhoff's law — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
  • kitchen utensil — a utensil intended for use in a kitchen, such as a chopping board, saucepan, or knife
  • kleptoparasites — Plural form of kleptoparasite.
  • kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • knitting needle — either of two types of instruments used for hand knitting: a straight rod of steel, wood, plastic, etc., pointed at one or both ends, used in pairs, or a single curved, flexible rod with two pointed ends.
  • knowledge level — (artificial intelligence)   A level of description of the knowledge of an agent that is independent of the agent's internal symbol-level representation. Knowledge can be attributed to agents by observing their actions. An agent "knows" something if it acts as if it had the information and is acting rationally to achieve its goals. The "actions" of agents, including knowledge base servers and knowledge-based systems, can be seen through a "tell and ask" functional interface, where a client interacts with an agent by making logical assertions (tell), and posing queries (ask).
  • knowledge-based — characterized by the dominance of information services as an area of growth
  • knuckle-dusters — brass knuckles.
  • kronecker delta — a function of two variables, i and j, which equals 1 when the variables have the same value, i = j, and equals 0 when the variables have different values, i ≠ j.
  • lackadaisically — without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic: a lackadaisical attempt.
  • lake miraflores — an artificial lake in Panama, in the S Canal Zone of the Panama Canal
  • lake mistassini — a lake in E Canada, in N Quebec: the largest lake in the province; drains through the Rupert River into James Bay. Area: 2175 sq km (840 sq miles). Length: about 160 km (100 miles)
  • lake okeechobee — a lake in S Florida, in the Everglades: second largest freshwater lake wholly within the US. Area: 1813 sq km (700 sq miles)
  • lake saint john — a lake in Canada, in S Quebec: drained by the Saguenay River. Area: 971 sq km (375 sq miles)
  • lake tanganyika — a lake in central Africa between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo, bordering also on Burundi and Zambia, in the Great Rift Valley: the longest freshwater lake in the world. Area: 32 893 sq km (12 700 sq miles). Length: 676 km (420 miles)
  • lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
  • lake-of-lucerne — a canton in central Switzerland. 576 sq. mi. (1490 sq. km).
  • lake-saint-john — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
  • language skills — the ability to use language
  • lay it on thick — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • leakage current — A leakage current is an electric current in an unwanted conductive path under normal operating conditions.
  • leakage-current — an act of leaking; leak.
  • leapfrog attack — Use of userid and password information obtained illicitly from one host (e.g. downloading a file of account IDs and passwords, tapping TELNET, etc.) to compromise another host. Also, the act of TELNETting through one or more hosts in order to confuse a trace (a standard cracker procedure).
  • least killifish — a fish, Heterandria formosa, of coastal swamps from South Carolina to Florida, that feeds on mosquito larvae.
  • leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
  • leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
  • lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • lick one's lips — to anticipate or recall something with glee or relish
  • lifestyle block — a semi-rural property comprising a house and land for small-scale farming
  • like grim death — as if afraid for one's life
  • linear-tracking — (of a tone arm) designed to move across a phonograph record in a straight line, instead of an arc, so that as the needle tracks the groove, its orientation remains unchanged.
  • liquorice stick — a long, stick-shaped, liquorice-flavoured sweet, often dipped in sherbet, etc
  • liskov, barbara — Barbara Liskov
  • local is lekker — popular slogan promoting South African culture, produce, etc
  • lodgepole creek — a river in SE Wyoming, SW Nebraska, and NE Colorado, flowing E to the South Platte River. 212 miles (341 km) long.
  • long-case clock — tall-case clock.
  • look daggers at — to look at with anger or hatred
  • look forward to — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
  • look-say method — a method of teaching beginners to read by memorizing and recognizing whole words, rather than by associating letters with sounds
  • loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
  • loving-kindness — tender kindness motivated by or expressing affection.
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
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