12-letter words containing k, o, l
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- lock forward — either of two players who make up the second line of the scrum and apply weight to the forwards in the front line
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- lodging knee — a knee reinforcing a hull horizontally, as at the ends of deck beams.
- long weekend — a weekend holiday extended by a day or days on either side
- longboat key — a narrow barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, SW of Florida, sheltering Sarasota Bay: sports fishing.
- look askance — glance sidelong or with suspicion
- look daggers — 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 down on — 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 in (on) — to pay a brief visit (to)
- look out for — 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 through — the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.
- look-through — the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.
- looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
- lookie-likie — a lookalike
- lookout post — a place from which a guard or sentry can keep watch
- loosely-knit — associated or linked in a loose way
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- lover's knot — love knot.
- lovesickness — Quality or property of being lovesick.
- machtpolitik — power politics
- markov model — (probability, simulation) A model or simulation based on Markov chains.
- mekong delta — the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.
- melrose park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- mental block — inability to recall
- meroplankton — a floating mass of eggs and larvae of organisms that are nektonic or benthic in their adult stage; temporary plankton.
- mesoplankton — plankton that live at middle depths.
- metalworkers — Plural form of metalworker.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- mogul skiing — a skiing event in which skiers descend a slope which is covered in mounds of snow, making two jumps during the descent
- mole cricket — any of several burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae that have fossorial forelegs and that feed on the roots of plants.
- monk's cloth — a heavy cotton fabric in a basket weave, used for curtains, bedspreads, etc.
- monkey block — Nautical. a single block that swivels.
- monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
- monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
- monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
- monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- more like it — closer to being what is wanted
- mortice lock — A mortice lock is a type of lock which fits into a hole cut into the edge of a door rather than being fixed to one side of it.
- mortise lock — a lock housed within a mortise in a door or the like, so that the lock mechanism is covered on both sides.
- motor skills — coordination, ability to move
- mountainlike — Resembling a mountain or some aspect of one.
- mushroomlike — Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom.
- music locker — Digital Technology. an online service that supports cloud-based storage of digital music files so as to allow users to stream or download their personal music collections for playback on any compatible device: I uploaded all my CDs to a music locker, and now I can access the music from my laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
- nanoplankton — nannoplankton.
- needleworker — One who carries out needlework.
- nice-looking — Someone who is nice-looking is physically attractive.