9-letter words containing k, o, l
- neckcloth — cravat (def 2).
- neckmould — (architecture) A small convex moulding surrounding a column at the junction of the shaft and capital.
- nickelous — containing bivalent nickel.
- nikolayev — a city in S Ukraine, in the SW on the Bug River.
- nollekens — Joseph. 1737–1823, British neoclassical sculptor of portrait busts, tombs, and mythological subjects
- non-black — a person who is not of a Black race
- nonblacks — Plural form of nonblack.
- nontalker — a person who does not talk, whether a small child who does not yet talk or an adult who is not talkative
- northlake — a city in NE Illinois: suburb of Chicago.
- novellike — a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
- nukualofa — a Polynesian kingdom consisting of three groups of islands in the S Pacific, NE of New Zealand: a former British protectorate. About 270 sq. mi. (700 sq. km). Capital: Nukualofa.
- oak apple — oak gall.
- oil sheik — a sheik who is involved in or who controls the supply of petroleum from Arab countries to other countries
- oil slick — a smooth area on the surface of water caused by the presence of oil.
- oklahoman — a state in the S central U.S. 69,919 sq. mi. (181,090 sq. km). . Capital: Oklahoma City. Abbreviation: OK (for use with zip code), Okla.
- old skool — the hip-hop music of the 1980s or modern music imitating this style
- ollycrock — (South Africa) giant periwinkle.
- olykoeks' — doughnut.
- onionlike — Resembling an onion or some aspect of one, such as its shape, flavour, or layered structure.
- onlookers — Plural form of onlooker.
- onlooking — looking on; observing; perceiving.
- opa-locka — a town in S Florida.
- open look — (operating system) A graphical user interface and window manager from Sun and AT&T.
- oskaloosa — a city in SE central Iowa.
- outflanks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank.
- outlooked — Simple past tense and past participle of outlook.
- over-talk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- overclock — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- packcloth — a cloth used for packing
- peak load — the maximum load on an electrical power-supply system
- phylakopi — an archaeological site on the Greek island of Melos, in the Cyclades group: excavations have revealed the remains of three successive ancient cities erected on a primitive Cycladic settlement.
- pike pole — (in lumbering) a long pole with a metal point and a fixed hook, for catching and guiding logs.
- pillicock — a penis
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- plekhanov — Georgi (or Georgy) Valentinovich [gyi-awr-gyee-vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi və lyɪnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1918, Russian philosopher and leader of the Mensheviks.
- plow back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- pocketful — the amount that a pocket will hold.
- pokelogan — marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.
- poliakoff — Stephen. born 1952, British playwright and film director; work includes the stage plays Breaking the Silence (1984) and Blinded by the Sun (1996) and the television serials The Lost Prince (2003), Friends and Crocodiles (2005), and Dancing on the Edge (2013)
- polka dot — a dot or round spot (printed, woven, or embroidered) repeated to form a pattern on a textile fabric.
- polltaker — a person or organization that conducts polls; pollster.
- polo neck — high turtleneck collar
- polokwane — a town in NE South Africa, the capital of Limpopo province: commercial and agricultural centre. Pop: 90 398 (2001)
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- proselike — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- psalmbook — a book containing psalms for liturgical or devotional use.
- quillwork — a type of decoration using softened and usually dyed porcupine or bird quills.
- raskolnik — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- revokable — that may be revoked.
- road kill — Informal. the body of an animal killed on a road by a motor vehicle.