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13-letter words containing k, o, u, l

  • lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
  • lake superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
  • lake-superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
  • laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
  • leptokurtosis — the state of being leptokurtic.
  • leptokurtotic — (statistics) Leptokurtic.
  • leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
  • linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
  • lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
  • lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
  • manual worker — a person whose job involves working with the hands
  • milk mushroom — any of the common latex-containing mushrooms of the genus Lactarius.
  • milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
  • mock pendulum — a false pendulum bob attached to the balances of certain timepieces and visible through a slot in the dial or case.
  • monkey puzzle — a South American, coniferous timber tree, Araucaria araucana, having candelabralike branches, stiff sharp leaves, and edible nuts.
  • news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
  • nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
  • norwalk virus — a norovirus.
  • opossum block — (in New Zealand) a block of bush allocated to a licensed opossum trapper
  • out of kilter — If one thing is out of kilter with another, the first thing does not agree with or fit in with the second.
  • outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
  • panleukopenia — distemper1 (def 1c).
  • platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
  • plymouth rock — a rock at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on which the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower are said to have stepped ashore when they landed in America in 1620.
  • queer-looking — odd or strange in appearance
  • redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
  • rock squirrel — a large, gray ground squirrel, Spermophilus variegatus, inhabiting rocky areas of the southwestern U.S.
  • self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
  • shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
  • skeletogenous — forming a skeleton, or parts of one
  • skull session — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
  • speak volumes — a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
  • sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
  • suffolk punch — a breed of draught horse with a chestnut coat and short legs
  • sugar of milk — lactose.
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • truck bolster — the upper transverse member of a car truck that holds the truck center plate and receives the car's weight.
  • truelove knot — a complicated ornamental knot, especially a double knot having two interlacing bows, regarded as an emblem of true love or interwoven affections.
  • turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
  • ullage rocket — a small hydrogen peroxide rocket engine that produces sufficient acceleration to keep propellants in their places when the main rocket is shut off
  • unprovokingly — serving to provoke; causing annoyance.
  • unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
  • unsoldierlike — not befitting a soldier
  • unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
  • unworkmanlike — not appropriate to or befitting a good workman
  • volksdeutsche — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
  • walk out with — to court or be courted by
  • work-furlough — work-release.
  • working fluid — a liquid or gaseous working substance.
  • works council — an elected body of employee representatives that deals with management regarding grievances, working conditions, wages, etc.
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