11-letter words containing k, p
- hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hypokinesia — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- hypokinesis — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- hypokinetic — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- imparkation — the act of imparking
- in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.
- in the pink — healthy, on good form
- indian poke — false hellebore.
- ink printer — (printer) A retronym used by Blind users to refer to all printers which are not Braille printers, regardless of whether they actually use ink.
- jack-up rig — an offshore drill rig or platform having a floating hull fitted with retractable legs that can be lowered to the seabed to elevate the hull above wave level.
- jackanapery — (dated, pejorative) The behaviour of a jackanapes.
- jackpudding — An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain people.
- joe sixpack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- jump jockey — A jump jockey is someone who rides horses in races such as steeplechases, where the horses have to jump over obstacles.
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- kanga pirau — fermented corn used as food
- kapuskasing — a town in central Ontario, in S Canada.
- kara-kalpak — one of a people living in the Kara-Kalpak Republic and adjacent areas.
- karate chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- karate-chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- karyotyping — the analysis of chromosomes.
- keep kosher — to observe the Jewish dietary laws
- keep out of — to remain or cause to remain unexposed to
- keep stroke — to make strokes in rhythm
- keep wicket — to play as wicketkeeper in the game of cricket
- keeper hook — an S -shaped hook for securing doors, windows, etc., or for fastening a batten to a flat.
- kentia palm — a palm, Howea forsterana, of Lord Howe Island, Australia, having erect leaves, widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- keratophyre — a fine-grained soda trachyte
- keratoscope — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- kerb appeal — the attractiveness to potential buyers of a house when viewed from the road
- ketopentose — (carbohydrate) A pentose that is also a ketose.
- kewpie doll — a doll having rosy cheeks and a curl of hair on its head
- khyber pass — the chief mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, W of Peshawar. 33 miles (53 km) long; 6825 feet (2080 meters) high.
- kiddie porn — child pornography.
- kidnappings — Plural form of kidnapping.
- killer poke — A recipe for inducing hardware damage on a machine via insertion of invalid values (see poke) into a memory-mapped control register; used especially of various fairly well-known tricks on bitty boxes without hardware memory management (such as the IBM PC and Commodore PET) that can overload analog electronics in the monitor. See also HCF.
- kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
- kinderspiel — a play or piece of musical theatre performed by children
- kindredship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kinetoplast — A mass of mitochondrial DNA lying close to the nucleus in some flagellate protozoa.
- kinetoscope — an early motion-picture device, invented by Edison, in which the film passed behind a peephole for viewing by a single viewer.
- king philip — one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
- kinsmanship — Kinship.
- kirkpatrick — Jeane (Jordan) [jeen] /dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1926–2006, U.S. diplomat: ambassador to the U.N. 1981–85.
- klappvisier — a visor attached by a hinge at the top: used on basinets of the 14th century.
- kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.