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12-letter words containing k, r, a, l, s

  • holkar state — a former state of central India, ruled by the Holkar dynasty of Maratha rulers of Indore (18th century until 1947)
  • jack russell — a small short-legged terrier having a white coat with tan, black, or lemon markings: there are rough- and smooth-haired varieties
  • kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
  • kepler's law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
  • keratoplasty — plastic surgery performed upon the cornea, especially a corneal transplantation.
  • kilocalories — Plural form of kilocalorie.
  • knee-slapper — a joke evoking boisterous hilarity.
  • lake charles — a city in SW Louisiana.
  • lake torrens — a shallow salt lake in E central South Australia, about 8 m (25 ft) below sea level. Area: 5776 sq km (2230 sq miles)
  • lansker line — (in Pembrokeshire) the linguistic and ethnic division between the Welsh-speaking north and the English-speaking south
  • lark sparrow — a North American sparrow, Chondestes grammacus, having a distinctive brown-and-white facial pattern.
  • lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
  • leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
  • leathernecks — Plural form of leatherneck.
  • loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
  • 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.
  • loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
  • lukewarmness — The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
  • mackerel sky — an extensive group of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds, especially when well-marked in their arrangement: so called because of a resemblance to the scales on a mackerel.
  • marketplaces — Plural form of marketplace.
  • marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
  • marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
  • melrose park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • metalworkers — Plural form of metalworker.
  • milk parsley — a wetland plant belonging to the family Apiaceae
  • multitaskers — Plural form of multitasker.
  • parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
  • policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
  • quacksalvers — Plural form of quacksalver.
  • rattlesnakes — any of several New World pit vipers of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle composed of a series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail.
  • red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
  • reform flask — an English salt-glazed stoneware flask of the early 19th century formed as an effigy of one of the figures connected with the Reform Bill of 1832.
  • rijksdaalder — a cupronickel or silver coin of the Netherlands, equal to 2½ guilders.
  • risk capital — venture capital.
  • rock crystal — transparent quartz, especially when colorless.
  • rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
  • rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
  • roller-skate — to glide about by means of roller skates.
  • roselle park — a borough in NE New Jersey.
  • salad shaker — a portable plastic container which is used for storing salad and which has a separate compartment for salad dressing. The dressing is put on the salad just before it is eaten and the container can then be shaken to spread the salad dressing evenly.
  • sale of work — a sale of goods and handicrafts made by the members of a club, church congregation, etc, to raise money
  • salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
  • saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
  • saranac lake — any of three connected lakes (Upper, Middle, & Lower) in the Adirondacks, NE N.Y.
  • sat sri akal — a salutation used in India
  • school shark — an Australian shark resembling the tope, Notogaleus australis
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • shale shaker — A shale shaker is a moving screen which removes cuttings from the mud so they can be disposed of.
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