11-letter words containing k, r, o, n
- kaffir corn — a Southern African variety of sorghum, cultivated in dry regions for its grain and as fodder
- kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
- karyotyping — the analysis of chromosomes.
- katabothron — an underground channel created by water erosion
- keratoconus — a degenerative condition characterized by conical protrusion of the cornea and irregular astigmatism.
- keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kick around — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kiddie porn — child pornography.
- kidney worm — any of various large nematodes parasitic in the kidneys, especially Stephanurus dentatus, found in pigs.
- kilimanjaro — a volcanic mountain in N Tanzania: highest peak in Africa. 19,321 feet (5889 meters).
- kinetochore — Biology. the place on either side of the centromere to which the spindle fibers are attached during cell division.
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- kingcroaker — The weakfish or sea trout.
- knobkerries — Plural form of knobkerry.
- knock rummy — a variety of rummy for two to six players, in which a player can end a game by laying down a hand with any number of points in cards not included in sets.
- knockwursts — Plural form of knockwurst.
- knot garden — an intricately designed flower or herb garden with plants arranged to create an interlacing pattern, sometimes with fanciful topiary and carefully tended paths.
- knotgrasses — Plural form of knotgrass.
- know better — be sufficiently wise
- kohanga reo — an infant class in which the lessons are conducted in Māori
- kongur shan — a mountain in China, in W Xinjiang: the highest peak in the Pamirs. Height: 7719 m (25 325 ft)
- konrad zuse — (person) The designer of the first programming language, Plankalkül, and the first fully functional program-controlled electromechanical digital computer in the world, the Z3. He died on 1995-12-18 in Huenfeld, Germany.
- kordofanian — a subfamily of Niger-Kordofanian that comprises about 30 languages spoken in southern Kordofan.
- kort nozzle — a cylindrical fitting around a propeller, tapered inward toward the stern to increase thrust and maneuverability.
- krasnoyarsk — a territory of the Russian Federation in N and central Asia. 827,507 sq. mi. (2,143,243 sq. km).
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- land worker — a person who works on the land
- lark around — If you lark around or lark about, you behave in a playful, childish, and silly way, often in order to make people laugh.
- lemon drink — a drink made from lemon juice or that tastes of lemon
- lemon shark — a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil.
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- leukotriene — a lipid, C 20 H 30 O 3 , produced by white blood cells in an immune response to antigens, that contributes to allergic asthma and inflammatory reactions.
- link editor — linker
- link loader — linker
- look around — examine surrounding area
- make rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- mantle rock — the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's crust; regolith.
- manual work — work involving the hands, as opposed to an office job, for example
- mark antony — Mark (Marcus Antonius) 83?–30 b.c, Roman general: friend of Caesar; member of the second triumvirate and rival of Octavian.
- market town — a town where a regularly scheduled market is held.
- marksperson — A marksman or markswoman.
- memory bank — the complete records, archives, or the like of an organization, country, etc.
- microkernel — (operating system) An approach to operating system design emphasising small modules that implement the basic features of the system kernel and can be flexibly configured.
- mineworkers — Plural form of mineworker.
- ministrokes — Plural form of ministroke.
- mock orange — Also called syringa. any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Philadelphus, of the saxifrage family, especially P. coronarius, a widely cultivated species having fragrant white flowers.
- mockingbird — any of several gray, black, and white songbirds of the genus Mimus, especially M. polyglottos, of the U.S. and Mexico, noted for their ability to mimic the songs of other birds.
- money-maker — a person engaged in or successful at acquiring much money.
- moneymakers — Plural form of moneymaker.