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14-letter words containing k, u, a, l

  • kola peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
  • kola-peninsula — Also called Kola Peninsula. a peninsula in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents seas.
  • krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
  • lake bangweulu — a shallow lake in NE Zambia, discovered by David Livingstone, who died there in 1873. Area: about 9850 sq km (3800 sq miles), including swamps
  • lake neuchâtel — a lake in W Switzerland: the largest lake wholly in Switzerland. Area: 216 sq km (83 sq miles)
  • lake nicaragua — a lake in SW Nicaragua, separated from the Pacific by an isthmus 19 km (12 miles) wide: the largest lake in Central America. Area: 8264 sq km (3191 sq miles)
  • late check-out — A late check-out at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check out later than the normal time.
  • laughing stock — object of others' amusement
  • laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
  • laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
  • laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
  • leu enkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
  • leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
  • leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
  • luggage locker — a large locker at a transport terminal or airport where luggage can be left temporarily
  • mourning cloak — a common butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) having purplish-brown wings with a wide yellow border, found throughout Europe and North America
  • multi-part key — compound key
  • neural network — artificial neural network
  • platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
  • polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
  • pull up stakes — a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
  • purbeck marble — a fossil-rich limestone that takes a high polish: used for building, etc
  • purple grackle — the eastern subspecies of the common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, of North America, having an iridescent purple back.
  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • ryukyu islands — a chain of 55 islands in the W Pacific, extending almost 650 km (400 miles) from S Japan to N Taiwan: an ancient kingdom, under Chinese rule from the late 14th century, invaded by Japan in the early 17th century, under full Japanese sovereignty from 1879 to 1945, and US control from 1945 to 1972; now part of Japan again. They are subject to frequent typhoons. Chief town: Naha (on Okinawa). Pop: 1 318 220 (2000). Area: 2196 sq km (849 sq miles)
  • sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
  • st. louis park — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
  • straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.
  • surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
  • takeout double — informatory double.
  • talk about sth — You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation.
  • the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
  • tuckaway table — a table having a support folding into one plane and a tilting or drop-leaf top.
  • umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
  • unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • unforeknowable — not foreknowable
  • universal bank — A universal bank is a bank that offers both banking and stockbroking services to its clients.
  • unthankfulness — the quality or condition of being unthankful; lack of thankfulness; ungratefulness
  • voluntary work — unpaid employment for a cause
  • walkaround pay — extra pay earned by an employee for accompanying an official inspector on a plant tour or around a job site.
  • wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).
  • you can't talk — you yourself are guilty of offending in the very matter you are decrying
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