16-letter words containing k, u, a, l
- lookout mountain — a mountain ridge in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama: a battle of the Civil War fought here, near Chattanooga, Tenn. 1863; highest point, 2126 feet (648 meters).
- luck of the draw — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
- mad-dog skullcap — a North American skullcap, Scutellaria lateriflora, having underground stems and one-sided clusters of blue to white flowers.
- mahalla el kubra — a city in Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- make the fur fly — the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
- nassella tussock — type of tussock grass
- near the knuckle — risqué
- nubuck (leather) — tanned leather similar to suede, but with the nap on the grain side
- oak leaf cluster — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a small bronze twig bearing four oak leaves and three acorns, worn on the ribbon of another decoration for valor, wounds, or distinguished service to signify a second award of the same medal.
- ocellated turkey — a wild turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, of Yucatán, Belize, and Guatemala, typically having green, blue, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and eyelike spots on the tail.
- out like a light — If someone goes out like a light, they fall asleep or become unconscious very quickly or immediately.
- parkerhouse roll — a yeast roll shaped by folding over a flat, round piece of buttered dough
- pleasure-seeking — always looking for pleasure
- pressure flaking — a method of manufacturing a flint tool by pressing flakes from a stone core with a pointed implement, usually of wood tipped with antler or copper.
- quick as a flash — If you say that someone reacts to something quick as a flash, you mean that they react to it extremely quickly.
- razor-billed auk — a black and white auk, Alca torda, of the American and European coasts of the northern North Atlantic, having a compressed black bill encircled by a white band.
- round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
- run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
- security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
- south lake tahoe — a city in E California.
- square kilometer — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one kilometer on each side. 2 , sq. km. Abbreviation: km.
- stalked puffball — a puffball-like mushroom of the genus Tulestoma, maturing in early winter.
- stick out a mile — to be extremely obvious
- take one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- take the trouble — If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- to speak volumes — If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
- unlawful killing — Unlawful killing is used to refer to crimes which involve one person killing another.
- up with the lark — up early in the morning
- voluntary worker — a person who serves or acts in a specified function of their own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
- world bank group — the collective name for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, and the International Development Association, whose headquarters are all in Washington