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11-letter words containing k, u, l

  • double take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
  • double talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
  • double-bank — to have two rowers pull (each of a number of oars).
  • double-book — to overbook by accepting more than one reservation for the same hotel room, airplane seat, etc.
  • double-deck — Also, double-decked. having two decks, tiers, or levels: a double-deck bunk; a double-deck bus.
  • double-knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
  • double-lock — to lock with two turns of a key, so that a second bolt is engaged.
  • double-park — If someone double-parks their car or their car double-parks, they park in a road by the side of another parked car.
  • double-take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
  • double-talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
  • doublecheck — Alternative form of double-check.
  • doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
  • doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
  • drill chuck — a chuck for holding a drill bit.
  • drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
  • duck plague — an acute, highly fatal disease of ducks caused by a herpesvirus
  • duck-legged — having legs that are unusually short: He crept up in a half-crouch that made him look duck-legged.
  • dummy block — a freely moving cylinder for transmitting the pressure of a ram to a piece being extruded.
  • duplex lock — a lock capable of being opened either by a master key or a change key, each operating its own mechanism.
  • eksi sozluk — (web)   ("Sour Dictionary") An online, Turkish, colaborative, hypertext dictionary.
  • faulknerian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of William Faulkner.
  • fault block — a mass of rock bounded on at least two opposite sides by faults.
  • funnel cake — a crisp, deep-fried cake, made by pouring batter through a funnel into fat or oil, usually in a spiral shape, and dusted with powdered sugar.
  • furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
  • glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
  • go kerplunk — to make a noise when landing on or hitting the bottom of something
  • golden buck — a dish consisting of Welsh rabbit topped with a poached egg.
  • helmut kohl — Helmut [hel-moo t] /ˈhɛl mʊt/ (Show IPA), born 1930, German political leader: chancellor of West Germany (1982–90); chancellor of Germany 1990–98.
  • holluschick — a young male fur seal.
  • honeysuckle — any upright or climbing shrub of the genus Diervilla, especially D. lonicera, cultivated for its fragrant white, yellow, or red tubular flowers.
  • huckleberry — the dark-blue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Gaylussacia of the heath family.
  • husbandlike — resembling a husband
  • ibn khaldun — Abd-al-Rahman [ahb-dahl-rah-mahn] /ɑb dɑlˈrɑ mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher.
  • ibn-khaldun — 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher. His Kitab al-`ibar (Book of Examples) is a history of Islam
  • if you like — You say if you like when you are making or agreeing to an offer or suggestion in a casual way.
  • interleukin — Any of a class of glycoproteins produced by leukocytes for regulating immune responses.
  • jockey club — an association for the regulation and promotion of thoroughbred horse racing, usually composed of racing officials and thoroughbred owners at a specific racetrack or in a particular region.
  • jungle cock — the male of the jungle fowl.
  • junk dealer — a person who buys and sells discarded or secondhand objects
  • junk mailer — an organization that sends junk mail in bulk, especially to solicit business or charitable contributions.
  • kamelaukion — a tall, black, brimless, flat-topped hat, worn by the clergy of the Eastern Church.
  • keelhauling — Present participle of keelhaul.
  • kelly hours — a suggestion for the name of the hours before and after the traditional school day during which child-minding facilities are provided for the children of working parents
  • kennel club — an association of dog breeders, usually concerned only with certain breeds of dogs.
  • kernel smut — a disease of sorghum and other grasses in which the grains are replaced by the black spores of a smut fungus, especially of the genera Tilletia and Ustilago.
  • kettledrums — a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass, copper, or fiberglass over which is stretched a skin, the tension of which can be modified by hand screws or foot pedals to vary the pitch.
  • keyed bugle — a bugle that has keys to make it possible to play a chromatic scale
  • kim il sung — 1912–94, North Korean political leader: premier 1948–72; president 1972–94.
  • kim il-sung — 1912–94, North Korean statesman and marshal; prime minister (1948–72) and president (1972–94) of North Korea
  • king's blue — cobalt blue.
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