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12-letter words containing k, y

  • kidney punch — an illegal punch in the lower back.
  • kidney stone — an abnormal stone, or concretion, composed primarily of oxalates and phosphates, found in the kidney.
  • kidney vetch — an Old World plant, Anthyllis vulneraria, of the legume family, formerly used as a remedy for kidney diseases.
  • kikuyu grass — a type of fast-growing tropical grass, Pennisetum clandestinum, native to E Africa
  • kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
  • kiss goodbye — to kiss in taking leave
  • kitty litter — litter (sense 4)
  • kitty-corner — diagonal.
  • know by name — to have heard of without having met
  • kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
  • kona cyclone — a slow-moving cyclone occuring during the winter over the subtropical Pacific Ocean.
  • kosher-style — (of a cuisine, restaurant, etc.) featuring traditional Jewish dishes, but not adhering to the dietary laws: kosher-style cooking.
  • koussevitzky — Serge [sairzh] /sɛərʒ/ (Show IPA), (Sergei Alexandrovich Koussevitsky) 1874–1951, Russian orchestra conductor in the U.S.
  • kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.
  • kylie effect — the increased awareness of breast cancer caused by the publicity surrounding its diagnosis in Kylie Minogue, born 1968, Australian singer and actress
  • lady's-smock — a N temperate plant, Cardamine pratensis, with white or rose-pink flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
  • latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
  • laundry mark — a symbol on a label on an article of clothing, bed-linen, etc, which specifies how the item should be washed and cared for, for example, at which temperature it should be washed at, whether it should be ironed, dry-cleaned, etc
  • lee kuan yew — 1923–2015, Singaporean statesman; prime minister of Singapore 1959–90, during which period his party's authoritarian rule was criticized but the country's economy progressed rapidly
  • leon trotsky — Leon (Lev or Leib, Davidovich Bronstein) 1879–1940, Russian revolutionary and writer: minister of war 1918–25.
  • leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • library book — a book owned by a library
  • likely story — dubious account
  • linked rhyme — a rhyme in which the end of one line together with the first sound of the next line forms a rhyme with the end of another line.
  • longboat key — a narrow barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, SW of Florida, sheltering Sarasota Bay: sports fishing.
  • loosely-knit — associated or linked in a loose way
  • 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.
  • make eyes at — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • make headway — forward movement; progress in a forward direction: The ship's headway was slowed by the storm.
  • make history — do sth of great significance
  • malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
  • manuka honey — honey from the nectar of the manuka tree, often used for medicinal purposes; known as active manuka honey if it has a UMF rating of over 10.
  • mary of teck — Mary (def 4).
  • memory stick — computing: flashcard, dongle
  • mercy stroke — coup de grâce.
  • merry-making — Merry-making is the activities of people who are enjoying themselves together in a lively way, for example by eating, drinking, or dancing.
  • mickey mouse — trite and commercially slick in character; corny: mickey mouse music.
  • milk parsley — a wetland plant belonging to the family Apiaceae
  • mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
  • money market — the short-term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates.
  • monkey block — Nautical. a single block that swivels.
  • monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
  • monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
  • monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
  • monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
  • monkey house — a cage or enclosure in a zoo where monkeys are kept
  • monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
  • monkeyshines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
  • monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
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