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11-letter words containing l, a, k, e

  • dealbreaker — A dealbreaker is an issue that prevents people from reaching an agreement.
  • death knell — something that heralds death or destruction
  • deerstalker — A deerstalker is an old-fashioned hat with parts at the sides which can be folded down to cover the ears. Deerstalkers are usually worn by men.
  • delta stock — any of the fourth rank of active securities on the Stock Exchange. Market makers need not display prices of these securities continuously and any prices displayed are taken only as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
  • dewar flask — a type of vacuum flask, esp one used in scientific experiments to keep liquid air, helium, etc; Thermos
  • diazoalkane — any diazo compound having the general formula R 2 CN 2 , where R is hydrogen or any saturated organic group, as diazomethane, CH 2 N 2 .
  • die walküre — an opera by Wagner (1870), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
  • dislikeable — Alternative spelling of dislikable.
  • doodle-sack — bagpipe (def 1).
  • doodlesacks — Plural form of doodlesack.
  • double back — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • double ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
  • 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-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.
  • doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
  • dreadlocked — Wearing dreadlocks.
  • drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
  • duck plague — an acute, highly fatal disease of ducks caused by a herpesvirus
  • eccles cake — a pastry with a filling of dried fruit
  • ekman layer — the thin top layer of the sea that flows at 90° to the wind direction, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
  • electroweak — combining both the electromagnetic and weak forces or interactions
  • english oak — a species, Q. robur of the genus Quercus.
  • enkephalins — Plural form of enkephalin.
  • exoskeletal — Pertaining to the exoskeleton.
  • factorylike — Resembling a factory in any of various respects.
  • farkleberry — a shrub or small tree, Vaccinium arboreum, of the heath family, native to the southern U.S., bearing small, waxy, white flowers and black, many-seeded berries.
  • faulknerian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of William Faulkner.
  • featherlike — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
  • felt marker — a felt pen with a wide nib for making identifying marks, as on clothing.
  • fiddle back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
  • fiddle-back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
  • filter cake — the solid material accumulated by a filter press
  • fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
  • flak jacket — U.S. Air Force. an armored garment made of steel plates covered by a padded fabric, designed to protect vital parts of the body from shrapnel.
  • flake white — lead white.
  • flank speed — the maximum possible speed of a ship.
  • flare stack — A flare stack is a high vertical pipe for carrying unwanted gas so it can be burned off.
  • flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
  • flat-packed — (of a piece of furniture, equipment, or other construction) supplied in pieces packed into a flat box for assembly by the buyer
  • flea market — a market, often outdoors, consisting of a number of individual stalls selling old or used articles, curios and antiques, cut-rate merchandise, etc.
  • flickertail — Richardson ground squirrel.
  • flock paper — a wallpaper treated with flock to emphasize a design or effect.
  • floorwalker — a person employed in a store to direct customers and supervise salespeople.
  • franklinite — a mineral of the spinel group, an oxide of zinc, manganese, and iron, occurring in black octahedral crystals or in masses: formerly mined for zinc.
  • frankpledge — a system of dividing a community into tithings or groups of ten men, each member of which was responsible for the conduct of the other members of his group and for the assurance that a member charged with a breach of the law would be produced at court.
  • franz kline — Franz (Josef) [joh-zuh f,, -suh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf,, -səf/ (Show IPA), 1910–62, U.S. painter.
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