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

  • keratolysis — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
  • keratolytic — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
  • kerb appeal — the attractiveness to potential buyers of a house when viewed from the road
  • kettle base — a bombé base to a piece of furniture.
  • keyhole saw — a compass saw for cutting keyholes, etc.
  • kill a well — To kill a well is to stop it from flowing by the use of mud or water to stop the pressure.
  • killer bars — an imprint consisting of a series of wavy lines used to cancel postage stamps.
  • killer boat — a boat used for hunting whales and towing them to a factory ship.
  • kilocalorie — one thousand small calories. Abbreviation: kcal. Also called Calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie. Compare calorie (def 1a).
  • kilometrage — The total distance, in kilometres, travelled.
  • kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
  • kilovoltage — electric potential difference or electromotive force, as measured in kilovolts.
  • kinematical — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
  • kinetically — pertaining to motion.
  • kinetoplast — A mass of mitochondrial DNA lying close to the nucleus in some flagellate protozoa.
  • kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
  • klappvisier — a visor attached by a hinge at the top: used on basinets of the 14th century.
  • klausenburg — German name of Cluj-Napoca.
  • kleene star — (text)   (Or "Kleene closure", named after Stephen Kleene) The postfix "*" operator used in regular expressions, Extended Backus-Naur Form, and similar formalisms to specify a match for zero or more occurrences of the preceding expression. For example, the regular expression "be*t" would match the string "bt", "bet", "beet", "beeeeet", and so on.
  • kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
  • kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.
  • kleptomania — an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
  • knife pleat — a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded in the same direction.
  • knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
  • knuckleball — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
  • knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
  • kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
  • kostelanetz — André [ahn-drey] /ˈɑn dreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1901–80, U.S. orchestra conductor and pianist, born in Russia.
  • lack-luster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
  • lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
  • lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
  • ladder back — a chair back having a number of horizontal slats between uprights.
  • lady-killer — a man who is irresistible to women or has the reputation for being so.
  • lake albert — a lake in E Africa, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda in the great Rift Valley, 660 m (2200 ft) above sea level: a source of the Nile, fed by the Victoria Nile, which leaves as the Albert Nile. Area: 5345 sq km (2064 sq miles)
  • lake annecy — a lake in E France, in the Alps
  • lake baikal — a lake in Russia, in SE Siberia: the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia and the deepest in the world. Greatest depth: over 1500 m (5000 ft). Area: about 33 670 sq km (13 000 sq miles)
  • lake breeze — a thermally produced wind blowing during the day from the surface of a large lake to the shore, caused by the difference in the rates of heating of the surfaces of the lake and of the land.
  • lake edward — a lake in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Great Rift Valley: empties through the Semliki River into Lake Albert. Area: about 2150 sq km (830 sq miles)
  • lake effect — the phenomena created in the surrounding area by weather passing over a large lake, especially any of the Great Lakes of the U.S.
  • lake forest — a city in NE Illinois, N of Chicago, on Lake Michigan.
  • lake geneva — a lake between SW Switzerland and E France: fed and drained by the River Rhône, it is the largest of the Alpine lakes; the surface is subject to considerable changes of level. Area: 580 sq km (224 sq miles)
  • lake kariba — a dam built across the Zambezi for the purposes of generating hydroelectric power; it created Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border
  • lake ladoga — a lake in NW Russia, in the SW Karelian Republic: the largest lake in Europe; drains through the River Neva into the Gulf of Finland. Area: about 18 000 sq km (7000 sq miles)
  • lake placid — a town in NE New York, in the Adirondack Mountains: resort.
  • lake rudolf — the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana
  • lake salmon — landlocked salmon.
  • lake school — Lake Poets.
  • lake vänern — a lake in SW Sweden: the largest lake in Sweden and W Europe; drains into the Kattegat. Area: 5585 sq km (2156 sq miles)
  • lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
  • lake-effect — caused or greatly influenced by the moist air above a large lake
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