11-letter words containing l, a, n, k
- lake-geneva — a city in and the capital of the canton of Geneva, in SW Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva: seat of the League of Nations 1920–46.
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- lanarkshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- land worker — a person who works on the land
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- lark around — If you lark around or lark about, you behave in a playful, childish, and silly way, often in order to make people laugh.
- larrikinism — (Australia, New Zealand) The behaviour of larrikins (hooligans); impertinent and disrespectful behaviour.
- lassen peak — an active volcano in N California, in the S Cascade Range. 10,465 feet (3190 meters).
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- leatherneck — a U.S. marine.
- lemon shark — a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil.
- length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- leukaemogen — a substance or agent which promotes the development of leukaemia
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- liederkranz — a German choral society or singing club, especially of men.
- lienyunkang — Lianyungang.
- likableness — The property of being likable, that which makes likable.
- linebackers — Plural form of linebacker.
- linebacking — the act of forming a second line of defence, close to the linesman
- link loader — linker
- living bank — a facility in which donated human organs or tissues are preserved for subsequent transplantation.
- look around — examine surrounding area
- luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- malakatoone — a variety of large peach
- mantle rock — the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's crust; regolith.
- manual work — work involving the hands, as opposed to an office job, for example
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- milwaukeean — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- minke whale — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- mistakingly — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
- money talks — If you say that money talks, you mean that if someone has a lot of money, they also have a lot of power.
- monkey tail — any of various light or short ropes or lines.
- montelukast — a type of oral drug containing a leukotriene inhibitor, used in the treatment of asthma and seasonal allergies.
- muskallonge — muskellunge.
- muslin kail — barley broth or barley and vegetable soup.
- naked lunch — a novel (1959–66) by William S. Burroughs.
- nature walk — a walk on a nature trail, especially with an experienced guide.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
- nonsinkable — (of items designed to float on water) not liable to sink
- nonskeletal — of or pertaining to parts of the body other than the skeletal structure
- nose tackle — nose guard
- not look at — to refuse to consider
- nutty slack — coal
- nyckelharpa — an old-time Swedish stringed musical instrument, similar to the hurdy-gurdy but sounded with a bow instead of a wheel.
- oneida lake — a lake in central New York. 20 miles (32 km) long; 5 miles (8 km) wide.