11-letter words containing l, e, k, g
- granitelike — Resembling granite.
- great lakes — group of lakes in North America
- greek salad — a salad of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, onions, and feta cheese, served with a vinaigrette.
- grenadelike — Resembling a grenade (weapon).
- griddlecake — a thin cake of batter cooked on a griddle; pancake.
- heli-skiing — skiing in which skiers are transported by helicopter to remote slopes
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- jungle cock — the male of the jungle fowl.
- keelhauling — Present participle of keelhaul.
- kelly green — a strong yellow-green.
- keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- keyed bugle — a bugle that has keys to make it possible to play a chromatic scale
- kilometrage — The total distance, in kilometres, travelled.
- kilovoltage — electric potential difference or electromotive force, as measured in kilovolts.
- kinesiology — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- king's blue — cobalt blue.
- king's evil — scrofula: so called because it was supposed to be curable by the touch of the reigning sovereign.
- kite flying — an act or instance of flying a kite.
- klausenburg — German name of Cluj-Napoca.
- klieg light — a powerful type of arc light once widely used in motion-picture studios.
- knee-length — socks; also knee-high
- knowledging — Present participle of knowledge.
- 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 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-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.
- large black — a heavy black breed of pig with long lop ears: used for crossbreeding
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- lemminglike — Resembling a lemming or some aspect of one, especially a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
- length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
- leukaemogen — a substance or agent which promotes the development of leukaemia
- lienyunkang — Lianyungang.
- linebacking — the act of forming a second line of defence, close to the linesman
- luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
- magpie lark — a black-and-white pied bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, inhabiting areas near water in Australia and southern New Guinea.
- mecklenburg — a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states (Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
- muskallonge — muskellunge.
- muskellunge — a large game fish, Esox masquinongy, of the pike family, found in the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- overlocking — the act of oversewing a hem or fabric edge to prevent fraying
- overlooking — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pigeon milk — crop milk.
- platemaking — the act of making plates
- poyang lake — a lake in E China, in N Jiangxi province, connected by canal with the Yangtze River: the second largest lake in China. Area (at its greatest): 2780 sq km (1073 sq miles)
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- rock gunnel — any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), especially Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel) common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic.
- self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- sewing silk — finely twisted silk thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.
- sex linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.