9-letter words containing o, k, l, a
- folktales — a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
- footstalk — a pedicel; peduncle.
- forkballs — Plural form of forkball.
- gaolbreak — Alternative form of jailbreak.
- glam rock — a style of rock music of the early 1970s, characterized by the glittery flamboyance and androgynous image of its performers
- glasswork — the manufacture of glass and glassware.
- goal kick — a free kick taken by a defensive player after the ball, having last been touched by an offensive player, has gone out of bounds over the goal line.
- golomynka — an oily fish found only in Lake Baikal
- hair-lock — a curl of the hair of the head
- half-cock — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
- heraklion — Iraklion
- hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- holdbacks — Plural form of holdback.
- holly oak — holm oak.
- immokalee — a town in S Florida.
- invokable — (computing) That can be invoked; callable.
- joe blake — a snake
- kabillion — (slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).
- kabloonas — Plural form of kabloona.
- kahoolawe — an island in central Hawaii, S of Maui: uninhabited. 45 sq. mi. (117 sq. km).
- kajillion — (slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).
- kalamazoo — a city in SW Michigan.
- kalanchoe — any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching clusters of flowers.
- kalsomine — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- kamilaroi — an Australian aboriginal language spoken in northern New South Wales.
- kaolinite — a very common mineral, hydrated aluminum disilicate, Al 2 Si 2 O 5 (OH) 4 , formed by the alteration of other minerals, especially feldspar: the most common constituent of kaolin.
- kaolinize — to convert (minerals containing kaolinite) into kaolin by weathering.
- kapok oil — a yellowish-green oil expressed from the seeds of the kapok tree, used especially in foods and in the manufacture of soap.
- karyology — the study of the structure and function of cell nuclei.
- katabolic — Alternative form of catabolic.
- kazillion — (slang, hyperbole) An unspecified large number (of).
- keelboats — Plural form of keelboat.
- key largo — one of the islands in the Florida Keys. 30 miles (48 km) long; 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- kilogauss — a unit of magnetic induction, equal to 1000 gauss. Abbreviation: kG.
- kilograms — Plural form of kilogram.
- kilowatts — Plural form of kilowatt.
- kleopatra — Cleopatra (def 2).
- klinostat — a rotating and tilting plant-holder used for studying and experimenting with plant growth
- kolozsvar — Hungarian name of Cluj-Napoca.
- kzyl-orda — a city in S Kazakhstan, on the Syr Darya.
- lakefront — the land along the edge of a lake: Property along the lakefront is more expensive every year.
- lakeshore — lakefront.
- landowska — Wanda [won-duh;; Polish vahn-dah] /ˈwɒn də;; Polish ˈvɑn dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1959, Polish harpsichordist, in the U.S. after 1940.
- leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
- leakproof — designed to prevent leaking: a leakproof bottle.
- leukothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- link road — a road used to link two cities or two more major hubs of road transport
- loanshark — Alternative spelling of loan shark.
- localtalk — (networking) An Apple Computer network standard using Apple Computer's own networking hardware. Compare EtherTalk.