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15-letter words containing s, l, e, k

  • english speaker — a person who speaks English as a first, or second mother tongue
  • fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
  • false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
  • family skeleton — a closely guarded family secret
  • fireless cooker — an insulated container that seals in heat to cook food.
  • fly honeysuckle — either of two honeysuckle shrubs, Lonicera canadensis, of eastern North America, or L. xylosteum, of Eurasia, having paired yellowish flowers tinged with red.
  • forecastle deck — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; topgallant forecastle.
  • franklin square — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
  • goldilocks zone — a zone around a star having temperatures and other conditions that can support life on planets: Mars is thought to lie on the outer edge of the sun's Goldilocks zone.
  • great salt lake — a shallow salt lake in NW Utah. 2300 sq. mi. (5950 sq. km); 80 miles (130 km) long; maximum depth 60 feet (18 meters).
  • harlequin snake — the E American coral snake (Micrurus fulvius)
  • jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
  • kaffeeklatscher — a person who participates, especially regularly, in a kaffee klatsch.
  • kaffeeklatsches — Plural form of kaffeeklatsch.
  • kaibab squirrel — a nearly extinct tree squirrel, Sciurus kaibabensis, found only in a small area north of the Grand Canyon.
  • kaleidoscopical — Alternative form of kaleidoscopic.
  • kaleyard school — a group of writers who depicted the sentimental and homely aspects of life in the Scottish Lowlands from about 1880 to 1914. The best known contributor to the school was J. M. Barrie
  • kamensk-uralski — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains.
  • keeling islands — Cocos Islands
  • keep to oneself — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • kegel exercises — Often, Kegel exercises. exercise performed to strengthen the pubococcygeus and other muscles of the pelvic floor, in order to control incontinence, improve sexual response, etc.
  • kelmscott manor — a Tudor house near Lechlade in Oxfordshire: home (1871–96) of William Morris
  • kenai peninsula — peninsula in S Alas. between Cook Inlet & the main body of the Gulf of Alaska: c. 150 mi (241 km) long: site of one the world's largest ice fields
  • kernel sentence — a simple, active, declarative sentence containing no modifiers or connectives that may be used in making more elaborate sentences: The sentence “Good tests are short” is made from two kernel sentences: (1) “Tests are short.” (2) “(The) tests are good.”.
  • keyboard skills — ability to input information using a keyboard
  • keyhole surgery — operation done by laparoscopy
  • killer instinct — If you say that a sports player or politician has the killer instinct, you admire them for their toughness and determination to succeed.
  • kinesthesiology — The medical and therapeutic study of the movement of muscles and joints.
  • kinesthetically — In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics.
  • kitchen utensil — a utensil intended for use in a kitchen, such as a chopping board, saucepan, or knife
  • kleptoparasites — Plural form of kleptoparasite.
  • kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
  • knowledge-based — characterized by the dominance of information services as an area of growth
  • knuckle-dusters — brass knuckles.
  • lake miraflores — an artificial lake in Panama, in the S Canal Zone of the Panama Canal
  • lake mistassini — a lake in E Canada, in N Quebec: the largest lake in the province; drains through the Rupert River into James Bay. Area: 2175 sq km (840 sq miles). Length: about 160 km (100 miles)
  • lake saint john — a lake in Canada, in S Quebec: drained by the Saguenay River. Area: 971 sq km (375 sq miles)
  • lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
  • lake-saint-john — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
  • language skills — the ability to use language
  • least killifish — a fish, Heterandria formosa, of coastal swamps from South Carolina to Florida, that feeds on mosquito larvae.
  • leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
  • leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
  • lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • lick one's lips — to anticipate or recall something with glee or relish
  • lifestyle block — a semi-rural property comprising a house and land for small-scale farming
  • liquorice stick — a long, stick-shaped, liquorice-flavoured sweet, often dipped in sherbet, etc
  • local is lekker — popular slogan promoting South African culture, produce, etc
  • long-case clock — tall-case clock.
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