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12-letter words containing t, e, l, k, i

  • kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
  • king vulture — a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
  • kitchen foil — aluminium foil used in cooking or storing food
  • kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
  • kite balloon — a barrage balloon intended for use in information-gathering and observation; it is usually tethered to the ground and has lobes to keep it stable and pointing into the wind
  • kitty litter — litter (sense 4)
  • klein bottle — a one-sided figure consisting of a tapered tube the narrow end of which is bent back, run through the side of the tube, and flared to join the wide end, thereby allowing any two points on the figure to be joined by an unbroken line.
  • kleptocratic — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
  • kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
  • knightliness — Knightly behaviour; chivalry.
  • kylie effect — the increased awareness of breast cancer caused by the publicity surrounding its diagnosis in Kylie Minogue, born 1968, Australian singer and actress
  • lake ontario — a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
  • lake station — a town in NW Indiana.
  • latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
  • leave-taking — a saying farewell; a parting or goodbye; departure: His leave-taking was brief.
  • leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
  • lickspittles — Plural form of lickspittle.
  • likely story — dubious account
  • linen basket — a basket or container with a lid in which you put your dirty clothes before washing them
  • link trainer — a ground-training device for training pilots and aircrew in the use of flight instruments
  • little-known — not widely known; not famed
  • loosely-knit — associated or linked in a loose way
  • malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
  • metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
  • milk thistle — flowering plant
  • milking time — the time at which a cow is milked
  • mole cricket — any of several burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae that have fossorial forelegs and that feed on the roots of plants.
  • monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
  • more like it — closer to being what is wanted
  • mortice lock — A mortice lock is a type of lock which fits into a hole cut into the edge of a door rather than being fixed to one side of it.
  • mortise lock — a lock housed within a mortise in a door or the like, so that the lock mechanism is covered on both sides.
  • mountainlike — Resembling a mountain or some aspect of one.
  • multiskilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
  • multitaskers — Plural form of multitasker.
  • multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
  • musk thistle — a composite plant, Carduus nutans, having heads of nodding, rose-purple flowers, introduced into the U.S. from Eurasia.
  • nickel plate — thin coating of nickel
  • nickel steel — steel to which up to 9 percent nickel has been added.
  • nickel-plate — to coat with nickel by electroplating or other process.
  • nikola tesla — Nikola [nik-oh-luh] /ˈnɪk oʊ lə/ (Show IPA), 1856–1943, U.S. physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor, born in Croatia.
  • nothing like — totally dissimilar to, completely unlike
  • on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
  • pallet knife — a small, flat utensil for picking up and handling pastry paste.
  • pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
  • penalty kick — a free kick awarded for an infraction committed by a defensive player in the penalty area and taken by the offensive player who has been fouled from a point 12 yards (11 meters) directly in front of the goal.
  • pencil skirt — women's garment: straight skirt
  • pilot jacket — a type of leather jacket associated with U.S. Army pilots in World War II
  • plain turkey — a bustard
  • plane ticket — entitlement to travel by aircraft
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