11-letter words containing u, a, k
- kick around — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- klausenburg — German name of Cluj-Napoca.
- knackwursts — Plural form of knackwurst.
- knock about — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knockabouts — Plural form of knockabout.
- knuckleball — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
- knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
- kongur shan — a mountain in China, in W Xinjiang: the highest peak in the Pamirs. Height: 7719 m (25 325 ft)
- konrad zuse — (person) The designer of the first programming language, Plankalkül, and the first fully functional program-controlled electromechanical digital computer in the world, the Z3. He died on 1995-12-18 in Huenfeld, Germany.
- kookaburras — Plural form of kookaburra.
- koulibiacas — Plural form of koulibiaca.
- krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
- kublai khan — 1216–94, khan c1260–94: founder of the Mongol dynasty in China (grandson of Genghis Khan).
- kulturkampf — the conflict between the German imperial government and the Roman Catholic Church from 1872 or 1873 until 1886, chiefly over the control of education and ecclesiastical appointments.
- kumaratunga — Chandrika (ˈtʃʊnˌdrɪkə) Bandaranaike. born 1945, Sri Lankan politician: prime minister (1994); president (1994–2005)
- kurdaitchas — Plural form of kurdaitcha.
- lack-luster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
- lake rudolf — the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- 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.
- laugh track — a separate sound track of prerecorded laughter added to the sound track of a radio or television program to enhance or feign audience responses.
- leucoplakia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leukaemogen — a substance or agent which promotes the development of leukaemia
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- leukoplakia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leukoplakic — Relating to leukoplakia.
- leukoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leukorrheal — Relating to leukorrhea.
- lienyunkang — Lianyungang.
- look around — examine surrounding area
- loudspeaker — any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
- luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
- lucky break — a fortunate and unexpected turn of events
- lucky charm — an object that is believed to bring its owner good luck
- luff tackle — a tackle having a double block and a single block, giving a mechanical advantage of three or four, neglecting friction, depending on which is the standing and which is the running block.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- lutosławski — Witold (ˈvitɔlt). 1913–94, Polish composer, whose works frequently juxtapose aleatoric and notated writing
- make a buck — If you are trying to make a buck, you are trying to earn some money.
- make a fuss — complain about sth
- make fun of — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- make rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- make up for — compensate
- make use of — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- make-up bag — a bag in which cosmetics are kept
- make-up man — a man who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- mantuamaker — A maker of women's clothes, especially dresses.
- manual work — work involving the hands, as opposed to an office job, for example