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11-letter words containing ka

  • joukahainen — a Lapp magician who tried to kill Väinämöinen.
  • kabbalistic — cabalistic.
  • kaffir corn — a Southern African variety of sorghum, cultivated in dry regions for its grain and as fodder
  • kaffir lily — clivia.
  • kaffir lime — an Asian citrus tree, Citrus hystrix, having green fruit with wrinkly skin and aromatic leaves that are used in Thai and Indonesian cookery.
  • kailyardism — kaleyard school.
  • kainic acid — an analogue of glutamate, C 10 H 15 NO 4 , derived from the red alga Digenia simplex, used experimentally to stimulate certain neurons in the brain.
  • kaiser roll — a rounded, unsweetened roll, formed by folding the corners of a square of dough toward the center, often sprinkled with poppy seeds before baking.
  • kalashnikov — A Kalashnikov is a type of rifle that is made in Russia.
  • kaliningrad — a seaport in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the Bay of Danzig.
  • kalsomining — to wash or cover with calcimine.
  • kamelaukion — a tall, black, brimless, flat-topped hat, worn by the clergy of the Eastern Church.
  • kana-majiri — the standard script of modern Japanese, in which kanji are used for root elements, supplemented by kana for inflections and particles and sometimes for indication of the Japanese pronunciation of kanji.
  • kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
  • kanga pirau — fermented corn used as food
  • kansas city — a city in W Missouri, at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers.
  • kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
  • kapuskasing — a town in central Ontario, in S Canada.
  • kara-kalpak — one of a people living in the Kara-Kalpak Republic and adjacent areas.
  • karaoke bar — a bar that holds karaoke sessions
  • karate chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
  • karate-chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
  • karl jansky — Karl Guthe, 1905–50, U.S. engineer: pioneer in radio astronomy.
  • karma-marga — any of the three ways to salvation, which are those of devotion to certain gods (bhakti-marga) of study (jnana-marga) and of actions (karma-marga)
  • karyotyping — the analysis of chromosomes.
  • kashmir rug — a handmade Oriental rug that is woven flat without pile and covered entirely with embroidered patterns of colored yarns.
  • katabothron — an underground channel created by water erosion
  • katharevusa — the puristic Modern Greek literary language (distinguished from Demotic).
  • kauri resin — a hard resin obtained from the bark of the kauri or found, sometimes in masses of as much as 100 pounds (45 kg), in the soil where the tree has grown: used chiefly in making varnish.
  • kawanatanga — governing; governorship
  • kazantzakis — Nikos [nee-kaws] /ˈni kɔs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1957, Greek poet and novelist.
  • kinkaid act — an act of Congress (1904) providing for the granting of 640-acre homesteads to settlers in western Nebraska.
  • knockabouts — Plural form of knockabout.
  • kookaburras — Plural form of kookaburra.
  • 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.
  • lake baikal — a lake in Russia, in SE Siberia: the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia and the deepest in the world. Greatest depth: over 1500 m (5000 ft). Area: about 33 670 sq km (13 000 sq miles)
  • lake kariba — a dam built across the Zambezi for the purposes of generating hydroelectric power; it created Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border
  • lashkar gah — a city in S Afghanistan, situated between the Arghandab and Helmand rivers: capital of Helmand province. Pop: 201 546 (2006 est)
  • leukaemogen — a substance or agent which promotes the development of leukaemia
  • lienyunkang — Lianyungang.
  • likableness — The property of being likable, that which makes likable.
  • makassarese — a member of a Muslim people of southwestern Sulawesi, near Ujung Pandang, closely related to the Buginese.
  • makhachkala — an autonomous republic in the SW Russian Federation on the W shore of the Caspian Sea. 19,421 sq. mi. (50,300 sq. km). Capital: Makhachkala. Formerly Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • malakatoone — a variety of large peach
  • mdewakanton — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
  • minangkabau — a member of an Indonesian people native to west-central Sumatra.
  • mis-package — a bundle of something, usually of small or medium size, that is packed and wrapped or boxed; parcel.
  • montelukast — a type of oral drug containing a leukotriene inhibitor, used in the treatment of asthma and seasonal allergies.
  • muskallonge — muskellunge.
  • muslin kail — barley broth or barley and vegetable soup.
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