13-letter words containing ke
- jomo kenyatta — Jomo [joh-moh] /ˈdʒoʊ moʊ/ (Show IPA), 1893?–1978, Kenyan political leader: president 1964–78.
- joseph hooker — Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- joyner-kersee — Jacqueline ("Jackie") born 1962, U.S. track and field athlete.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- keep in touch — stay in contact
- keep on about — If you say that someone keeps on about something, you mean that they keep talking about it in a boring way.
- keep sb sweet — If you keep someone sweet, you do something to please them in order to prevent them from becoming annoyed or dissatisfied.
- keep track of — monitor, maintain record of
- kemal ataturk — (Mustafa or Mustapha Kemal"Kemal Pasha") 1881–1938, Turkish general: president of Turkey 1923–38.
- kennebunkport — a town in SW Maine: summer resort.
- kenneth arrow — Kenneth Joseph, born 1921, U.S. economist: Nobel Prize 1972.
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- kentucky lake — reservoir in SW Ky. & W Tenn., on the Tennessee River: 247 sq mi (640 sq km); 184 mi (296 km) long
- kenwood house — a 17th-century mansion on Hampstead Heath in London: remodelled and decorated by Robert Adam: contains the Iveagh bequest, a noted art collection
- kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
- kepler's laws — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- keratomycosis — Fungal infection of the cornea.
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- kernel parlog — (language) A modeless intermediate language for Parlog compilation.
- kerosene lamp — light fuelled by paraffin
- kettle stitch — (in handsewing) a knot tied in the thread that links one section to the next.
- kettle-bottom — noting a wide, flat-bottomed hull formerly used for merchant sailing vessels.
- kettle-stitch — a stitch used in hand-sewn books, at the head and tail, to hold sheets or sections together
- kettledrummer — a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass, copper, or fiberglass over which is stretched a skin, the tension of which can be modified by hand screws or foot pedals to vary the pitch.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- king mackerel — a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
- kirkland lake — a town in E Ontario, in S Canada: gold-mining center.
- knickerbocker — a descendant of the Dutch settlers of New York.
- knickknackery — Various trinkets or novelties; bric-a-brac.
- kootenay lake — a lake in W Canada, in S British Columbia. 64 miles (103 km) long.
- labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
- lake balkhash — a salt lake in SE Kazakhstan: fed by the Ili River. Area: about 18 000 sq km (7000 sq miles)
- lake district — a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.
- lake dwelling — a house, especially of prehistoric times, built on piles or other support over the water of a lake.
- lake maggiore — a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland, in the S Lepontine Alps
- lake manitoba — a lake in W Canada, in S Manitoba: fed by the outflow from Lake Winnipegosis; drains into Lake Winnipeg. Area: 4706 sq km (1817 sq miles)
- lake michigan — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
- lake onondaga — a salt lake in central New York State. Area: about 13 sq km (5 sq miles)
- lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
- lake superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- lake titicaca — a lake between S Peru and W Bolivia, in the Andes: the highest large lake in the world; drained by the Desaguadero River flowing into Lake Poopó. Area: 8135 sq km (3141 sq miles). Altitude: 3809 m (12 497 ft). Depth: 370 m (1214 ft)
- lake victoria — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- lake winnipeg — a lake in S Canada, in Manitoba: drains through the Nelson River into Hudson Bay. Area: 23 553 sq km (9094 sq miles)
- lake-superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- lake-urumiyeh — Lake. Urmia, Lake.
- leatherjacket — Also called leather jack. any of several carangid fishes having narrow, linear scales embedded in the skin at various angles, especially Oligoplites saurus, found in tropical American waters.
- lickerishness — Quality of being lickerish.
- lickety-split — at great speed; rapidly: to travel lickety-split.
- light whiskey — a light-colored, mild whiskey aged in new or used casks for not less than four years