11-letter words containing ker
- hunker down — to squat on one's heels (often followed by down).
- ice-breaker — An ice-breaker is a large ship which sails through frozen waters, breaking the ice as it goes, in order to create a passage for other ships.
- icebreakers — Plural form of icebreaker.
- image-maker — handler (sense c)
- interbroker — relating to interbroker dealers or their work
- ironworkers — Plural form of ironworker.
- isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
- jailbreaker — One who breaks out of jail.
- jaw-breaker — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- jawbreakers — Plural form of jawbreaker.
- jerome kern — Jerome (David) 1885–1945, U.S. composer.
- joey hooker — Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- keratectomy — excision of part of the cornea.
- keratinised — Simple past tense and past participle of keratinise.
- keratinized — Simple past tense and past participle of keratinize.
- keratoconus — a degenerative condition characterized by conical protrusion of the cornea and irregular astigmatism.
- keratoderma — a disease of the horny layer of the skin, especially of the soles or palms.
- keratolysis — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
- keratolytic — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
- keratometer — an instrument for measuring the curvature of the cornea.
- keratophyre — a fine-grained soda trachyte
- keratoscope — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- kerb appeal — the attractiveness to potential buyers of a house when viewed from the road
- kerb broker — a stockbroker who works on the streets, especially after the stock exchange is closed for the day
- kerb market — curb (def 5).
- kerb weight — the weight of a motor car without occupants, luggage, etc
- kernel smut — a disease of sorghum and other grasses in which the grains are replaced by the black spores of a smut fungus, especially of the genera Tilletia and Ustilago.
- kernicterus — (medicine) Damage to the brain centres of infants caused by increased levels of unconjugated-indirect bilirubin which is free (not bound to albumin).
- kerr effect — the double refraction of light in certain substances, produced by an electric field.
- kingcroaker — The weakfish or sea trout.
- knobkerries — Plural form of knobkerry.
- land worker — a person who works on the land
- law-breaker — A law-breaker is someone who breaks the law.
- lawbreakers — Plural form of lawbreaker.
- lickerishly — In a lickerish manner.
- linebackers — Plural form of linebacker.
- locker room — A locker room is a room in which there are a lot of lockers.
- locker-room — of, characteristic of, or suitable to conversation in a locker room; earthy or sexually explicit: locker-room humor.
- 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.
- lumpsuckers — Plural form of lumpsucker.
- mantuamaker — A maker of women's clothes, especially dresses.
- marker buoy — a buoy used to distinguish or mark something
- matchmakers — Plural form of matchmaker.
- merrymakers — Plural form of merrymaker.
- metalworker — A person who shapes metal.
- microkernel — (operating system) An approach to operating system design emphasising small modules that implement the basic features of the system kernel and can be flexibly configured.
- mile-marker — a numbered milepost along a highway: used as a way of determining the exact location of a vehicle.
- mill worker — a person who works in a mill, esp a cotton mill
- mineworkers — Plural form of mineworker.