11-letter words starting with ke
- keel vessel — any of various types of sailing vessels in which a fixed, projecting keel gives lateral resistance.
- keelboatman — a member of the crew of a keelboat.
- keelhauling — Present participle of keelhaul.
- keep kosher — to observe the Jewish dietary laws
- keep out of — to remain or cause to remain unexposed to
- keep stroke — to make strokes in rhythm
- keep wicket — to play as wicketkeeper in the game of cricket
- keeper hook — an S -shaped hook for securing doors, windows, etc., or for fastening a batten to a flat.
- kelly green — a strong yellow-green.
- kelly hours — a suggestion for the name of the hours before and after the traditional school day during which child-minding facilities are provided for the children of working parents
- kennel club — an association of dog breeders, usually concerned only with certain breeds of dogs.
- kenogenesis — Alternative form of caenogenesis.
- kente cloth — a fabric made esp. in Ghana, woven in strips of brightly patterned bands interspersed with bands of black
- kentia palm — a palm, Howea forsterana, of Lord Howe Island, Australia, having erect leaves, widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- 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.
- ketogenesis — the production of ketone bodies in the body, as in diabetes mellitus or low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets.
- ketone body — any of three compounds, acetoacetic acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, or acetone, that are intermediate in the metabolism of fatty acids and that are found in abnormal quantities in the blood and urine during certain pathological conditions, as diabetes mellitus.
- ketopentose — (carbohydrate) A pentose that is also a ketose.
- ketosteroid — any of a group of steroids containing a ketone group.
- ketotetrose — (carbohydrate) Any ketose having four carbon atoms.
- kettle base — a bombé base to a piece of furniture.
- kettle hole — a deep, kettle-shaped depression in glacial drift.
- kettledrums — 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.
- kew gardens — the Royal Botanic Gardens in the Greater London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, on the River Thames; established in 1759 and given to the nation in 1841
- kewpie doll — a doll having rosy cheeks and a curl of hair on its head
- key (in) on — to focus one's attention, effort, etc. on
- key station — a radio or television station that originates most of a network's broadcasting.
- keyboarders — Plural form of keyboarder.
- keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keyboardist — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keyed bugle — a bugle that has keys to make it possible to play a chromatic scale
- keyhole saw — a compass saw for cutting keyholes, etc.
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