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13-letter words containing a, l, k

  • brook lamprey — a jawless fish, Lampetra planeri, native to the European part of the Atlantic Ocean and the northwest Mediterranean
  • brooklyn park — city in SE Minn.: suburb of Minneapolis: pop. 67,000
  • bucket ladder — a series of buckets that move in a continuous chain, used to dredge riverbeds, etc, or to excavate land
  • bulkhead deck — the uppermost continuous deck in the hull of a vessel, forming watertight compartments with the main transverse bulkheads.
  • cab rank rule — the rule that obliges barristers to take on any client in strict rotation
  • caesium clock — a type of atomic clock that uses the frequency of radiation absorbed in changing the spin of electrons in caesium atoms
  • cakes and ale — the good things of life; worldly pleasures
  • calisaya bark — the bark of any of several tropical trees of the rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, from which quinine is extracted
  • called strike — a pitch not swung at by a batter but ruled a strike by the umpire.
  • camel cricket — cave cricket.
  • candlewicking — a kind of embroidery used for a bedspread, tablecloth, or pillow cover, patterned with French knots of candlewick embroidery thread or yarn
  • capital stock — the par value of the total share capital that a company is authorized to issue
  • casual worker — a person who has temporary, as opposed to permanent or regular, employment
  • cattle market — A cattle market is a market where cattle are bought and sold.
  • central karoo — an arid plateau of S central South Africa, in Cape Province, separated from the Little Karoo to the southwest by the Swartberg range. Average height: 750 m (2500 ft)
  • chameleonlike — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
  • channel black — the soot of a natural gas flame, used in paints; fine carbon.
  • chilkoot pass — a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast Range
  • chock-a-block — A place that is chock-a-block is very full of people, things, or vehicles.
  • christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
  • chub mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomber japonicus, of Atlantic and Pacific seas and parts of the Indian Ocean.
  • chuckleheaded — a stupid person; blockhead.
  • cicada killer — a black or rust-colored digger wasp, Sphecius speciosis, with a yellow-banded abdomen, that preys on cicadas.
  • circular-knit — noting, pertaining to, or made of a fabric made by circular knitting.
  • clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
  • clearing mark — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
  • clicketyclack — a rhythmic, metallic sound, as that made by the wheels of a moving train
  • clock watcher — an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
  • clock-watcher — an employee who checks the time in anticipation of a break or of the end of the working day
  • clothesbasket — a basket for holding and carrying laundry.
  • cock-a-leekie — a soup made by boiling chicken with leeks
  • cocktail hour — the interval before the evening meal during which cocktails and other alcoholic beverages are often served.
  • coffee klatch — A coffee klatch is a social event at which coffee is served.
  • constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
  • control freak — If you say that someone is a control freak, you mean that they want to be in control of every situation they find themselves in.
  • crack a smile — to break into a smile
  • crackle china — porcelain or pottery with intentional crazing
  • craftsmanlike — Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.
  • crayola books — (publication)   A humorous and/or disparaging term for the rainbow series of National Computer Security Center (NCSC) computer security standards. See also Orange Book.
  • crevalle jack — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
  • cricket table — a three-legged table of the Jacobean period.
  • curly bracket — a punctuation mark { }, also used as a symbol in maths
  • cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
  • cyberstalkers — Plural form of cyberstalker.
  • cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
  • dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
  • desk calendar — a loose-leaf calendar containing one or two pages for each day, with spaces for notes.
  • dewar (flask) — a double-walled flask with a vacuum between the walls, which are silvered on the inside, used esp. for storage of liquefied gases
  • digital clock — a clock that displays the time in numerical digits rather than by hands on a dial.
  • dock-walloper — a casual laborer about docks or wharves.
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