13-letter words containing a, i, k, e
- tektosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
- telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
- tennis racket — long-handled bat used in tennis
- the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
- thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
- this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- tick-tack-toe — a simple game in which one player marks down only X's and another only O's, each alternating in filling in any of the nine compartments of a figure formed by two vertical lines crossed by two horizontal lines, the winner being the first to fill in three marks in any horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row.
- ticket agency — an agency dealing in the sale of tickets, especially theater tickets.
- tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- to keep at it — If you keep at it, you continue doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop.
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- trailer truck — a trailer designed to be drawn by a truck tractor or other motor truck.
- train-workers — people who work on trains
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- under-packing — the act or work of a person or thing that packs.
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- unworkmanlike — not appropriate to or befitting a good workman
- valet parking — a service offered by a hotel, restaurant, etc., by which patrons' cars are parked by an attendant.
- volcanic neck — neck (def 14).
- volcanic-neck — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- walkie-talkie — a combined transmitter and receiver light enough to be carried by one person: developed originally for military use in World War II.
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- walleyed pike — walleye (def 1).
- wankel engine — an internal-combustion rotary engine that utilizes a triangular rotor that revolves in a chamber (rather than a conventional piston that moves up and down in a cylinder): it has fewer moving parts and is generally smaller and lighter for a given horsepower.
- water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
- well-speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- west pakistan — a former province of British Pakistan, separated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) by N India: declared independence as Republic of Pakistan 1956.
- what it takes — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- white croaker — kingfish (def 2).
- wicket maiden — an over in which no runs are scored with the bat and at least one wicket is taken by the bowler
- wideawake hat — fully awake; with the eyes wide open.
- wild mandrake — the May apple, Podophyllum peltatum.
- wildlife park — animal reserve
- winnepesaukee — Lake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.
- winnipesaukee — Lake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.
- winter's bark — an evergreen tree, Drimys winteri, ranging from Mexico to Cape Horn, having aromatic leaves and cream-colored, jasmine-scented flowers.
- working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
- wrecking ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
- yekaterinburg — Ekaterinburg.
- yekaterinodar — a former name of Krasnodar.
- york imperial — an American variety of yellow or green apple with red stripes.