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13-letter words containing a, k, i, n, g

  • road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
  • roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
  • rock painting — a painting done on rock, usually by early people
  • rocking chair — a chair mounted on rockers or springs so as to permit a person to rock back and forth while sitting.
  • rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
  • rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
  • running track — a piece of ground, usually oval-shaped, that is used for races involving athletes
  • scanning disk — (in mechanical scanning) a disk with a line of holes spiraling in from its edge, rotated in front of a surface so as to expose a small segment as each hole passes before it for transmitting or reproducing a picture.
  • settling tank — a tank for holding liquid until particles suspended in it settle.
  • sewing basket — box for sewing accessories
  • shack-tapping — the making of house-by-house visits to canvass.
  • shaking palsy — Parkinson's disease.
  • shark finning — the practice of catching sharks, removing their fins (which are commercially valuable) and throwing the rest of the shark back into the sea (often while it is still alive, but doomed to drown because it cannot swim without its fins)
  • shaving stick — a piece of shaving foam moulded into a slender shape and held in a slender container for ease of application to the face when removing hair with a razor
  • shilling mark — a virgule, as used as a divider between shillings and pence: One reads 2/6 as “two shillings and sixpence” or “two and six.”.
  • silla kingdom — an ancient Korean state that unified Korea; flourished in the 7th–10th centuries a.d.
  • single market — a market consisting of a number of nations, esp those of the European Union, in which goods, capital, and currencies can move freely across borders without tariffs or restrictions
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • skin grafting — the transplanting of healthy skin from the patient's or another's body to a wound or burn, to form new skin.
  • skin magazine — a magazine containing pornographic images
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • smoking stand — an ashtray mounted on a low pedestal, often placed next to an armchair, sofa, etc.
  • sparking plug — spark plug (def 1).
  • speaking part — a part in which the character speaks scripted dialogue
  • speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
  • speaking type — a device on a medal or coin that has a punning reference to a person or thing.
  • speech making — act of addressing the public formally
  • speed skating — ice skating as a form of racing, usually on an oval course and against other competitors or the clock.
  • speed walking — power walking.
  • spring a leak — to develop a leak
  • standing joke — If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.
  • stewing steak — Stewing steak is beef which is suitable for cooking slowly in a stew.
  • stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.
  • stocking mask — a nylon stocking used, especially by a criminal, to disguise the face.
  • stork parking — spaces reserved in a parking lot for cars driven by pregnant women or new mothers.
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
  • talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
  • talking point — a fact or feature that aids or supports one side, as in an argument or competition.
  • taranaki gate — a rough-and-ready gate in a fence made from wire and battens
  • telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
  • ticket agency — an agency dealing in the sale of tickets, especially theater tickets.
  • toasting fork — a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
  • tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
  • tracking shot — dolly shot.
  • trash-talking — disparaging or boastful language used especially to demoralize or intimidate opponents: trash-talking in the locker room.
  • 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.
  • valet parking — a service offered by a hotel, restaurant, etc., by which patrons' cars are parked by an attendant.
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
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