13-letter words containing a, k, u, r
- quaker-ladies — bluet (def 1).
- quaking grass — any of several grasses of the genus Briza, having spikelets with slender, drooping stalks.
- quanah parker — (Quanah Parker) 1845?–1911, Comanche leader.
- quandary peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Park Range, in the Rocky Mountains, NE of Leadville. 14,265 feet (4348 meters).
- quantity mark — a mark that is placed above a vowel or syllable to indicate its duration or length
- quarter crack — sand crack.
- quarterbacked — Simple past tense and past participle of quarterback.
- quarterdecker — an officer who serves on the quarterdeck; a gun situated on the quarterdeck
- question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
- quick-release — (of part of a device, etc) capable of being detached quickly and easily
- raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
- rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
- ratushinskaya — Irina (ɪˈriːnə). born 1954, Russian poet and writer: imprisoned (1983–86) in a Soviet labour camp on charges of subversion. Her publications include Poems (1984), Grey is the Colour of Hope (1988), and The Odessans (1992)
- redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
- reduce a risk — If you reduce a risk, you lessen the potential damage that could be caused by a hazard or danger.
- requiem shark — any of numerous, chiefly tropical sharks of the family Carcharhinidae, including the tiger shark and soupfin shark.
- return thanks — (of Christians) to say grace before a meal
- round kumquat — an evergreen, citrus shrub or small tree, Fortunella japonica, of Japan, having blunt, broad leaves and globe-shaped, edible fruit.
- rub' al khali — a desert in S Arabia, mainly in Saudi Arabia, extending southeast from Nejd to Hadramaut and northeast from Yemen to the United Arab Emirates. Area: about 777 000 sq km (300 000 sq miles)
- rub` al khali — a desert in S Arabia, N of Hadhramaut and extending from Yemen to Oman. About 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km).
- run on a bank — A run on a bank is a situation in which borrowers are worried that the bank will fail and they all try to withdraw money at the same time.
- running track — a piece of ground, usually oval-shaped, that is used for races involving athletes
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- shark biscuit — a bodyboard
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shulhan arukh — an authoritative code of Jewish law and custom compiled by the Talmudic scholar Joseph Caro (1488–1575), the original edition published in Vienna in 1565 emphasizing the practices of Sephardic Jews.
- soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- sparking plug — spark plug (def 1).
- squash racket — a light long-handled racket used in the game of squash
- steamer trunk — a rectangular traveling trunk low enough to slide under a bunk on a ship.
- strange quark — a quark having electric charge −1/3 times the elementary charge and strangeness −1; it is more massive than the up and down quarks.
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- sunken garden — a formal garden set below the main level of the ground surrounding it.
- supermarketer — a person who owns or operates a supermarket.
- take measures — act, do sth practical
- tanjungkarang — a city in Indonesia, in S Sumatra on the Sunda Strait; merged with Telukbetung to form the city of Bandar Lampung
- to run a risk — If you run the risk of doing or experiencing something undesirable, you do something knowing that the undesirable thing might happen as a result.
- trailer truck — a trailer designed to be drawn by a truck tractor or other motor truck.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- truchas peaks — group of mountains in N New Mexico, NE of Santa Fe in the S Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
- truck tractor — tractor (def 2).
- truck-tractor — a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
- tubular skate — a type of ice skate consisting of a steel blade set into an aluminum tube and connected to the shoe by tubular supports, used for both hockey and racing skates.
- turkey carpet — a wool carpet made in one piece and having a deep velvety pile and rich glowing colours
- tussock grass — any of various grasses that grow in tuftlike clumps.
- ullage rocket — a small hydrogen peroxide rocket engine that produces sufficient acceleration to keep propellants in their places when the main rocket is shut off
- under-packing — the act or work of a person or thing that packs.
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable