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13-letter words containing a, k, y

  • phytoplankter — a minute organism which constitutes part of phytoplankton
  • phytoplankton — the aggregate of plants and plantlike organisms in plankton.
  • piggyback car — a flatcar designed to accommodate containers or highway truck trailers.
  • platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
  • playback head — the part of a tape recorder that is used to pick up the magnetic pattern on tape in order to play back material previously recorded.
  • playing trick — a card in a hand considered as likely to take a trick, assuming that the player who holds the hand or that player's partner is the declarer.
  • policy-making — Policy-making is the making of policies.
  • 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
  • rahimyar khan — a city in E Pakistan.
  • rankine cycle — the hypothetical cycle of a steam engine in which all heat transfers take place at constant pressure and in which expansion and compression occur adiabatically.
  • 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)
  • rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
  • reality check — a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like.
  • remarkability — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
  • rib eye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
  • rib-eye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
  • risk analysis — A risk analysis is a process of deciding how likely it is that injury, damage, or loss will happen, and what the effects will be if it does happen.
  • sea hollyhock — a rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos.
  • security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
  • shaking palsy — Parkinson's disease.
  • shanks's pony — one's own legs as a means of transportation
  • shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
  • skittle alley — a place where the game of skittles is played
  • speaking type — a device on a medal or coin that has a punning reference to a person or thing.
  • squeaky clean — If you say that someone is squeaky clean, you mean that they live a very moral life and have never done anything wrong.
  • squeaky-clean — scrupulously clean.
  • stanley knife — A Stanley knife is a very sharp knife that is used to cut materials such as carpet and paper. It consists of a small blade fixed in the end of a handle.
  • stock buyback — buyback (def 3).
  • stock company — Finance. a company or corporation whose capital is divided into shares represented by stock.
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • take by storm — be a sudden success
  • take-home pay — the amount of salary remaining after deductions, as of taxes, have been made.
  • takeaway food — food which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
  • takeaway meal — a meal which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
  • thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner
  • the naked eye — If you say that something cannot be seen by the naked eye, you mean that it cannot be seen without the help of equipment such as a telescope or microscope.
  • this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
  • ticket agency — an agency dealing in the sale of tickets, especially theater tickets.
  • tillamook bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the NW coast of Oregon: resort center. 6 miles (10 km) long and 2 miles (3 km) wide.
  • to play hooky — If a child plays hooky, they stay away from school without permission.
  • token payment — a small payment binding an agreement or acknowledging a debt.
  • turkey carpet — a wool carpet made in one piece and having a deep velvety pile and rich glowing colours
  • unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
  • vandyke beard — a short, pointed beard.
  • vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
  • vinaya pitaka — a collection of scriptures, originally recorded from oral traditions in the 1st century b.c., divided into one of three parts (Pitaka) sermons () the rules of the Buddhist order () and several treatises on philosophy and psychology ()
  • wacky tobacky — marijuana.
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