13-letter words containing a, n, k, r, e, i
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- marketing mix — A company's marketing mix is the combination of marketing activities it uses in order to promote a particular product or service.
- marketisation — Alternative spelling of marketization.
- marketization — The exposure of an industry or service to market forces.
- marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
- masking frame — easel (def 2).
- necktie party — a lynching or other execution by hanging.
- nerve-racking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- nervewracking — Alternative form of nerve-wracking.
- neturei karta — a small ultra-orthodox Jewish group living mainly in Jerusalem and New York who oppose the establishment of a Jewish state by temporal means
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- order a drink — When a customer orders a drink, they ask for it to be brought to them.
- packing crate — A packing crate is a large wooden box in which things are put so that they can be stored or taken somewhere.
- park and ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
- park-and-ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
- parking brake — emergency brake.
- parking meter — a mechanical device for registering and collecting payment for the length of time that a vehicle occupies a parking space, consisting typically of a timer, actuated by a coin that a driver deposits upon parking, set in a headpiece mounted on a pole.
- parking place — an reserved area or a space in a street where a car may be parked
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
- peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).
- pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
- pinellas park — a city in W central Florida.
- poker machine — a fruit machine
- poplar kitten — a moth, (Furcula bifida,) which has larvae like those of the related puss moth
- porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
- power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
- question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
- rainbow snake — a burrowing snake, Farancia erytrogramma, of the southeastern U.S., having red and black stripes along the body, a red and yellow underside, and a sharp-tipped tail used in maneuvering prey.
- raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
- rank and file — the members of a group or organization apart from its leaders or officers.
- 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.
- rankine scale — William John Macquorn [muh-kwawrn] /məˈkwɔrn/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, Scottish engineer and physicist.
- reindeer lake — a lake in central Canada, in NE Saskatchewan and NW Manitoba. 2444 sq. mi. (6330 sq. km).
- riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
- ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
- risk aversion — a strong disinclination to take risks
- 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.
- rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
- semi-darkness — partial darkness
- shakespearian — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
- 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
- sirloin steak — cut of beef
- 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 reaction — an irritation or inflammation of the skin due to an allergy or infection, brought about by natural means or by a skin test.
- sneak preview — a preview of a motion picture, often shown in addition to an announced film, in order to observe the reaction of the audience.
- spark erosion — a method of machining using a shaped electrode which erodes the workpiece by an electric spark discharge between itself and the workpiece
- speaking part — a part in which the character speaks scripted dialogue