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13-letter words containing a, s, k, i, e

  • 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.
  • reduce a risk — If you reduce a risk, you lessen the potential damage that could be caused by a hazard or danger.
  • register mark — any of several marks incorporated onto printing plates to assist in the accurate positioning of images during printing
  • requiem shark — any of numerous, chiefly tropical sharks of the family Carcharhinidae, including the tiger shark and soupfin shark.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
  • sadie hawkins — Also called Sadie, Sadies. a party, dance, or other social event, especially one held annually among high school or college students, to which each girl escorts the boy of her choice, or invites him to escort her.
  • safari jacket — bush jacket.
  • san luis peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,014 feet (4271 meters).
  • sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
  • schiller park — a town in NE Illinois.
  • season ticket — a ticket for a specified series or number of events or valid for unlimited use during a specified time, often sold at a reduced rate, for athletic events, concerts, transportation, etc.
  • security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
  • semi-darkness — partial darkness
  • semipalatinsk — a city in NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
  • serial killer — anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
  • service break — an instance of a player winning a game against a server.
  • settling tank — a tank for holding liquid until particles suspended in it settle.
  • sewing basket — box for sewing accessories
  • shakespearian — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
  • sick headache — migraine.
  • sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
  • sidewalk sale — a sale, often held annually, as at the end of each summer, in which merchants display reduced-price merchandise on the sidewalks in front of their stores.
  • 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.
  • skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
  • skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
  • skin and bone — You can say someone is just skin and bone when you do not approve of the fact that they are very thin.
  • skin magazine — a magazine containing pornographic images
  • 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.
  • skip distance — the minimum distance along the earth's surface between the position of a short-wave transmitter and the region where its signal is received after one reflection from the ionosphere.
  • skittle alley — a place where the game of skittles is played
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • 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.
  • social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
  • social worker — sb who assists local community
  • spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
  • 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
  • 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.
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