13-letter words containing a, s, k, i
- quick-release — (of part of a device, etc) capable of being detached quickly and easily
- radhakrishnan — Sir Sarvepalli [suhr-vuh-puhl-ee] /ˌsʌr vəˈpʌl i/ (Show IPA), 1888–1975, president of India 1962–67.
- 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.
- rankine scale — William John Macquorn [muh-kwawrn] /məˈkwɔrn/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, Scottish engineer and physicist.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- risk aversion — a strong disinclination to take risks
- roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
- 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).
- sanction mark — a mark on pieces of 19th-century French furniture signifying that the piece met the quality standards required by the Parisian guild of ebonists
- sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
- 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.
- schiller park — a town in NE Illinois.
- scissors jack — a horizontal screw that raises or lowers a hinged, diamond-shaped frame.
- 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
- shack-tapping — the making of house-by-house visits to canvass.
- shakespearian — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
- shaking palsy — Parkinson's disease.
- shark biscuit — a bodyboard
- 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.”.
- shock tactics — shock tactics are a way of trying to influence people's attitudes to a particular matter by shocking them
- 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.
- 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
- sirloin steak — cut of beef
- siwalik hills — (Siwalik Range) a range in N India, S Nepal, and N Pakistan, in the S Himalaya Mountains.
- 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.