13-letter words containing a, s, k
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- magnetic disk — Also called disk, hard disk. a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- make a splash — If you make a splash, you become noticed or become popular because of something that you have done.
- make mischief — cause trouble
- make no bones — If you make no bones about something, you talk openly about it, rather than trying to keep it a secret.
- make position — the situation in which a short vowel may be regarded as long, that is, when it occurs before two or more consonants
- make sb's day — If something makes your day, it makes you feel very happy.
- make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
- make-up class — a course of teaching in the application of make-up
- manage a risk — If you manage a risk, you analyze how much you are in danger from a particular risk or hazard, and decide how to best deal with it.
- manrikigusari — a Japanese chain weapon with weighted ends, intended to strike or ensnare the enemy
- mark my words — If you say 'mark my words' to someone, you are emphasizing that something you have just warned them about is very likely to happen, especially when you think they should change their attitude or behaviour to prevent it.
- market basket — a basket or cart for groceries.
- market forces — factors driving the economy
- market square — a square in a village, town, etc in which a market is, or was formerly, held
- market trends — changes and developments in buying and selling in the market
- marketisation — Alternative spelling of marketization.
- marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
- masking frame — easel (def 2).
- masking piece — a flat, curtain, or other piece of scenery for concealing a part of a stage from the audience.
- master-stroke — a masterly action or achievement; an extremely skillful or effective action: War was avoided by a masterstroke of diplomacy.
- masterstrokes — Plural form of masterstroke.
- message stick — a stick bearing carved symbols, carried by a native Australian as identification
- milk lameness — a disease of cattle that produce a high milk yield, characterized by hip lameness associated with a low concentration of phosphorus in the blood
- milk saucepan — a type of small saucepan often used for heating milk
- milky disease — a bacterial disease of scarab beetle larvae and grubs, especially the Japanese beetle, which turns the larvae white.
- mischiefmaker — Alternative form of mischief-maker.
- miss the mark — to fail in achieving one's aim; be unsuccessful in one's attempt
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- mosquito hawk — nighthawk (def 1).
- multi-tasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- musselcracker — a large variety of sea bream, Sparodon durbanensis, that feeds on shellfish and is a popular food and game fish
- mustafa kemal — (Mustafa or Mustapha Kemal"Kemal Pasha") 1881–1938, Turkish general: president of Turkey 1923–38.
- narrow squeak — an escape only just managed
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- niklaus wirth — (person) The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
- noise masking — the use of noise to cancel out another sound, as with a white noise machine.
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- norwalk virus — a norovirus.
- novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
- oak wax scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
- on one's back — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- on your marks — On your marks in British English, or on your mark in American English, is a command given to runners at the beginning of a race in order to get them into the correct position to start.
- outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
- package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.
- packet switch — packet switching
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- painstakingly — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
- pairs skaters — two skaters, a man and a woman, or a boy and a girl, who skate together, esp in competitions
- pannikin boss — an overseer of a small group of workers; person with minor authority.