13-letter words containing c, o, r, k
- rescue worker — someone who works to bring people out of danger, attack, harm, etc, esp after a disaster, accident, etc
- research work — work concerning research into or investigation into a subject, topic, etc, particularly in the sciences
- resource fork — Macintosh file system
- return-cocked — (of a cock bead) situated at an angle or arris.
- road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
- rock 'n' roll — a style of popular music that derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and a simple, repetitive phrase structure.
- rock and roll — a style of popular music that derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and a simple, repetitive phrase structure.
- rock barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- rock climbing — the sport of climbing sheer rocky surfaces on the sides of mountains, often with the aid of special equipment.
- rock hounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks, fossils, or minerals.
- rock painting — a painting done on rock, usually by early people
- rock squirrel — a large, gray ground squirrel, Spermophilus variegatus, inhabiting rocky areas of the southwestern U.S.
- rock the boat — to move or sway to and fro or from side to side.
- rock-'n'-roll — a style of popular music that derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and a simple, repetitive phrase structure.
- rock-and-roll — a style of popular music that derives in part from blues and folk music and is marked by a heavily accented beat and a simple, repetitive phrase structure.
- rock-fill dam — a dam built mainly of rocks of various sizes fitted compactly together.
- rocket attack — a missile attack
- rocket engine — a reaction engine that produces a thrust due to an exhaust consisting entirely of material, as oxidizer, fuel, and inert matter, that has been carried with the engine in the vehicle it propels, none of the propellant being derived from the medium through which the vehicle moves.
- rocking chair — a chair mounted on rockers or springs so as to permit a person to rock back and forth while sitting.
- rocking horse — a toy horse, as of wood, mounted on rockers or springs, on which children may ride; hobbyhorse.
- rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
- rocking stone — any fairly large rock so situated on its base that slight forces can cause it to move or sway.
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- roller hockey — a game similar to ice hockey played on roller skates.
- rolling stock — the wheeled vehicles of a railroad, including locomotives, freight cars, and passenger cars.
- round-cheeked — having plump cheeks
- 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
- scissors jack — a horizontal screw that raises or lowers a hinged, diamond-shaped frame.
- scissors kick — a propelling motion of the legs in which they move somewhat like the blades of a pair of scissors, used in the sidestroke.
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- second-strike — noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
- seiko rc-4000 — A wristwatch with an EIA-232 interface. A clip fitted round the watch and made electrical contact. This clip had a socket for a stereo style jack lead the other end of which was a 25-way D-type connector. The lead allowed you to enter phone numbers etc. into the watch without having to play with tiny buttons. It also meant if the battery on your watch ran out you could restore the data without having to type it all in again. It was around the era of the 8-bit home computers like the Spectrum, BBC Microcomputer, Apple II, C64 - the 1980s.
- 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
- skin friction — the friction acting on a solid body when it is moving through a fluid
- 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.
- smoke chamber — an enlarged area between the throat of a fireplace and the chimney flue.
- 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
- socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
- sports jacket — a jacket, often of textured wool or colorful pattern, with a collar, lapels, long sleeves, and buttons in the front, cut somewhat fuller than the jacket of a business suit, worn with slacks for informal occasions.
- spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
- sprocket hole — any of a series of regular perforations along the edge of photographic film for engaging the drive sprockets in a motion-picture camera or projector.
- staccato mark — (in music notation) a dot, wedge, or vertical stroke over or under a note to indicate that it should be played staccato.
- steering lock — an anti-theft device
- stick out for — If you stick out for something, you keep demanding it and do not accept anything different or less.
- sticker shock — unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.
- stock control — Stock control is the activity of making sure that a company always has exactly the right amount of goods available to sell.
- stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.