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13-letter words containing d, o, r, k

  • groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
  • groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
  • holiday-maker — vacationer.
  • holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
  • hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
  • hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
  • hydroxyketone — a ketone containing a hydroxyl group.
  • kangaroo code — spaghetti code
  • kolding fjord — an inlet of the Little Belt at the head of which is Kolding
  • komodo dragon — the largest monitor lizard, Varanus komodoensis, of Komodo and other East Indian islands: grows to a length of 3 m (about 10 ft) and a weight of 135 kilograms (about 300 lbs.)
  • korf, richard — Richard Korf
  • labrador duck — an extinct sea duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, of northern North America, having black and white plumage.
  • leopard shark — a small, inshore shark, Triakis semifasciata, having distinctive black markings across the back, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters from Oregon through California.
  • london rocket — the plant Sisymbrium irio
  • look ahead lr — Look Ahead Left-to-right parse, Rightmost-derivation
  • 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.
  • microdiskette — Alternative spelling of micro-diskette.
  • milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
  • mock whipbird — an Australian bird, Pachycephala rufiventris, which is not of the whipbird family
  • monkey around — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
  • monkey bridge — flying bridge.
  • monkey orchid — a European orchid, Orchis simia, rare in Britain, having a short dense flower spike that opens from the top downwards. The flowers are white streaked with pink or violet and have five spurs thought to resemble a monkey's arms, legs, and tail
  • neck and crop — completely; entirely
  • neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
  • no-knock raid — a search warrant that allows police officers to enter a property without knocking
  • nordic skiing — types of skiing in which the heel of the boot is not fixed to the ski, especially cross-country skiing and ski-jumping
  • north dakotan — a state in the N central United States. 70,665 sq. mi. (183,020 sq. km). Capital: Bismarck. Abbreviation: ND (for use with zip code), N. Dak.
  • offshore dock — a floating dock moored to pilings, dolphins, etc., used for cleaning and repairing medium-sized vessels.
  • order a drink — When a customer orders a drink, they ask for it to be brought to them.
  • ordzhonikidze — Also, Orjonikidze. former name of Vladikavkaz.
  • orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
  • overhand knot — a simple knot of various uses that slips easily.
  • overland park — a town in E Kansas, near Kansas City.
  • pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
  • pick-and-roll — an offensive maneuver in which a player interposes himself or herself between a teammate with the ball and a defender, then cuts quickly toward the basket for a pass from the same teammate.
  • powder monkey — (formerly) a boy employed on warships to carry gunpowder from the magazine to the guns.
  • powdered milk — dry milk.
  • recordkeeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
  • red-hot poker — tritoma.
  • redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
  • return-cocked — (of a cock bead) situated at an angle or arris.
  • reworked wool — used wool which is reprocessed for additional use.
  • 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.
  • 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 hounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks, fossils, or minerals.
  • 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.
  • roll-top desk — a flexible, sliding cover for the working area of a desk, opening by rising upward and back in quadrantal grooves and rolling up beneath the top.
  • round kumquat — an evergreen, citrus shrub or small tree, Fortunella japonica, of Japan, having blunt, broad leaves and globe-shaped, edible fruit.
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