13-letter words containing i, k, a, r
- 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.
- shakespearian — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
- 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)
- 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.”.
- 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.
- skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
- skin grafting — the transplanting of healthy skin from the patient's or another's body to a wound or burn, to form new skin.
- 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.
- 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
- soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- spark erosion — a method of machining using a shaped electrode which erodes the workpiece by an electric spark discharge between itself and the workpiece
- sparking plug — spark plug (def 1).
- speaking part — a part in which the character speaks scripted dialogue
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- spring a leak — to develop a leak
- station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
- stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.
- stork parking — spaces reserved in a parking lot for cars driven by pregnant women or new mothers.
- strait-jacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
- streptokinase — an enzyme used to dissolve blood clots.
- strikebreaker — a person who takes part in breaking up a strike of workers, either by working or by furnishing workers.
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
- tailor's-tack — one of a series of loose looped stitches used to transfer markings for seams, darts, etc, from a paper pattern to material
- take pride in — be proud
- take to drink — If someone takes to drink, they start to drink a lot of alcohol regularly, usually because they are depressed or worried about something.
- taranaki gate — a rough-and-ready gate in a fence made from wire and battens
- taranaki wind — natural gas from Taranaki
- tarpeian rock — a rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which criminals and traitors were hurled.
- task-mistress — a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
- task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
- telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
- tennis racket — long-handled bat used in tennis
- thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- to run a risk — If you run the risk of doing or experiencing something undesirable, you do something knowing that the undesirable thing might happen as a result.
- toasting fork — a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
- tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
- tracking shot — dolly shot.
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- trailer truck — a trailer designed to be drawn by a truck tractor or other motor truck.
- train-workers — people who work on trains