14-letter words containing i, r, o, k
- profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
- quick response — fast reaction time
- quotation mark — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
- railroad track — railway line
- railway worker — railroad employee
- raking cornice — either of two straight, sloping cornices on a pediment following or suggesting the slopes of a roof.
- re-embarkation — the act of boarding a ship or aircraft again
- reception desk — the front desk in a hotel where guests can books rooms or ask questions
- reckon without — If you say that you had reckoned without something, you mean that you had not expected it and so were not prepared for it.
- record-keeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- reservoir rock — rock that has sufficient porosity to contain accumulations of oil or gas.
- roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
- roanoke rapids — a city in NE North Carolina.
- rock formation — rock that is arranged or formed in a certain way
- rock mechanics — the study of the mechanical behaviour of rocks, esp their strength, elasticity, permeability, porosity, density, and reaction to stress
- rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
- rocket science — rocketry.
- rocking rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of metrical feet each of which consists of one accented syllable between two unaccented ones.
- roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
- rotating stock — Rotating stock is a system used especially in food stores and to reduce wastage, in which the oldest stock is moved to the front of shelves and new stock is added at the back.
- ruhmkorff coil — induction coil.
- saigo takamori — 1828–77, Japanese samurai, who led (1868) the coup that restored imperial government. In 1877 he reluctantly led a samurai rebellion, committing suicide when it failed
- schlockmeister — a person who deals in or sells inferior or worthless goods; junk dealer.
- self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- ski instructor — sb who teaches skiing
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- sorting tracks — the part of a railroad yard used for the final sorting of cars from a classification yard.
- st. louis park — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- stick together — be united
- stinking roger — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor.
- stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
- straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
- strike through — cross out
- surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
- tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
- take inventory — count stock or belongings
- the silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay
- throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.