13-letter words containing k, a, r, n
- dark reaction — the stage of photosynthesis involving the reduction of carbon dioxide and the dissociation of water, using chemical energy stored in ATP: does not require the presence of light
- decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
- denmark vesey — Denmark, 1767–1822, black freedman, born probably on St. Thomas, Danish West Indies: hanged as alleged leader of a slave insurrection, in Charleston, S.C.
- desk calendar — a loose-leaf calendar containing one or two pages for each day, with spaces for notes.
- dinner jacket — tuxedo (def 1).
- disembarkment — to go ashore from a ship.
- dragon market — any of the emerging markets of the Pacific rim, esp Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines
- dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
- drink to that — People say 'I'll drink to that' to show that they agree with and approve of something that someone has just said.
- drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
- eureka moment — a moment at which a person realizes or solves something
- fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
- fast-tracking — the practice of speeding up the progress of a project or person
- francis crick — Francis Harry Compton, 1916–2004, English biophysicist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1962.
- frank chapman — Frank Michler [mik-ler] /ˈmɪk lər/ (Show IPA), 1864–1945, U.S. ornithologist, museum curator, and author.
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- frankenthaler — Helen, 1928–2011, U.S. painter.
- franklin park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- franklin tree — a deciduous tree, Franklinia alatamaha, having large, white, fragrant flowers, one of the rarest trees in the world, once native only to Georgia and now known only in cultivation.
- freshman week — a week at the beginning of the school year with a program planned to orient entering students, especially at a college.
- gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- grease monkey — a mechanic, especially one who works on automobiles or airplanes.
- great khingan — a mountain range in NE China: highest peak, 5000 feet (1525 meters).
- ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- hard-drinking — If you describe someone as a hard-drinking person, you mean that they frequently drink large quantities of alcohol.
- head shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- head-shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- headshrinkers — Plural form of headshrinker.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
- heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
- 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.
- internet bank — a bank that allows customers to conduct business online, esp exclusively so
- jack robinson — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- kahramanmaras — a city in S Turkey, near the Taurus mountain range.
- kangaroo care — a method of caring for a premature baby in which the baby is periodically held against a parent's bare chest.
- kangaroo code — spaghetti code
- kangaroo vine — an Australian vine, Cissus antarctica, of the grape family, having shiny, leathery leaves.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- katzenjammers — Plural form of katzenjammer.
- kenneth arrow — Kenneth Joseph, born 1921, U.S. economist: Nobel Prize 1972.