13-letter words containing k, a, r, n
- pinellas park — a city in W central Florida.
- planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
- playing trick — a card in a hand considered as likely to take a trick, assuming that the player who holds the hand or that player's partner is the declarer.
- poker machine — a fruit machine
- poplar kitten — a moth, (Furcula bifida,) which has larvae like those of the related puss moth
- porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
- power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- prawn cracker — a puffy savoury crisp made from rice flour and prawn flavouring, served with Chinese food
- prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
- profit taking — the selling of securities that have risen in price above costs; selling in order to realize a profit.
- profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
- profit-taking — Profit-taking is the selling of stocks and shares at a profit after their value has risen or just before their value falls.
- quaking grass — any of several grasses of the genus Briza, having spikelets with slender, drooping stalks.
- quanah parker — (Quanah Parker) 1845?–1911, Comanche leader.
- quandary peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Park Range, in the Rocky Mountains, NE of Leadville. 14,265 feet (4348 meters).
- quantity mark — a mark that is placed above a vowel or syllable to indicate its duration or length
- question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
- radhakrishnan — Sir Sarvepalli [suhr-vuh-puhl-ee] /ˌsʌr vəˈpʌl i/ (Show IPA), 1888–1975, president of India 1962–67.
- rahimyar khan — a city in E Pakistan.
- rainbow snake — a burrowing snake, Farancia erytrogramma, of the southeastern U.S., having red and black stripes along the body, a red and yellow underside, and a sharp-tipped tail used in maneuvering prey.
- raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
- rank and file — the members of a group or organization apart from its leaders or officers.
- rankine cycle — the hypothetical cycle of a steam engine in which all heat transfers take place at constant pressure and in which expansion and compression occur adiabatically.
- rankine scale — William John Macquorn [muh-kwawrn] /məˈkwɔrn/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, Scottish engineer and physicist.
- rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
- ratushinskaya — Irina (ɪˈriːnə). born 1954, Russian poet and writer: imprisoned (1983–86) in a Soviet labour camp on charges of subversion. Her publications include Poems (1984), Grey is the Colour of Hope (1988), and The Odessans (1992)
- regent's park — a park in central London, laid out as Marylebone Park by John Nash; now known for the London Zoo, its open-air theatre, and Nash's curved terraces
- reindeer lake — a lake in central Canada, in NE Saskatchewan and NW Manitoba. 2444 sq. mi. (6330 sq. km).
- return thanks — (of Christians) to say grace before a meal
- riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
- ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
- risk analysis — A risk analysis is a process of deciding how likely it is that injury, damage, or loss will happen, and what the effects will be if it does happen.
- risk aversion — a strong disinclination to take risks
- 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.
- roanoke bells — a wild plant, Mertensia virginica, of the borage family, native to the eastern U.S., grown as a garden plant for its handsome, nodding clusters of blue flowers.
- roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
- 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 painting — a painting done on rock, usually by early people
- 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.
- rocking chair — a chair mounted on rockers or springs so as to permit a person to rock back and forth while sitting.
- rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
- round kumquat — an evergreen, citrus shrub or small tree, Fortunella japonica, of Japan, having blunt, broad leaves and globe-shaped, edible fruit.
- run on a bank — A run on a bank is a situation in which borrowers are worried that the bank will fail and they all try to withdraw money at the same time.
- running track — a piece of ground, usually oval-shaped, that is used for races involving athletes
- saloon keeper — a person who owns or operates a saloon.
- 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
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae