15-letter words containing k, e, i, r, t, s
- rib-eye (steak) — a beefsteak cut from the rib section, with the bone removed
- rigel kentaurus — Alpha Centauri.
- rigil kentaurus — Astronomy. Alpha Centauri.
- risk assessment — the evaluation of the possible risks in a product,situation, activity or course of action
- risk management — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
- rumpelstiltskin — a dwarf in a German folktale who spins flax into gold for a young woman to meet the demands of the prince she has married, on the condition that she give him her first child or else guess his name: she guesses his name and he vanishes or destroys himself in a rage.
- salisbury steak — ground beef, sometimes mixed with other foods, shaped like a hamburger patty and broiled or fried, often garnished or served with a sauce.
- schrecklichkeit — frightfulness; horror.
- shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- shock resistant — not affected by impact
- shock-resistant — strong or resilient enough to sustain minor impacts without damage to the internal mechanism: a shock-resistant watch.
- sidewalk artist — an artist who draws pictures on the sidewalk, especially with colored chalk, as a means of soliciting money from passers-by.
- sit-down strike — a strike during which workers occupy their place of employment and refuse to work or allow others to work until the strike is settled.
- skylight filter — a very slightly pink filter that absorbs ultraviolet light and reduces haze and excessive blueness
- smoking-concert — a concert where smoking is allowed.
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- south yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 603 sq. mi. (1561 sq. km).
- sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
- spiral notebook — a notebook held together by a coil of wire passed through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages
- stalactite work — (in Islamic architecture) intricate decorative corbeling in the form of brackets, squinches, and portions of pointed vaults.
- steak au poivre — pepper steak (def 2).
- sticky-fingered — given to thieving
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- straight ticket — a ballot on which all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party.
- straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
- strike it lucky — to have some good luck
- strike pay dirt — to achieve one's objective
- strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
- striking circle — the semicircular area in front of each goal, which an attacking player must have entered before scoring a goal
- surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it
- sympathy strike — a strike by a body of workers, not because of grievances against their own employer, but by way of endorsing and aiding another group of workers who are on strike or have been locked out.
- tamarisk gerbil — gerbil (def 2).
- terror-stricken — overwhelmed by terror; terrified.
- thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
- thankworthiness — the state or quality of being thankworthy or deserving thanks
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- thunderstricken — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
- to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
- track athletics — sporting activities, such as relay running or sprinting, which take place on a running track
- travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
- turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- university park — a city in N Texas.
- unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- white snakeroot — a North American plant, Eupatorium urticaefolium, the roots or rhizomes of which have been used as a remedy for snakebite
- winchester disk — a hard disk that is permanently mounted in its unit.
- wonder-stricken — struck or affected with wonder.
- working storage — the amount of memory used to temporarily store results or other data while a program is running.