13-letter words containing k, e, r, a, t
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- internet bank — a bank that allows customers to conduct business online, esp exclusively so
- jack-the-rags — a rag-and-bone man
- jesuit's bark — cinchona (def 2).
- kapellmeister — a choirmaster.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- katharometers — Plural form of katharometer.
- katzenjammers — Plural form of katzenjammer.
- keep track of — monitor, maintain record of
- kemal ataturk — (Mustafa or Mustapha Kemal"Kemal Pasha") 1881–1938, Turkish general: president of Turkey 1923–38.
- kenneth arrow — Kenneth Joseph, born 1921, U.S. economist: Nobel Prize 1972.
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- keratomycosis — Fungal infection of the cornea.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- khapra beetle — a tiny cosmopolitan beetle, Trogoderma granarium, that is a pest of stored grain and other dried organic matter.
- kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
- kindergartner — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kindheartedly — In a kindhearted manner.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
- kitchen paper — also kitchen roll
- kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
- knight errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- knight-errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- know by heart — have memorized
- kraft process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an alkaline liquor consisting chiefly of caustic soda together with sodium sulfate.
- labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
- lake district — a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.
- lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
- lake victoria — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- lantern clock — an English bracket clock of the late 16th and 17th centuries, having a brass case with corner columns supporting pierced crestings on the sides and front.
- leatherjacket — Also called leather jack. any of several carangid fishes having narrow, linear scales embedded in the skin at various angles, especially Oligoplites saurus, found in tropical American waters.
- like a streak — at high speed; swiftly
- lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- lumber jacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- make a market — If you make a market, you hold a large enough percentage of a stock to be able to change its price.
- make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
- market basket — a basket or cart for groceries.
- market demand — demand for a particular product or commodity
- market forces — factors driving the economy
- market garden — Chiefly British. truck farm.
- market leader — most commercially successful company
- market letter — a publication containing information concerning market conditions, expectations, etc., especially one produced by a securities brokerage firm or other financial organization.
- market square — a square in a village, town, etc in which a market is, or was formerly, held
- market trader — a person who sells goods from a stall in a market
- market trends — changes and developments in buying and selling in the market
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- marketability — readily salable.