13-letter words containing k, e, r, s
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
- lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
- manage a risk — If you manage a risk, you analyze how much you are in danger from a particular risk or hazard, and decide how to best deal with it.
- market basket — a basket or cart for groceries.
- market forces — factors driving the economy
- market square — a square in a village, town, etc in which a market is, or was formerly, held
- market trends — changes and developments in buying and selling in the market
- marketisation — Alternative spelling of marketization.
- marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
- masking frame — easel (def 2).
- master-stroke — a masterly action or achievement; an extremely skillful or effective action: War was avoided by a masterstroke of diplomacy.
- masterstrokes — Plural form of masterstroke.
- meths drinker — a person who drinks methylated spirits
- microdiskette — Alternative spelling of micro-diskette.
- mischiefmaker — Alternative form of mischief-maker.
- miss the mark — to fail in achieving one's aim; be unsuccessful in one's attempt
- monkey tricks — mischievous behaviour or acts, such as practical jokes
- monster truck — a pick-up truck with extremely large tyres, often used for racing over rough terrain
- mortise block — a block having a shell cut from a single piece of wood.
- moshe shertok — Moshe [moh-shuh] /ˈmoʊ ʃə/ (Show IPA), Sharett, Moshe.
- musselcracker — a large variety of sea bream, Sparodon durbanensis, that feeds on shellfish and is a popular food and game fish
- narrow squeak — an escape only just managed
- nervous wreck — sb anxious
- network storm — broadcast storm
- new brunswick — a province in SE Canada, E of Maine. 27,985 sq. mi. (72,480 sq. km). Capital: Fredericton.
- nickel silver — German silver.
- nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
- nike hercules — a 40 feet (12 meters) U.S. surface-to-air missile effective at medium to high altitudes and having a range of more than 87 miles (140 km).
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
- office seeker — a person who seeks appointment or election to some government position.
- offshore dock — a floating dock moored to pilings, dolphins, etc., used for cleaning and repairing medium-sized vessels.
- outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
- package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.
- pairs skaters — two skaters, a man and a woman, or a boy and a girl, who skate together, esp in competitions
- paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
- parker bowles — Camilla (née Shand). born 1947, became the second wife of Prince Charles in 2005; created Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Rothesay
- passager hawk — young hawk or falcon caught while on migration
- peak district — a region of N central England, mainly in N Derbyshire at the S end of the Pennines: consists of moors in the north and a central limestone plateau; many caves. Highest point: 727 m (2088 ft)
- pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
- pepper shaker — container that dispenses pepper
- petropavlovsk — a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
- phrase marker — (in generative grammar) a representation of the constituent structure of a sentence, using a tree diagram or labeled bracketing.
- pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
- pinellas park — a city in W central Florida.
- planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
- plunket nurse — a child-care nurse appointed by the Plunket Society