13-letter words containing k, e, s
- downside risk — an estimate of the potential loss of value of an investment in a falling market
- drake passage — a strait between S South America and the South Shetland Islands, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- dressing sack — a woman's dressing gown.
- drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
- drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
- dry ski slope — A dry ski slope is a slope made of an artificial substance on which you can practise skiing.
- dyer's rocket — weld2 .
- east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- east pakistan — former name of Bangladesh.
- east rockaway — a town in SE New York.
- endoskeletons — Plural form of endoskeleton.
- evening stock — a plant, Matthiola incana, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- exercise bike — exercise machine like a bicycle
- exercise book — An exercise book is a small book that students use for writing in.
- farkleberries — Plural form of farkleberry.
- fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
- feature shock — (jargon) (From Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock") A user's confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material.
- feinschmecker — gourmet.
- fiddlesticks! — an expression of annoyance or disagreement
- firing stroke — The firing stroke is the stroke of an engine in which the fuel is burned and energy sent to the piston.
- flexible disk — a flexible removable magnetic disk that stores information and can be used to store data for use in a microprocessor
- for chrissake — for Christ's sake
- for sb's sake — When you do something for someone's sake, you do it in order to help them or make them happy.
- frederiksberg — a city in E Denmark: a part of Copenhagen.
- frederiksburg — borough on Zealand island, Denmark: suburb of Copenhagen: pop. 88,000
- freshman week — a week at the beginning of the school year with a program planned to orient entering students, especially at a college.
- game of skill — a game in which the outcome is determined by skill rather than by chance, as chess.
- gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
- gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- get the works — to be the victim of extreme measures
- ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
- glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
- grease monkey — a mechanic, especially one who works on automobiles or airplanes.
- greensickness — chlorosis (def 2).
- greenskeepers — Plural form of greenskeeper.
- grossglockner — a mountain in S Austria: highest peak in the Hohe Tauern range. 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
- ground stroke — a stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground. Compare volley (def 4b).
- groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
- groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
- groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
- groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- handsome lake — 1735-1815; Seneca prophet, social reformer, & founder of a North American Indian religion named after him
- haskell curry — (person) Haskell Brooks Curry (1900-09-12 - 1982-09-01). The logician who re-invented and developed combinatory logic. The functional programming language Haskell was named after him.
- hawk-s--beard — any of various plants of the genus Crepis, of the daisy family, resembling the dandelion but having a branched stem with several flowers.
- hawkeye state — Iowa (used as a nickname).
- 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.