13-letter words containing k, i, d, s
- kaleidoscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of kaleidoscope.
- kaleidoscopes — Plural form of kaleidoscope.
- kaleidoscopic — of, relating to, or created by a kaleidoscope.
- kidderminster — an ingrain carpet 36 inches (91 cm) wide.
- kidney stones — an abnormal stone, or concretion, composed primarily of oxalates and phosphates, found in the kidney.
- kidney-shaped — having the general shape of a long oval indented at one side; reniform: a kidney-shaped swimming pool.
- kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
- king-size bed — extra-large bed
- kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
- kiss-and-tell — revealing sth private for money
- kuril islands — a chain of 56 volcanic islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending for 1200 km (750 miles) from the S tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula to NE Hokkaido. Area: 14 990 sq km (6020 sq miles)
- lackadaisical — without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic: a lackadaisical attempt.
- lake district — a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.
- lick the dust — to be servile; grovel: cf. Mic. 7:17
- like sardines — very closely crowded together
- magnetic disk — Also called disk, hard disk. a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
- meths drinker — a person who drinks methylated spirits
- microdiskette — Alternative spelling of micro-diskette.
- milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
- milky disease — a bacterial disease of scarab beetle larvae and grubs, especially the Japanese beetle, which turns the larvae white.
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- multi-skilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- nordic skiing — types of skiing in which the heel of the boot is not fixed to the ski, especially cross-country skiing and ski-jumping
- paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
- 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)
- piked dogfish — the spiny dogfish.
- pressed brick — face brick molded under pressure to a desired finish.
- quaker-ladies — bluet (def 1).
- radhakrishnan — Sir Sarvepalli [suhr-vuh-puhl-ee] /ˌsʌr vəˈpʌl i/ (Show IPA), 1888–1975, president of India 1962–67.
- rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
- reduce a risk — If you reduce a risk, you lessen the potential damage that could be caused by a hazard or danger.
- ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
- sadie hawkins — Also called Sadie, Sadies. a party, dance, or other social event, especially one held annually among high school or college students, to which each girl escorts the boy of her choice, or invites him to escort her.
- sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
- scanning disk — (in mechanical scanning) a disk with a line of holes spiraling in from its edge, rotated in front of a surface so as to expose a small segment as each hole passes before it for transmitting or reproducing a picture.
- script kiddie — a child or teenager who gains illegal access to computer systems, often by using hacking programs downloaded from the internet
- second-strike — noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
- semi-darkness — partial darkness
- shepherd king — any of the Hyksos kings.
- sick headache — migraine.
- sickle medick — a small Eurasian leguminous plant, Medicago falcata, having trifoliate leaves, yellow flowers, and sickle-shaped pods
- sickle-hocked — noting or pertaining to a condition of horses in which the hock, due to strained tendons and ligaments, is flexed so that the foot is abnormally bowed far under the body.
- side whiskers — sideburns: hair at side of man's face
- sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
- sidewalk sale — a sale, often held annually, as at the end of each summer, in which merchants display reduced-price merchandise on the sidewalks in front of their stores.
- silk industry — the industry that is involved with the breeding of silkworms and the manufacture of the silk they produce into thread and fabric
- silla kingdom — an ancient Korean state that unified Korea; flourished in the 7th–10th centuries a.d.
- single-decker — A single-decker or a single-decker bus is a bus with only one deck.
- skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.