13-letter words containing k, i, e, r, s
- strikebreaker — a person who takes part in breaking up a strike of workers, either by working or by furnishing workers.
- swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
- task-mistress — a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
- task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
- tennis racket — long-handled bat used in tennis
- thrill-seeker — a person who enjoys taking part in extreme sports and other activities involving physical risk
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- thunderstrike — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
- tinker's cuss — tinker's damn (def 1).
- tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- tinker's weed — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- train-workers — people who work on trains
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- unforeskinned — circumcised
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- unsoldierlike — not befitting a soldier
- up shit creek — excrement; feces.
- verkhneudinsk — former name of Ulan Ude.
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- wicketkeepers — Plural form of wicketkeeper.
- winter's bark — an evergreen tree, Drimys winteri, ranging from Mexico to Cape Horn, having aromatic leaves and cream-colored, jasmine-scented flowers.
- worker-priest — (in France) a Roman Catholic priest who, in addition to his priestly duties, works part-time in a secular job.
- working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
- workingperson — a workingman or workingwoman.
- yorkshire fog — a common tufted grass, Holcus lanatus, having downy leaves and flower heads that are white or pink and branched, with spikelets carrying the flowers