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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
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