13-letter words containing k, i, r
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- herringchoker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
- hickory hills — a town in NE Illinois.
- highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- holiday-maker — vacationer.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- honor killing — the killing of a relative, especially a female relative, as retribution for the perceived dishonoring of the family, as dictated or sanctioned by some cultures and religions.
- house cricket — a dark brown cricket, Acheta domesticus, having a light-colored head with dark crossbands, commonly occurring throughout North America and Europe, where it may be an indoor pest.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- how's tricks? — how are you?
- huckleberries — Plural form of huckleberry.
- hunger strike — refusal to eat as a protest
- hunger-strike — to go on a hunger strike.
- hunter's pink — a brilliant red often used for the jackets of hunters.
- hunter-killer — of or relating to a combined naval air and fleet force operating to seek out and destroy enemy submarines.
- hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
- hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
- hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- interleukin 1 — any of several proteins released from certain cells, especially macrophages, and having various effects on the activity of other cells, as promoting inflammation or enhancing T-cell proliferation. Abbreviation: IL-1.
- interleukin 2 — Immunology. a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells in response to antigen and interleukin 1, that stimulates the proliferation of T cells.
- interleukin 3 — a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells, that participates in the regulation of blood-cell production. Abbreviation: IL-3.
- interleukin-1 — any of several proteins released from certain cells, especially macrophages, and having various effects on the activity of other cells, as promoting inflammation or enhancing T-cell proliferation. Abbreviation: IL-1.
- interleukin-2 — Immunology. a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells in response to antigen and interleukin 1, that stimulates the proliferation of T cells.
- interleukin-3 — a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells, that participates in the regulation of blood-cell production. Abbreviation: IL-3.
- internet bank — a bank that allows customers to conduct business online, esp exclusively so
- invoice clerk — a worker, esp in an office, who deals with invoices
- irish whiskey — any whiskey made in Ireland, characteristically a product of barley.
- jack robinson — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- jesuit's bark — cinchona (def 2).
- kangaroo vine — an Australian vine, Cissus antarctica, of the grape family, having shiny, leathery leaves.
- kapellmeister — a choirmaster.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- keratomycosis — Fungal infection of the cornea.
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- kick upstairs — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kidderminster — an ingrain carpet 36 inches (91 cm) wide.
- killer t cell — a killer cell that destroys target cells only when specifically activated by helper T cells.
- killer t-cell — a type of T-lymphocyte that is responsible for killing cells that are infected by a virus
- killer-diller — killer (def 5).
- killiecrankie — a mountain pass in central Scotland, in the Grampians.
- killing frost — the occurrence of temperatures cold enough to kill all but the hardiest vegetation, especially the last such occurrence in spring and the first in fall, events that limit the agricultural growing season.
- killing spree — a series of murders that are committed
- kilowatt-hour — a unit of energy, equivalent to the energy transferred or expended in one hour by one kilowatt of power; approximately 1.34 horsepower-hours. Abbreviation: kWh, K.W.H., kwhr.
- kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
- kindergartner — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kindheartedly — In a kindhearted manner.