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15-letter words containing k, i, t, l, e, r

  • railway network — a system of intersecting rail routes
  • reception clerk — a person who works in a hotel at the desk or office where guests can books rooms or ask the staff questions
  • red-tailed hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, dark brown above, whitish with black streaking below, and having a reddish-brown tail.
  • regulatory risk — a risk to which private companies are subject, arising from the possibility of legislation or regulations that will affect business being adopted by a government
  • rigel kentaurus — Alpha Centauri.
  • rigil kentaurus — Astronomy. Alpha Centauri.
  • ringtail monkey — a Central and South American monkey, Cebus capucinus, having a prehensile tail and hair on the head resembling a cowl.
  • rocket airplane — an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine.
  • rolling kitchen — a mobile kitchen used for feeding troops outdoors.
  • rumpelstiltskin — a dwarf in a German folktale who spins flax into gold for a young woman to meet the demands of the prince she has married, on the condition that she give him her first child or else guess his name: she guesses his name and he vanishes or destroys himself in a rage.
  • salisbury steak — ground beef, sometimes mixed with other foods, shaped like a hamburger patty and broiled or fried, often garnished or served with a sauce.
  • schrecklichkeit — frightfulness; horror.
  • shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • sidewalk artist — an artist who draws pictures on the sidewalk, especially with colored chalk, as a means of soliciting money from passers-by.
  • skylight filter — a very slightly pink filter that absorbs ultraviolet light and reduces haze and excessive blueness
  • smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
  • sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
  • spiral notebook — a notebook held together by a coil of wire passed through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages
  • stalactite work — (in Islamic architecture) intricate decorative corbeling in the form of brackets, squinches, and portions of pointed vaults.
  • stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
  • strike it lucky — to have some good luck
  • strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
  • striking circle — the semicircular area in front of each goal, which an attacking player must have entered before scoring a goal
  • surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it
  • talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
  • tamarisk gerbil — gerbil (def 2).
  • terminal market — an organized market in a city into which large quantities of agricultural produce, livestock, etc., are shipped for distribution and sale.
  • thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
  • tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
  • track and field — athletics events
  • track athletics — sporting activities, such as relay running or sprinting, which take place on a running track
  • track-and-field — of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.: a track-and-field athlete.
  • travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
  • traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
  • trickle charger — a small mains-operated battery charger, esp one that delivers less than 5 amperes and is used by car owners
  • turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
  • unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
  • unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • viral marketing — a marketing strategy that focuses on spreading information and opinions about a product or service from person to person, especially by using unconventional means such as the Internet or email: Which online social networks can help with viral marketing?
  • white bear lake — a city in E Minnesota: summer resort.
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