13-letter words containing k, o, r
- like-for-like — (of a comparison, figures, statistics) that measure identical things, the same period in different years, etc
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- loan-sharking — the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates
- london rocket — the plant Sisymbrium irio
- look ahead lr — Look Ahead Left-to-right parse, Rightmost-derivation
- lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
- lower chinook — an extinct Chinookan language that was spoken by tribes on both banks of the Columbia River estuary.
- lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
- macroplankton — planktonic organisms of about 1 mm in length.
- make or break — either completely successful or utterly disastrous: a make-or-break marketing policy.
- make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
- make-or-break — either completely successful or utterly disastrous: a make-or-break marketing policy.
- mallemaroking — (historical, nautical) Carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
- mangrove jack — a predatory food and game fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of Australian rivers and tidal creeks dominated by mangroves
- manual worker — a person whose job involves working with the hands
- mark my words — If you say 'mark my words' to someone, you are emphasizing that something you have just warned them about is very likely to happen, especially when you think they should change their attitude or behaviour to prevent it.
- market forces — factors driving the economy
- marketisation — Alternative spelling of marketization.
- marketization — The exposure of an industry or service to market forces.
- master-stroke — a masterly action or achievement; an extremely skillful or effective action: War was avoided by a masterstroke of diplomacy.
- masterstrokes — Plural form of masterstroke.
- megakaryocyte — a large bone-marrow cell having a lobulate nucleus, regarded as the source of blood platelets.
- memorial park — cemetery.
- microcracking — microscopic cracking
- microdiskette — Alternative spelling of micro-diskette.
- microplankton — plankton visible as individual organisms only with the aid of a microscope, which excludes most animal plankton.
- milk mushroom — any of the common latex-containing mushrooms of the genus Lactarius.
- milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
- mock whipbird — an Australian bird, Pachycephala rufiventris, which is not of the whipbird family
- monkey around — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- monkey bridge — flying bridge.
- monkey flower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Mimulus, of the figwort family, as M. cardinalis (scarlet monkey flower) having spotted flowers that resemble a face.
- monkey orchid — a European orchid, Orchis simia, rare in Britain, having a short dense flower spike that opens from the top downwards. The flowers are white streaked with pink or violet and have five spurs thought to resemble a monkey's arms, legs, and tail
- monkey tricks — mischievous behaviour or acts, such as practical jokes
- monkey wrench — spanner
- monkey-wrench — to ruin (plans, a schedule, etc.) unavoidably or, sometimes, deliberately: The storm monkey-wrenched our plans for a picnic.
- monster truck — a pick-up truck with extremely large tyres, often used for racing over rough terrain
- monterey jack — a mild, light-yellow, semisoft cheese
- monterey park — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- mortise block — a block having a shell cut from a single piece of wood.
- moshe shertok — Moshe [moh-shuh] /ˈmoʊ ʃə/ (Show IPA), Sharett, Moshe.
- motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- mount markham — a mountain in Antarctica, in Victoria Land. Height: 4350 m (14 272 ft)
- mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
- narrow squeak — an escape only just managed
- national park — an area of scenic beauty, historical importance, or the like, owned and maintained by a national government for the use of the people.
- neck and crop — completely; entirely
- nervous wreck — sb anxious