13-letter words containing k, p
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
- pocket gopher — any of numerous burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae, of western and southern North America and Central America, having large, external, fur-lined cheek pouches.
- pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
- poker machine — a fruit machine
- policy-making — Policy-making is the making of policies.
- pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
- pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
- pony trekking — the act of riding ponies cross-country, esp as a pastime
- poplar kitten — a moth, (Furcula bifida,) which has larvae like those of the related puss moth
- porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
- pork-barreler — a politician, especially a senator or member of Congress who is party to or benefits from a pork barrel.
- porkpie (hat) — a man's soft hat with a round, flat crown
- powder monkey — (formerly) a boy employed on warships to carry gunpowder from the magazine to the guns.
- powdered milk — dry milk.
- power takeoff — an accessory unit or apparatus attached to an engine-powered machine and powered by the engine. Abbreviation: PTO.
- power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- power workers — the people who work in the power industry
- prairie skirt — a full, dirndl-style skirt with a flounce on the bottom edge that is sometimes trimmed or lined to suggest a petticoat underneath.
- prawn cracker — a puffy savoury crisp made from rice flour and prawn flavouring, served with Chinese food
- pressed brick — face brick molded under pressure to a desired finish.
- pressure-cook — to cook in a pressure cooker.
- price bracket — a notional range of prices which consumers are prepared to pay for a good
- prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
- prickly poppy — any tropical American poppy of the genus Argemone, especially A. mexicana (Mexican poppy) having prickly pods and leaves and yellow or white, poppylike flowers.
- printer's ink — a type of quick-drying ink used in printing
- profit taking — the selling of securities that have risen in price above costs; selling in order to realize a profit.
- profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
- profit-taking — Profit-taking is the selling of stocks and shares at a profit after their value has risen or just before their value falls.
- prolonge knot — a knot consisting of three overlapping loops formed by a single rope passed alternately over and under itself at crossings.
- propeller key — feature key
- pruning knife — a knife used for pruning
- psychokinesis — the purported ability to move or deform inanimate objects, as metal spoons, through mental processes.
- pumpkinheaded — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- purkinje cell — a large, densely branching neuron in the cerebellar cortex of the brain.
- quaking aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- quanah parker — (Quanah Parker) 1845?–1911, Comanche leader.
- quandary peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Park Range, in the Rocky Mountains, NE of Leadville. 14,265 feet (4348 meters).
- quickstepping — Present participle of quickstep.
- racket sports — sports, such as tennis, squash, badminton, etc, that are played using a racket
- realpolitiker — someone who practises or believes in realpolitik
- recordkeeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
- red-hot poker — tritoma.
- redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
- regent's park — a park in central London, laid out as Marylebone Park by John Nash; now known for the London Zoo, its open-air theatre, and Nash's curved terraces
- research park — an industrial park whose facilities are devoted to research and development.
- rock painting — a painting done on rock, usually by early people
- roll-top desk — a flexible, sliding cover for the working area of a desk, opening by rising upward and back in quadrantal grooves and rolling up beneath the top.
- ruptured duck — the symbol of an eagle with wings spread appearing in the honorable discharge emblem of the U.S. armed forces.
- saloon keeper — a person who owns or operates a saloon.
- san luis peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,014 feet (4271 meters).