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12-letter words containing k, r, a, d

  • product mark — a trademark used on only one product.
  • pyramid peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,018 feet (4276 meters).
  • quack doctor — an unqualified person who claims medical knowledge or other skills
  • quarterdecks — Plural form of quarterdeck.
  • radar picket — a ship, vehicle, or aircraft stationed at a distance from a protected force to increase radar detection range.
  • reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
  • reading desk — a desk for use in reading, especially by a person standing.
  • reading week — university: week-long break from classes
  • ready-cooked — (of food or food products) cooked before it is sold
  • red kangaroo — a large Australian kangaroo, Macropus rufus, the male of which has a reddish coat
  • red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
  • richard korf — (person)   A Professor of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Richard Korf received his B.S. from MIT in 1977, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1980 and 1983. From 1983 to 1985 he served as Herbert M. Singer Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. Dr. Korf studies problem-solving, heuristic search and planning in artificial intelligence. He wrote "Learning to Solve Problems by Searching for Macro-Operators" (Pitman, 1985). He serves on the editorial boards of Artificial Intelligence, and the Journal of Applied Intelligence. Dr. Korf is the recipient of several awards and is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
  • rijksdaalder — a cupronickel or silver coin of the Netherlands, equal to 2½ guilders.
  • rock and rye — a bottled drink made with rye whiskey, rock candy, and fruit.
  • rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
  • rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
  • salad shaker — a portable plastic container which is used for storing salad and which has a separate compartment for salad dressing. The dressing is put on the salad just before it is eaten and the container can then be shaken to spread the salad dressing evenly.
  • sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
  • scratch disk — 1.   (storage)   See scratch. 2.   (operating system)   Unallocated space on Windows 95's primary hard disk partition, used for virtual memory. Shortage of space on this partition can result in the error "scratch disk full".
  • semidarkness — partial darkness.
  • sikandarabad — Secunderabad.
  • skateboarder — person who rides skateboard
  • skelmersdale — a town in NW England, in Lancashire: designated a new town in 1962. Pop: 39 279 (2001)
  • snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
  • snake feeder — a dragonfly.
  • soda cracker — a thin, crisp cracker or wafer prepared from a yeast dough that has been neutralized by baking soda.
  • stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
  • stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
  • stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • straddleback — astride, on horseback
  • strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
  • takeover bid — offer to buy a company
  • third market — a market established by the London Stock Exchange in 1987 to trade in shares in companies required to provide less detailed information than that required by the main market or the unlisted securities market
  • tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • track record — a record of achievements or performance: an executive with a good track record.
  • tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
  • trial docket — docket (def 1).
  • trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
  • truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
  • un-earmarked — any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.
  • underblanket — a blanket placed under a bottom sheet
  • undertakable — able to be undertaken
  • undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
  • wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
  • waking dream — an experience you have while you are awake that feels similar to dreaming
  • walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
  • warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
  • water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
  • watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
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