13-letter words containing k, r, l
- norwalk virus — a norovirus.
- out of kilter — If one thing is out of kilter with another, the first thing does not agree with or fit in with the second.
- outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
- overland park — a town in E Kansas, near Kansas City.
- overtalkative — characterized by a tendency to talk excessively
- parallel-park — to park directly behind another vehicle
- parcel tanker — a tanker designed to carry an assortment of liquids, as chemicals, or different grades of a liquid, as petroleum, at one time.
- parker bowles — Camilla (née Shand). born 1947, became the second wife of Prince Charles in 2005; created Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Rothesay
- parking light — The parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width.
- parking place — an reserved area or a space in a street where a car may be parked
- pay-per-click — a system used to set prices for online advertisements on a search engine or other website, by which the advertiser pays a small fee to the website publisher each time a user clicks on the advertisement.
- petrol tanker — a specially equipped ship or truck for transporting petrol and other fuels
- petropavlovsk — a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
- phytoplankter — a minute organism which constitutes part of phytoplankton
- pick-and-roll — an offensive maneuver in which a player interposes himself or herself between a teammate with the ball and a defender, then cuts quickly toward the basket for a pass from the same teammate.
- pickerel frog — a meadow frog, Rana palustris, common in eastern North America, similar to the leopard frog but with squarish dark spots on the back.
- pinellas park — a city in W central Florida.
- pink bollworm — the larva of a gelechiid moth, Pectinophora gossypiella, that feeds on the seeds of the bolls of cotton and was introduced into cotton-growing regions of the world from Asia.
- planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
- platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
- playing trick — a card in a hand considered as likely to take a trick, assuming that the player who holds the hand or that player's partner is the declarer.
- plimsoll mark — load-line mark.
- plunket nurse — a child-care nurse appointed by the Plunket Society
- plymouth rock — a rock at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on which the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower are said to have stepped ashore when they landed in America in 1620.
- 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.
- powdered milk — dry milk.
- power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- 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.
- 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
- purkinje cell — a large, densely branching neuron in the cerebellar cortex of the brain.
- quaker-ladies — bluet (def 1).
- queer-looking — odd or strange in appearance
- quick-release — (of part of a device, etc) capable of being detached quickly and easily
- rabbit-killer — a rabbit punch.
- raffle ticket — a ticket sold in a raffle, representing a chance to win a prize
- rank and file — the members of a group or organization apart from its leaders or officers.
- rankine cycle — the hypothetical cycle of a steam engine in which all heat transfers take place at constant pressure and in which expansion and compression occur adiabatically.
- rankine scale — William John Macquorn [muh-kwawrn] /məˈkwɔrn/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, Scottish engineer and physicist.
- rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
- reality check — a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like.
- realpolitiker — someone who practises or believes in realpolitik
- red deer lake — a lake in Manitoba, Canada
- redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
- reindeer lake — a lake in central Canada, in NE Saskatchewan and NW Manitoba. 2444 sq. mi. (6330 sq. km).
- relief worker — a person who works for a charity providing aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- remarkability — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- reworked wool — used wool which is reprocessed for additional use.