13-letter words containing k, r, t
- forked tongue — lying or deceitful talk
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- frankenthaler — Helen, 1928–2011, U.S. painter.
- franklin tree — a deciduous tree, Franklinia alatamaha, having large, white, fragrant flowers, one of the rarest trees in the world, once native only to Georgia and now known only in cultivation.
- garbage truck — lorry that collects refuse
- gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
- generic thunk — (programming) A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
- get the works — to be the victim of extreme measures
- ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
- glamour stock — a popular stock that rises quickly or continuously in price and attracts large numbers of investors.
- go-kart track — a racetrack for go-karts
- grade cricket — competitive cricket, in which cricket club teams are arranged in grades
- gravity clock — a clock driven by its own weight as it descends a rack, cord, incline, etc.
- great khingan — a mountain range in NE China: highest peak, 5000 feet (1525 meters).
- greek cypriot — a Cypriot of Greek descent
- greek tragedy — (in ancient Greek theatre) a play in which the protagonist, usually a man of importance and outstanding personal qualities, falls to disaster through the combination of a personal failing and circumstances with which he cannot deal
- ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces
- ground stroke — a stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground. Compare volley (def 4b).
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
- growth market — a rapidly expanding market
- hack together — (jargon) To throw something together so it will work. Unlike "kluge together" or "cruft together", this does not necessarily have negative connotations.
- heartbreakers — Plural form of heartbreaker.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
- heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- honest broker — a neutral person or organization that mediates disputes; an impartial mediator.
- horror-struck — stricken with horror; horrified; aghast.
- house cricket — a dark brown cricket, Acheta domesticus, having a light-colored head with dark crossbands, commonly occurring throughout North America and Europe, where it may be an indoor pest.
- how's tricks? — how are you?
- hunger strike — refusal to eat as a protest
- hunger-strike — to go on a hunger strike.
- hunter's pink — a brilliant red often used for the jackets of hunters.
- hunter-killer — of or relating to a combined naval air and fleet force operating to seek out and destroy enemy submarines.
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hydroxyketone — a ketone containing a hydroxyl group.
- interleukin 1 — any of several proteins released from certain cells, especially macrophages, and having various effects on the activity of other cells, as promoting inflammation or enhancing T-cell proliferation. Abbreviation: IL-1.
- interleukin 2 — Immunology. a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells in response to antigen and interleukin 1, that stimulates the proliferation of T cells.
- interleukin 3 — a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells, that participates in the regulation of blood-cell production. Abbreviation: IL-3.
- interleukin-1 — any of several proteins released from certain cells, especially macrophages, and having various effects on the activity of other cells, as promoting inflammation or enhancing T-cell proliferation. Abbreviation: IL-1.
- interleukin-2 — Immunology. a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells in response to antigen and interleukin 1, that stimulates the proliferation of T cells.
- interleukin-3 — a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells, that participates in the regulation of blood-cell production. Abbreviation: IL-3.
- internet bank — a bank that allows customers to conduct business online, esp exclusively so
- jack-the-rags — a rag-and-bone man
- jesuit's bark — cinchona (def 2).
- jockey shorts — Jockey shorts are a type of men's underpants.
- kapellmeister — a choirmaster.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- katharometers — Plural form of katharometer.