12-letter words containing k, r
- dream ticket — If journalists talk about a dream ticket, they are referring to two candidates for political positions, for example President and Vice-President, or Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, who they think will be extremely successful.
- drink-driver — A drink-driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- drinkability — The state or property of being drinkable.
- drinker moth — a large yellowish-brown bombycid eggar moth, Philudoria potatoria, having a stout hairy body, the larvae of which drink dew and feed on grasses
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- drizzle cake — a sponge cake that has syrup drizzled over it immediately after baking
- drop a brick — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- drunk driver — A drunk driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- dumper truck — A dumper truck is the same as a dump truck.
- dusky grouse — blue grouse.
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- ekman spiral — a complex interaction on the surface of the sea between wind, rotation of the earth, and friction forces, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
- electro-funk — a type of electronic music, originating in the 1980s, characterized by the use of synthesizers with a heavy rhythm and punctuated bass, often influenced by the genres of funk and hip-hop
- electroshock — Of or relating to medical treatment by means of electric shocks.
- elkhorn fern — a tropical fern with a large leaf like an elk's horn
- energy drink — beverage: added vitamins, etc.
- enterokinase — (enzyme) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin.
- eriskay pony — a breed of medium-sized pony, typically grey, with a dense waterproof coat. The Eriskay is the only surviving variety of the native ponies of the Western Isles of Scotland
- factory work — work in a factory
- fair-skinned — having pale skin; pale-complexioned
- fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
- farm to fork — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
- farm-to-fork — noting or relating to fresh, locally sourced food sold to local consumers or restaurants: farm-to-table meats and seasonal vegetables.
- fast-tracker — of or relating to the fast track.
- featherbacks — Plural form of featherback.
- ferrokinesis — (parapsychology) The ability to mentally manipulate iron and other metals.
- figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- filing clerk — an employee who maintains office files
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire
- fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
- firecrackers — Plural form of firecracker.
- first strike — the initial use of nuclear weapons in a conflict, in which the attacker tries to destroy the adversary's strategic nuclear forces.
- first-strike — the initial use of nuclear weapons in a conflict, in which the attacker tries to destroy the adversary's strategic nuclear forces.
- flaky pastry — variety of puff pastry
- flea-flicker — a deceptive offensive play in which the ball is passed or transferred laterally before or after a forward pass.
- flickeringly — In a flickering manner.
- flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
- floor broker — a member of a stock or commodity exchange who executes orders on the floor of the exchange for other brokers.
- floor pocket — one of several metal boxes placed backstage in the floor (floor pocket) or wall of a theater and containing jacks for electric cables used in lighting units.
- floorwalkers — Plural form of floorwalker.
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
- flowerpecker — any of numerous small, arboreal, usually brightly colored oscine birds of the family Dicaeidae, of southeastern Asia and Australia.
- flutter kick — a swimming kick in which the legs make rapid alternate up-and-down movements while the knees remain rigid, as in the crawl.
- folkloristic — the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
- foretokening — Indication in advance.
- forex market — short for
- forked chain — branched chain.