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13-letter words containing l, e, k

  • 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.
  • roanoke bells — a wild plant, Mertensia virginica, of the borage family, native to the eastern U.S., grown as a garden plant for its handsome, nodding clusters of blue flowers.
  • rock barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
  • rock squirrel — a large, gray ground squirrel, Spermophilus variegatus, inhabiting rocky areas of the southwestern U.S.
  • rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
  • 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.
  • roller hockey — a game similar to ice hockey played on roller skates.
  • rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
  • saddle-backed — having the back or upper surface curved like a saddle.
  • saleleaseback — leaseback.
  • saloon keeper — a person who owns or operates a saloon.
  • salwar kameez — long tunic worn over a pair of baggy trousers
  • san luis peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,014 feet (4271 meters).
  • sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
  • schiller park — a town in NE Illinois.
  • schwenkfelder — a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.
  • sea hollyhock — a rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos.
  • seckel (pear) — a small, sweet, juicy, reddish-brown pear
  • security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
  • self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
  • semipalatinsk — a city in NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
  • serial killer — anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
  • settling tank — a tank for holding liquid until particles suspended in it settle.
  • shelf-stacker — a person whose job is to fill the shelves and displays in a supermarket or other shop with goods for sale
  • shell-shocked — battle fatigue.
  • shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
  • sickle medick — a small Eurasian leguminous plant, Medicago falcata, having trifoliate leaves, yellow flowers, and sickle-shaped pods
  • sickle-hocked — noting or pertaining to a condition of horses in which the hock, due to strained tendons and ligaments, is flexed so that the foot is abnormally bowed far under the body.
  • sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
  • sidewalk sale — a sale, often held annually, as at the end of each summer, in which merchants display reduced-price merchandise on the sidewalks in front of their stores.
  • silent killer — a disease that has no obvious symptoms or indications
  • silky terrier — one of an Australian breed of toy dogs having a long, silky, blue coat with tan markings and erect ears, a topknot, and a docked tail.
  • single market — a market consisting of a number of nations, esp those of the European Union, in which goods, capital, and currencies can move freely across borders without tariffs or restrictions
  • single ticket — a one-way ticket.
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