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13-letter words containing o, a, k, g

  • raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
  • road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
  • roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
  • rock painting — a painting done on rock, usually by early people
  • rocking chair — a chair mounted on rockers or springs so as to permit a person to rock back and forth while sitting.
  • rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
  • rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
  • silla kingdom — an ancient Korean state that unified Korea; flourished in the 7th–10th centuries a.d.
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • smoking stand — an ashtray mounted on a low pedestal, often placed next to an armchair, sofa, etc.
  • standing joke — If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.
  • stock footage — film containing stock shots.
  • stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.
  • stocking mask — a nylon stocking used, especially by a criminal, to disguise the face.
  • stork parking — spaces reserved in a parking lot for cars driven by pregnant women or new mothers.
  • sugar of milk — lactose.
  • talking point — a fact or feature that aids or supports one side, as in an argument or competition.
  • toasting fork — a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
  • tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
  • tracking shot — dolly shot.
  • tree kangaroo — any arboreal kangaroo of the genus Dendrolagus, of Queensland, Australia, and New Guinea.
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • tseng kuo-fan — 1811–72, Chinese general and statesman.
  • tussock grass — any of various grasses that grow in tuftlike clumps.
  • ullage rocket — a small hydrogen peroxide rocket engine that produces sufficient acceleration to keep propellants in their places when the main rocket is shut off
  • walk with god — to lead a godly, morally upright life
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
  • work stoppage — the collective stoppage of work by employees in a business or an industry to protest working conditions.
  • working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
  • working class — those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
  • working party — A working party is a committee which is formed to investigate a particular situation or problem and to produce a report containing its opinions and suggestions.
  • works manager — a factory manager
  • world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
  • zhao kuangyin — Chao K'uang-yin.
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