12-letter words containing r, a, k, e, d
- markov model — (probability, simulation) A model or simulation based on Markov chains.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- mother-naked — stark naked; as naked as when born.
- muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- naked street — a traffic-management strategy pioneered in the Netherlands in which all distinctions between pavements and roads are removed. Each road user is given equal priority, thereby ensuring that motorists have to slow down and drive more carefully
- network card — network interface controller
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- packed tower — A packed tower is a tall distillation vessel which uses packing.
- packet radio — (communications, radio) The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
- petrozavodsk — a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
- poodle-faker — a young man or newly commissioned officer who makes a point of socializing with women; ladies' man
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
- pre-packaged — Pre-packaged foods have been prepared in advance and put in plastic or cardboard containers to be sold.
- pyramid peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,018 feet (4276 meters).
- quarterdecks — Plural form of quarterdeck.
- radar picket — a ship, vehicle, or aircraft stationed at a distance from a protected force to increase radar detection range.
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- reading desk — a desk for use in reading, especially by a person standing.
- reading week — university: week-long break from classes
- ready-cooked — (of food or food products) cooked before it is sold
- red kangaroo — a large Australian kangaroo, Macropus rufus, the male of which has a reddish coat
- red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
- rijksdaalder — a cupronickel or silver coin of the Netherlands, equal to 2½ guilders.
- rock and rye — a bottled drink made with rye whiskey, rock candy, and fruit.
- rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
- rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
- salad shaker — a portable plastic container which is used for storing salad and which has a separate compartment for salad dressing. The dressing is put on the salad just before it is eaten and the container can then be shaken to spread the salad dressing evenly.
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- semidarkness — partial darkness.
- skateboarder — person who rides skateboard
- skelmersdale — a town in NW England, in Lancashire: designated a new town in 1962. Pop: 39 279 (2001)
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- snake feeder — a dragonfly.
- soda cracker — a thin, crisp cracker or wafer prepared from a yeast dough that has been neutralized by baking soda.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- third market — a market established by the London Stock Exchange in 1987 to trade in shares in companies required to provide less detailed information than that required by the main market or the unlisted securities market
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- track record — a record of achievements or performance: an executive with a good track record.
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- trial docket — docket (def 1).
- trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- un-earmarked — any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.
- underblanket — a blanket placed under a bottom sheet