13-letter words containing r, a, n, k, i
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- killiecrankie — a mountain pass in central Scotland, in the Grampians.
- kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
- kindergartner — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kindheartedly — In a kindhearted manner.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
- king mackerel — a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
- king's ransom — an extremely large amount of money: The painting was sold for a king's ransom.
- kirkland lake — a town in E Ontario, in S Canada: gold-mining center.
- kitchen paper — also kitchen roll
- kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
- knickknackery — Various trinkets or novelties; bric-a-brac.
- knight errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- knight-errant — a wandering knight; a knight who traveled widely in search of adventures, to exhibit military skill, to engage in chivalric deeds, etc.
- krishna menon — Vengalil Krishnan [ven-gah-leel krish-nuh n] /vɛnˈgɑ lil ˈkrɪʃ nən/ (Show IPA), 1897–1974, Indian politician and statesman.
- kristallnacht — a Nazi pogrom throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9–10, 1938, during which Jews were killed and their property destroyed.
- kuril islands — a chain of 56 volcanic islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending for 1200 km (750 miles) from the S tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula to NE Hokkaido. Area: 14 990 sq km (6020 sq miles)
- landing clerk — a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.
- lane markings — white lines on the road that mark lanes
- like sardines — very closely crowded together
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- loan-sharking — the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- magazine rack — shelf for storing periodicals
- mallemaroking — (historical, nautical) Carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
- manage a risk — If you manage a risk, you analyze how much you are in danger from a particular risk or hazard, and decide how to best deal with it.
- mandarin duck — a crested Asian duck, Aix galericulata, having variegated purple, green, chestnut, and white plumage.
- manrikigusari — a Japanese chain weapon with weighted ends, intended to strike or ensnare the enemy
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- marketing mix — A company's marketing mix is the combination of marketing activities it uses in order to promote a particular product or service.
- marketisation — Alternative spelling of marketization.
- marketization — The exposure of an industry or service to market forces.
- marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
- masking frame — easel (def 2).
- microcracking — microscopic cracking
- microplankton — plankton visible as individual organisms only with the aid of a microscope, which excludes most animal plankton.
- multitracking — the process of recording separate audio tracks for later mixing into a single audio track.
- national park — an area of scenic beauty, historical importance, or the like, owned and maintained by a national government for the use of the people.
- necktie party — a lynching or other execution by hanging.
- nerve-racking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- nervewracking — Alternative form of nerve-wracking.
- neturei karta — a small ultra-orthodox Jewish group living mainly in Jerusalem and New York who oppose the establishment of a Jewish state by temporal means
- niklaus wirth — (person) The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
- no-knock raid — a search warrant that allows police officers to enter a property without knocking
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- norwalk virus — a norovirus.
- order a drink — When a customer orders a drink, they ask for it to be brought to them.