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13-letter words containing r, a, n, k, i

  • orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
  • packing crate — A packing crate is a large wooden box in which things are put so that they can be stored or taken somewhere.
  • park and ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
  • park-and-ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
  • parking brake — emergency brake.
  • parking light — The parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width.
  • parking meter — a mechanical device for registering and collecting payment for the length of time that a vehicle occupies a parking space, consisting typically of a timer, actuated by a coin that a driver deposits upon parking, set in a headpiece mounted on a pole.
  • parking orbit — a temporary orbit in which a spacecraft awaits the next phase of its mission.
  • parking place — an reserved area or a space in a street where a car may be parked
  • parking strip — Chiefly Upper Midwest and Western U.S. parkway (def 2).
  • path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
  • patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
  • peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).
  • pick-and-roll — an offensive maneuver in which a player interposes himself or herself between a teammate with the ball and a defender, then cuts quickly toward the basket for a pass from the same teammate.
  • pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
  • pinellas park — a city in W central Florida.
  • playing trick — a card in a hand considered as likely to take a trick, assuming that the player who holds the hand or that player's partner is the declarer.
  • poker machine — a fruit machine
  • poplar kitten — a moth, (Furcula bifida,) which has larvae like those of the related puss moth
  • porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
  • power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
  • profit taking — the selling of securities that have risen in price above costs; selling in order to realize a profit.
  • profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
  • profit-taking — Profit-taking is the selling of stocks and shares at a profit after their value has risen or just before their value falls.
  • quaking grass — any of several grasses of the genus Briza, having spikelets with slender, drooping stalks.
  • quantity mark — a mark that is placed above a vowel or syllable to indicate its duration or length
  • question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
  • radhakrishnan — Sir Sarvepalli [suhr-vuh-puhl-ee] /ˌsʌr vəˈpʌl i/ (Show IPA), 1888–1975, president of India 1962–67.
  • rahimyar khan — a city in E Pakistan.
  • rainbow snake — a burrowing snake, Farancia erytrogramma, of the southeastern U.S., having red and black stripes along the body, a red and yellow underside, and a sharp-tipped tail used in maneuvering prey.
  • raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
  • 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.
  • ratushinskaya — Irina (ɪˈriːnə). born 1954, Russian poet and writer: imprisoned (1983–86) in a Soviet labour camp on charges of subversion. Her publications include Poems (1984), Grey is the Colour of Hope (1988), and The Odessans (1992)
  • reindeer lake — a lake in central Canada, in NE Saskatchewan and NW Manitoba. 2444 sq. mi. (6330 sq. km).
  • riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
  • ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
  • risk analysis — A risk analysis is a process of deciding how likely it is that injury, damage, or loss will happen, and what the effects will be if it does happen.
  • risk aversion — a strong disinclination to take risks
  • 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.
  • rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
  • running track — a piece of ground, usually oval-shaped, that is used for races involving athletes
  • sanction mark — a mark on pieces of 19th-century French furniture signifying that the piece met the quality standards required by the Parisian guild of ebonists
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