13-letter words containing r, e, k, n, o
- drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
- dronkverdriet — drunk and maudlin
- eureka moment — a moment at which a person realizes or solves something
- firing stroke — The firing stroke is the stroke of an engine in which the fuel is burned and energy sent to the piston.
- foreknowledge — knowledge of something before it exists or happens; prescience: Did you have any foreknowledge of the scheme?
- fork luncheon — déjeuner à la fourchette.
- forked tongue — lying or deceitful talk
- gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
- ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
- grease monkey — a mechanic, especially one who works on automobiles or airplanes.
- grossglockner — a mountain in S Austria: highest peak in the Hohe Tauern range. 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
- ground stroke — a stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground. Compare volley (def 4b).
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
- groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
- groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
- groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
- groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
- heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
- herringchoker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
- honest broker — a neutral person or organization that mediates disputes; an impartial mediator.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- howler monkey — Central American simian variety
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hydroxyketone — a ketone containing a hydroxyl group.
- invoice clerk — a worker, esp in an office, who deals with invoices
- joyner-kersee — Jacqueline ("Jackie") born 1962, U.S. track and field athlete.
- kangaroo care — a method of caring for a premature baby in which the baby is periodically held against a parent's bare chest.
- kangaroo code — spaghetti code
- kangaroo vine — an Australian vine, Cissus antarctica, of the grape family, having shiny, leathery leaves.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- kennebunkport — a town in SW Maine: summer resort.
- kenneth arrow — Kenneth Joseph, born 1921, U.S. economist: Nobel Prize 1972.
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- kernel parlog — (language) A modeless intermediate language for Parlog compilation.
- kerosene lamp — light fuelled by paraffin
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- kinross-shire — a former county of E central Scotland: became part of Tayside region in 1975 and part of Perth and Kinross in 1996
- knickerbocker — a descendant of the Dutch settlers of New York.
- know by heart — have memorized
- krishna menon — Vengalil Krishnan [ven-gah-leel krish-nuh n] /vɛnˈgɑ lil ˈkrɪʃ nən/ (Show IPA), 1897–1974, Indian politician and statesman.
- kyrie eleison — (italics) the brief petition “Lord, have mercy,” used in various offices of the Greek Orthodox Church and of the Roman Catholic Church.
- lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
- lantern clock — an English bracket clock of the late 16th and 17th centuries, having a brass case with corner columns supporting pierced crestings on the sides and front.
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- london rocket — the plant Sisymbrium irio
- losing streak — a succession of losses or defeats
- love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
- lower chinook — an extinct Chinookan language that was spoken by tribes on both banks of the Columbia River estuary.