14-letter words containing r, e, s, k
- groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
- handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
- heart-stricken — deeply grieved or greatly dismayed
- helter-skelter — in headlong and disorderly haste: The children ran helter-skelter all over the house.
- henry j kaiser — Henry J(ohn) 1882–1967, U.S. industrialist.
- herald's trick — a conventional method of indicating a tincture, as by printing or carving without color.
- herniated disk — an abnormal protrusion of a spinal disk between vertebrae, most often in the lumbar region of the spine, causing pain due to pressure on spinal nerves.
- heterokaryosis — condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.
- hinoki cypress — an evergreen tree, Chamaecyparis obtusa, of Japan, having scalelike leaves and orange-brown cones, grown for timber and as an ornamental.
- hit the bricks — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- hooker's green — a medium green to strong yellowish green.
- horrorstricken — Alternative spelling of horror-stricken.
- horse mackerel — bluefin tuna.
- horseshoe back — a bow back having a slight outward splay at its bottom.
- housing market — property trade
- humphreys peak — the highest peak in Arizona, in the N, in the San Francisco Mountains: 12,633 feet (3851 meters).
- hyperkeratosis — Pathology. proliferation of the cells of the cornea. a thickening of the horny layer of the skin.
- inboard brakes — Inboard brakes are brakes located close to the center of the vehicle rather than at the wheel hub.
- insertion mark — a symbol used to show that a missing letter or symbol should be inserted
- jack crosstree — jack1 (def 9b).
- jackass gunter — a gunter having a wire rope with a traveler in place of the usual upper iron.
- jacques necker — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1732–1804, French statesman, born in Switzerland.
- james h. clark — Dr. James H. Clark
- johnny smokers — a plant Geum triflorum, of the rose family, native to North America, having purplish flowers and silky-plumed fruit.
- jump the shark — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- kaieteur falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
- kaieteur-falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
- kaiserslautern — a city in S Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.
- kakistocracies — Plural form of kakistocracy.
- kapellmeisters — Plural form of kapellmeister.
- karitane nurse — a nurse trained in the care of young babies and their mothers according to the principles of the Plunket Society
- kastrop-rauxel — Castrop-Rauxel.
- kawartha lakes — a group of lakes in S Ontario, Canada, on the Trent Canal system.
- kegel exercise — Often, Kegel exercises. exercise performed to strengthen the pubococcygeus and other muscles of the pelvic floor, in order to control incontinence, improve sexual response, etc.
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
- kindred spirit — likeminded person
- king's pattern — a spoon pattern of the 19th century having a stem decorated with threads, scrolls, and shell motifs.
- king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
- kirghiz steppe — a steppe in Kazakhstan.
- kiss principle — /kis' prin'si-pl/ Keep It Simple, Stupid. A maxim often invoked when discussing design to fend off creeping featurism and control complexity of development. Possibly related to the marketroid maxim on sales presentations, "Keep It Short and Simple". See also Occam's Razor.
- kissing bridge — a covered bridge.
- kleene closure — Kleene star
- kleptoparasite — A bird, insect, or other animal that habitually robs animals of other species of food.
- knacker's yard — a slaughterhouse for horses
- knickerbockers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
- know the ropes — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
- know the score — understand the situation
- knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
- knuckledusters — Plural form of knuckleduster.