12-letter words containing r, i, e, k, a
- premarketing — before the development of a market
- prepackaging — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- prickly pear — any of numerous cacti of the genus Opuntia, having flattened, usually spiny stem joints, yellow, orange, or reddish flowers, and ovoid, often edible fruit.
- private joke — a joke that is understood only by a certain social group
- puck-carrier — the player who has the puck and moves it along.
- pyramid peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,018 feet (4276 meters).
- racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
- racketeering — a person engaged in a racket.
- radar picket — a ship, vehicle, or aircraft stationed at a distance from a protected force to increase radar detection range.
- raking piece — a sloping piece of scenery, as on a television or stage set, especially such a piece used for masking the side of a ramp.
- 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
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- ribbon snake — either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
- ribeye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
- rickenbacker — Edward Vernon ("Eddie") 1890–1973, U.S. aviator and aviation executive.
- rijksdaalder — a cupronickel or silver coin of the Netherlands, equal to 2½ guilders.
- risk manager — A risk manager is a person who works in risk management.
- risk-manager — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
- rock glacier — a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice.
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
- safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- science park — A science park is an area, usually linked to a university, where there are a lot of private companies, especially ones concerned with high technology.
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- semidarkness — partial darkness.
- seraskierate — the headquarters of the seraskier, located in Constantinople; the Turkish War Office
- service mark — a proprietary term, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Express, or Planned Parenthood, that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. Abbreviation: SM.
- share-milker — (in New Zealand) a person who lives on a dairy farm milking the owner's herd for an agreed share of the profits and, usually, building his own herd simultaneously
- shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- skirt chaser — a womanizer.
- skirt-chaser — a womanizer.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- spark-killer — a device for diminishing sparking, consisting of a capacitor and a resistor connected in series across two points where sparking may occur in a circuit.
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- straitjacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands