13-letter words containing r, i, e, k, a
- reduce a risk — If you reduce a risk, you lessen the potential damage that could be caused by a hazard or danger.
- register mark — any of several marks incorporated onto printing plates to assist in the accurate positioning of images during printing
- reindeer lake — a lake in central Canada, in NE Saskatchewan and NW Manitoba. 2444 sq. mi. (6330 sq. km).
- remarkability — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- requiem shark — any of numerous, chiefly tropical sharks of the family Carcharhinidae, including the tiger shark and soupfin shark.
- rib eye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
- rib-eye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
- riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
- right bracket — (character) "]". ASCII character 93. Common names: right square bracket; ITU-T: closing bracket; unbracket. Rare: unsquare; INTERCAL: U turn back. Paired with left bracket.
- ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
- risk aversion — a strong disinclination to take risks
- 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.
- safari jacket — bush jacket.
- schiller park — a town in NE Illinois.
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- semi-darkness — partial darkness
- serial killer — anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- service break — an instance of a player winning a game against a server.
- shakespearian — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
- single market — a market consisting of a number of nations, esp those of the European Union, in which goods, capital, and currencies can move freely across borders without tariffs or restrictions
- sirloin steak — cut of beef
- skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
- skin reaction — an irritation or inflammation of the skin due to an allergy or infection, brought about by natural means or by a skin test.
- sneak preview — a preview of a motion picture, often shown in addition to an announced film, in order to observe the reaction of the audience.
- social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
- social worker — sb who assists local community
- spark erosion — a method of machining using a shaped electrode which erodes the workpiece by an electric spark discharge between itself and the workpiece
- speaking part — a part in which the character speaks scripted dialogue
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- spring a leak — to develop a leak
- station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
- strait-jacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
- streptokinase — an enzyme used to dissolve blood clots.
- strikebreaker — a person who takes part in breaking up a strike of workers, either by working or by furnishing workers.
- swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
- take pride in — be proud
- take to drink — If someone takes to drink, they start to drink a lot of alcohol regularly, usually because they are depressed or worried about something.
- taranaki gate — a rough-and-ready gate in a fence made from wire and battens
- tarpeian rock — a rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which criminals and traitors were hurled.
- task-mistress — a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
- task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
- telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
- tennis racket — long-handled bat used in tennis
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman