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13-letter words containing r, o, s, e, n, k

  • nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
  • nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
  • novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
  • 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.
  • question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
  • 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.
  • return stroke — the main discharge in a lightning stroke
  • rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
  • risk aversion — a strong disinclination to take risks
  • roanoke bells — a wild plant, Mertensia virginica, of the borage family, native to the eastern U.S., grown as a garden plant for its handsome, nodding clusters of blue flowers.
  • rocking horse — a toy horse, as of wood, mounted on rockers or springs, on which children may ride; hobbyhorse.
  • rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
  • rocking stone — any fairly large rock so situated on its base that slight forces can cause it to move or sway.
  • rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
  • saloon keeper — a person who owns or operates a saloon.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • second-strike — noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
  • severodonetsk — a city in E Ukraine, NE of Donetsk.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
  • 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.
  • skiing resort — a place which provides accommodation and facilities for skiing such as skiing trails, slopes, etc, esp for people who go there to take skiing holidays
  • 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.
  • skipping rope — A skipping rope or skip rope is a piece of rope, usually with handles at each end. You exercise or play with it by turning it round and round and jumping over it.
  • skipping-rope — Also, jump roping. a children's game or an exercise for children and adults in which a rope is swung over and under the standing jumper, who must leap over it each time it reaches the feet.
  • socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
  • spark erosion — a method of machining using a shaped electrode which erodes the workpiece by an electric spark discharge between itself and the workpiece
  • spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
  • sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
  • steering lock — an anti-theft device
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • streptokinase — an enzyme used to dissolve blood clots.
  • surfer's knot — a tumorlike nodule below a surfer's knee or on the upper area of the foot, caused by pressure on the skin and tissue exerted by the surfboard.
  • task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
  • thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • thunderstroke — a stroke of lightning accompanied by thunder.
  • train-workers — people who work on trains
  • understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
  • unforeskinned — circumcised
  • unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
  • unsoldierlike — not befitting a soldier
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
  • west new york — a town in NE New Jersey, across the Hudson from New York City.
  • whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
  • wonder-struck — struck or affected with wonder.
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