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13-letter words containing t, r, o, k

  • toasting fork — a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
  • tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
  • tracking shot — dolly shot.
  • train-workers — people who work on trains
  • tree kangaroo — any arboreal kangaroo of the genus Dendrolagus, of Queensland, Australia, and New Guinea.
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • truck bolster — the upper transverse member of a car truck that holds the truck center plate and receives the car's weight.
  • truck tractor — tractor (def 2).
  • truck-tractor — a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
  • truelove knot — a complicated ornamental knot, especially a double knot having two interlacing bows, regarded as an emblem of true love or interwoven affections.
  • turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
  • turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
  • tussock grass — any of various grasses that grow in tuftlike clumps.
  • ullage rocket — a small hydrogen peroxide rocket engine that produces sufficient acceleration to keep propellants in their places when the main rocket is shut off
  • understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
  • unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
  • vacation work — work undertaken by students during their vacation
  • w.k. roentgen — Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
  • water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
  • water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
  • weathercocked — Simple past tense and past participle of weathercock.
  • west new york — a town in NE New Jersey, across the Hudson from New York City.
  • white croaker — kingfish (def 2).
  • wonder-struck — struck or affected with wonder.
  • work function — Physics. the least energy necessary to free an electron from a metal surface.
  • work overtime — work extra hours
  • work stoppage — the collective stoppage of work by employees in a business or an industry to protest working conditions.
  • worker-priest — (in France) a Roman Catholic priest who, in addition to his priestly duties, works part-time in a secular job.
  • working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
  • working party — A working party is a committee which is formed to investigate a particular situation or problem and to produce a report containing its opinions and suggestions.
  • working stiff — A working stiff is a person who has an ordinary job that is not well-paid.
  • working title — name or heading of sth while in progress
  • yekaterinodar — a former name of Krasnodar.
  • yellow rocket — any of several yellow-flowered plants of the related genus Barbarea, esp B. vulgaris
  • yellow streak — a trait of cowardice in a person's character.
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