13-letter words containing u, k, i
- quantity mark — a mark that is placed above a vowel or syllable to indicate its duration or length
- queer-looking — odd or strange in appearance
- question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
- quick-release — (of part of a device, etc) capable of being detached quickly and easily
- quick-setting — setting quickly, as a cement, paint, or gelatin.
- quickstepping — Present participle of quickstep.
- quitted trick — a trick the cards of which have been collected by the taker and turned face down, further examination being prohibited.
- raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
- ratushinskaya — Irina (ɪˈriːnə). born 1954, Russian poet and writer: imprisoned (1983–86) in a Soviet labour camp on charges of subversion. Her publications include Poems (1984), Grey is the Colour of Hope (1988), and The Odessans (1992)
- reduce a risk — If you reduce a risk, you lessen the potential damage that could be caused by a hazard or danger.
- requiem shark — any of numerous, chiefly tropical sharks of the family Carcharhinidae, including the tiger shark and soupfin shark.
- return ticket — a ticket for the return portion of a trip.
- rock hounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks, fossils, or minerals.
- rock squirrel — a large, gray ground squirrel, Spermophilus variegatus, inhabiting rocky areas of the southwestern U.S.
- rub' al khali — a desert in S Arabia, mainly in Saudi Arabia, extending southeast from Nejd to Hadramaut and northeast from Yemen to the United Arab Emirates. Area: about 777 000 sq km (300 000 sq miles)
- rubbernecking — staring or gaping inquisitively, esp in a naive or foolish manner
- rub` al khali — a desert in S Arabia, N of Hadhramaut and extending from Yemen to Oman. About 250,000 sq. mi. (647,500 sq. km).
- running track — a piece of ground, usually oval-shaped, that is used for races involving athletes
- san luis peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,014 feet (4271 meters).
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- security risk — a person considered by authorities as likely to commit acts that might threaten the security of a country.
- shark biscuit — a bodyboard
- silk industry — the industry that is involved with the breeding of silkworms and the manufacture of the silk they produce into thread and fabric
- skill-fulness — having or exercising skill: a skillful juggler.
- skull session — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
- sky-blue pink — a jocular name for a nonexistent, unknown, or unimportant colour
- soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- sparking plug — spark plug (def 1).
- speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
- stick out for — If you stick out for something, you keep demanding it and do not accept anything different or less.
- stinking smut — bunt3 .
- stocking unit — A stocking unit is a measurement or number by which items are kept in inventory, for example by dozens, kilograms, or cases.
- sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
- think much of — to have a high opinion of
- think through — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- thumb-sucking — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- thunderstrike — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
- tinker's cuss — tinker's damn (def 1).
- to keep it up — If you keep it up, you continue working or trying as hard as you have been in the past.
- to run a risk — If you run the risk of doing or experiencing something undesirable, you do something knowing that the undesirable thing might happen as a result.
- trailer truck — a trailer designed to be drawn by a truck tractor or other motor truck.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- ugly duckling — an unattractive or unpromising child who becomes a beautiful or much-admired adult.
- under-packing — the act or work of a person or thing that packs.