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10-letter words containing a, c, k, t

  • stock farm — a farm devoted to breeding livestock.
  • strickland — William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
  • swatchbook — a booklet containing samples (of paper, cloth, etc)
  • sweat sock — one of a pair of socks made of thick, absorbent cotton, wool, or other material and worn during exercise, sports, leisure activity, etc.
  • switchback — a highway, as in a mountainous area, having many hairpin curves.
  • take aback — to astonish or disconcert
  • take cover — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
  • take place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
  • take stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
  • tank truck — a truck with a tank body, suitable for transporting gases or liquids, as oil, gasoline, or milk, in bulk.
  • taper jack — a device for melting sealing wax, having a waxed wick fed through a plate from a reel.
  • taperstick — a candlestick designed to hold tapers.
  • task force — Navy, Military. a temporary grouping of units under one commander, formed for the purpose of carrying out a specific operation or mission.
  • taxi truck — a truck with a driver that can be hired
  • tchoukball — a non-contact, team-orientated, ballgame developed by the Swiss biologist Dr H. Brandt, the object of the game is to throw the ball at a frame mounted with a springy surface so that it rebounds without being caught by the defending team
  • texas deck — the uppermost deck of an inland or western river steamer.
  • thai stick — a cigar-shaped stick of highly potent marijuana from Thailand.
  • the attack — the players in a team whose main role is to attack the opponents' goal or territory
  • think back — try to remember
  • throw back — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • ticket day — (on the London Stock Exchange) the day on which selling brokers receive from buying brokers the names of investors who have made purchases during the previous account
  • ticky-tack — shoddy and unimaginatively designed; flimsy and dull: a row of new, ticky-tacky bungalows.
  • timberjack — a person whose occupation is logging; logger.
  • tipsy cake — a kind of trifle made from a sponge cake soaked with white wine or sherry and decorated with almonds and crystallized fruit
  • toast rack — A toast rack is an object that is designed to hold pieces of toast in an upright position and separate from each other, ready for people to eat.
  • towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
  • trace back — identify origin, owner
  • track down — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • track meet — a series of athletic contests such as running and jumping, usually including most track-and-field events.
  • track race — an instance of a form of motorcycle racing where teams or individuals race opponents around an oval track
  • track shoe — a light, heelless, usually leather shoe having either steel spikes for use outdoors on a cinder or dirt track, or a rubber sole for use indoors on a board floor.
  • track shot — a camera shot in which the cameraman follows a specific person or event in the action
  • track suit — a sweat suit, usually with a long-sleeved jacket and long pants, worn by athletes, especially runners, before and after actual competition or during workouts.
  • tracklayer — section hand.
  • trackpoint — (hardware)   (Or "pointing stick", "nipple") A small knob found in the middle of some keyboards that works like a very short isometric joystick. Pressing it toward or away from you or from side to side moves the pointer on the screen. Ted Selker brought the concept of an in-keyboard pointing device to IBM in September 1987. TrackPoint was introduced in 1992 on the IBM ThinkPad and later on some desktops. It takes up virtually no extra room on the box or the work area and also requires minimal movement of the hands from the keyboard. Many imitations of highly variable quality appeared. Pointing sticks have also been used in many other notebook brands, including TI, HP, Compac, Dell, Toshiba (e.g. Portege 4000's "AccuPoint II"), and AST (e.g. Ascentia 910N). "TrackPoint" and "Trackpoint" are IBM trademarks.
  • trafficked — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
  • trafficker — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
  • trancelike — a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
  • trash rack — a grating for retaining floating objects from water entering a penstock.
  • tricktrack — a variety of backgammon.
  • truck farm — a farm or piece of land for the growing of vegetables and fruit for sale, especially to local or nearby markets.
  • trunk call — a long-distance phone call.
  • tucker-bag — a bag used to carry food.
  • turtleback — Archaeology. tortoise-core.
  • twickenham — a former borough, now part of Richmond upon Thames, in SE England.
  • twin-track — involving two simultaneous actions or processes
  • ultraslick — extremely smooth or slippery
  • unstacking — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
  • wacked-out — whacked-out.
  • waist pack — fanny pack.
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