11-letter words containing c, r, a, k, e
- leatherback — a sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having the shell embedded in a leathery skin, reaching a length of more than 7 feet (2.1 meter) and a weight of more than 1000 pounds (450 kg): the largest living sea turtle; an endangered species.
- leatherjack — Leatherjacket (fish in genus Oligoplites).
- leatherneck — a U.S. marine.
- linebackers — Plural form of linebacker.
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- lucky break — a fortunate and unexpected turn of events
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- make tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- mantle rock — the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's crust; regolith.
- marble cake — a cake given a streaked, marblelike appearance by the incomplete mixing of dark, especially chocolate, and light batters.
- march break — a school holiday, usually for a week, during March
- marketplace — an open area in a town where a market is held.
- matchmakers — Plural form of matchmaker.
- mock orange — Also called syringa. any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Philadelphus, of the saxifrage family, especially P. coronarius, a widely cultivated species having fragrant white flowers.
- natterjacks — Plural form of natterjack.
- nut-cracker — an instrument or device for cracking the shells of nuts.
- nutcrackers — Plural form of nutcracker.
- nyckelharpa — an old-time Swedish stringed musical instrument, similar to the hurdy-gurdy but sounded with a bow instead of a wheel.
- office park — a complex of office buildings located on land planted with lawns, trees, bushes, etc.
- on the rack — If you say that someone is on the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally.
- opera cloak — a large cloak worn over evening clothes
- overpackage — to package excessively
- panel truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.
- peacekeeper — a person who maintains or restores peace and amity; mediator: Mother was the peacekeeper in our family.
- peacock ore — bornite.
- placekicker — a player who takes place kicks
- pocket park — a very small park or outdoor area for public leisure, especially an urban plaza or courtyard with benches and fountains.
- poker-faced — an expressionless face: He can tell a funny story with a poker face.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- prepackaged — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
- price break — a reduction in price, esp for bulk purchase
- prick-eared — British. Informal. (of a man) having the hair cut short. Archaic. following or sympathetic to the Puritans or Roundheads. Archaic. priggish.
- prick-tease — a woman who is sexually provocative but refuses to engage in sexual activity
- prickleback — any of several blennioid fishes of the family Stichaeidae, usually inhabiting cold waters, having spiny rays in the dorsal fin.
- quacksalver — a quack doctor.
- quarterback — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- quarterdeck — the part of a weather deck that runs aft from the midship area or the mainmast to the stern or poop of a vessel.
- quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
- racetracker — a person who regularly attends horse races, especially for the purpose of betting.
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- rack-renter — one who pays or exacts rack-rent
- racket-tail — any of several birds with a racket-shaped tail, such as certain hummingbirds and kingfishers
- report back — If you report back to someone, you tell them about something that they asked you to find out about.
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- rickettsial — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- road hockey — an imitation of the game of ice hockey played typically by children without ice skates on a public road.
- rock beauty — a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.