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11-letter words containing c, r, a, k

  • strike back — retaliate
  • sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
  • tack hammer — a light hammer for driving tacks, often magnetized to hold the tack to the head.
  • take charge — able or seemingly able to take charge: She is a take-charge management type.
  • take-charge — able or seemingly able to take charge: She is a take-charge management type.
  • tally clerk — a person, esp on a wharf or dock or in an airport, who checks the count of goods being loaded or unloaded
  • tax bracket — a category of taxpayer which is based on how high or low their income is
  • ticker tape — the ribbon of paper on which a ticker prints quotations or news.
  • title track — The title track on a CD, record, or tape is a song or piece of music that has the same title as the CD, record, or tape.
  • track brake — a mechanism that slows or stops a vehicle by pressing against the track rather than the wheels.
  • track event — A track event is an event in athletics which involves running or walking around a racetrack, in contrast to events that involve only jumping or throwing.
  • track shoes — light running shoes fitted with steel spikes for better grip
  • track spike — a chisel-pointed spike used to secure the rails of a railroad track to wooden ties.
  • tracker dog — canine trained to detect
  • tracklaying — (of a vehicle) having an endless jointed metal band around the wheels
  • tracklement — any savoury condiment or sauce served with meat
  • trackwalker — a person employed to walk over and inspect a certain section of railroad track at intervals.
  • trafficking — 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.
  • train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
  • travel-sick — nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
  • trick-track — a variety of backgammon.
  • trojan duck — a duck that is a carrier of avian flu and is therefore a threat to other birds and also to humans, but which shows no outward signs of infection
  • truckmaster — an officer in charge of trade with Native Americans, esp among the early settlers
  • trunk cabin — a cabin of a yacht that presents a long, low profile with a relatively unbroken line fore and aft. Compare doghouse (def 2).
  • unbracketed — not bracketed; not enclosed by brackets; not connected together by brackets
  • untrackable — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • vapour lock — a stoppage in a pipe carrying a liquid caused by a bubble of gas, esp such a stoppage caused by vaporization of the petrol in the pipe feeding the carburettor of an internal-combustion engine
  • wages clerk — a worker in an office who calculates staff wages
  • wall rocket — any of several yellow-flowered European plants of the genus Diplotaxis, such as D. muralis, that grow on old walls and in waste places: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • warchalking — the practice of marking chalk symbols on walls and pavements at places where local wireless internet connections may be obtained for free via a computer, usually without permission
  • watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
  • water clock — a device, as a clepsydra, for measuring time by the flow of water.
  • waterlocked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
  • weathercock — a weather vane with the figure of a rooster on it.
  • westermarck — Edward Alexander [ed-werd al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Finnish ed-vahrd ah-lek-sahn-duh r] /ˈɛd wərd ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Finnish ˈɛd vɑrd ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1939, Finnish sociologist.
  • whalesucker — a large, blue remora, Remora australis, that attaches itself to whales and dolphins.
  • wisecracked — Simple past tense and past participle of wisecrack.
  • wisecracker — a smart or facetious remark.
  • workaholics — Plural form of workaholic.
  • worksurface — A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers in a kitchen, that can be used to work on.
  • workwatcher — a person who observes racehorses in training
  • wreckmaster — an official who takes charge of cargo that has been thrown ashore after a shipwreck
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