10-letter words containing e, r, k, s
- stud poker — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
- studebaker — Clement, 1831–1901, U.S. wagon maker and pioneer automobile designer.
- suckerfish — remora.
- summerlike — like or characteristic of summer; summery: a spell of summerlike showers.
- superblock — an area of city land larger than the usual block, treated according to a unified plan and generally closed to vehicular through traffic.
- superflack — an extremely competent, successful press agent
- superstock — an exceptionally lucrative investment
- superthick — extremely thick
- supertruck — a fast powerful truck used in truck racing
- surge tank — a large surge chamber.
- sverdlovsk — former name (1924–91) of Ekaterinburg.
- take turns — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- tankbuster — an aircraft, missile, etc designed to destroy tanks
- 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.
- taskmaster — a person whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
- tastemaker — a person or thing that establishes or strongly influences what is considered to be stylish, acceptable, or worthwhile in a given sphere of interest, as the arts.
- ten-strike — Tenpins. a strike.
- tereshkova — Valentina Vladimirovna [vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh vluh-dyi-myee-ruh v-nuh] /və lyɪnˈtyi nə vlə dyɪˈmyi rəv nə/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut: first woman in space 1963.
- tewkesbury — a town in N Gloucestershire, in W England: final defeat of the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses 1471.
- the breaks — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
- 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.
- transkeian — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- tree snake — any of various slender arboreal colubrid snakes of the genera Chlorophis (green tree snakes), Chrysopelea (golden tree snakes), etc
- treitschke — Heinrich von [hahyn-rikh fuh n] /ˈhaɪn rɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1834–96, German historian.
- trekschuit — a horse-drawn boat, literally a tugboat, specific to the Netherlands
- trickiness — given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
- triskelion — a symbolic figure consisting of three legs, arms, or branches radiating from a common center, as the device of Sicily and the Isle of Man.
- trotskyite — a supporter of Trotsky or Trotskyism.
- trunk hose — full, baglike breeches covering the body from the waist to the middle of the thigh or lower, sometimes having the stockings attached in one piece, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- turkestani — of or relating to the central Asian region of Turkestan or its inhabitants
- two-stroke — relating to or designating an internal-combustion engine whose piston makes two strokes for every explosion
- tyre marks — marks on the road resulting from friction caused by vehicle tyres locked in position by brakes
- underskirt — a skirt, as a petticoat, worn under another skirt or a dress.
- understock — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- unforsaken — past participle of forsake.
- upperworks — the parts of a vessel above the waterline when fully laden
- wackyparse — (Internet, slang) In Kibology, the practice of misreading text to humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.
- wart snake — either of two stout, nonvenomous snakes of the family Acrochordindae, ranging from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, and having the skin covered with wartlike, three-pointed scales.
- water-sick — (of soil) unproductive due to excessive watering or salt residues from irrigation.
- water-soak — to soak or saturate with water.
- waterbucks — Plural form of waterbuck.
- watermarks — Plural form of watermark.
- waterskied — Simple past tense and past participle of waterski.
- waterworks — (used with a singular or plural verb) a complete system of reservoirs, pipelines, conduits, etc., by which water is collected, purified, stored, and pumped to urban users.
- weaker sex — the female sex; women (usually used facetiously): my life as a member of the weaker sex.
- weekenders — Plural form of weekender.
- weizsacker — Carl Friedrich von [kahrl free-drikh fuh n] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1912–2007, German physicist and cosmologist.
- whiskering — (fashion) The fading of creases in blue jeans, especially around the crotch; often added artificially in order to simulate a
- windbreaks — Plural form of windbreak.