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10-letter words containing i, r, k, n

  • run a risk — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
  • sanskritic — an Indo-European, Indic language, in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India. Abbreviation: Skt.
  • scarf-skin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.
  • scrimshank — to avoid one's obligations or share of work; shirk.
  • shrink fit — a tight fit of a collar or wheel boss on a shaft obtained by expanding the collar or boss by heating to enable it to be threaded onto the shaft and then allowing it to cool, or by freezing the shaft to reduce its diameter to enable it to be threaded into the collar or boss and then allowing the shaft temperature to rise
  • shrinkpack — flexible plastic used for shrink-wrapping goods
  • sickerness — sureness
  • silkscreen — Also called silkscreen process. a printmaking technique in which a mesh cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden frame and the design, painted on the screen by tusche or affixed by stencil, is printed by having a squeegee force color through the pores of the material in areas not blocked out by a glue sizing.
  • silverskin — the inner skin of a coffee bean
  • sinkerball — sinker (def 5).
  • skimmerton — shivaree (def 1).
  • skin color — tone of complexion
  • skin diver — person who explores underwater
  • skin graft — skin used for transplanting in skin grafting.
  • skinnerian — a psychologist who follows behaviorist theories developed by B. F. Skinner.
  • skippering — the master or captain of a vessel, especially of a small trading or fishing vessel.
  • skittering — to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
  • skylarking — a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
  • skysurfing — a sport that is similar to skydiving but uses a special lightweight board (skyboard) attached to the feet and usually equipped with a parachute.
  • skywriting — the act or technique of writing against the sky with chemically produced smoke released from a maneuvering airplane.
  • skywritten — created by the process of skywriting
  • slammerkin — a woman's loose dress
  • smoke ring — a visible ring formed by the sudden release of smoke, usually created by blowing smoke from the mouth or by a cigarette, incense stick etc
  • snarkiness — testy or irritable; short.
  • snickering — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
  • snorkeling — Also called, British, snort. a device permitting a submarine to remain submerged for prolonged periods, consisting of tubes extended above the surface of the water to take in air for the diesel engine and for general ventilation and to discharge exhaust gases and foul air.
  • sock-liner — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
  • soft drink — a beverage that is not alcoholic or intoxicating and is usually carbonated, as root beer or ginger ale.
  • speakerine — a female television or radio announcer
  • springbuck — springbok.
  • springlike — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
  • springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
  • sprinkling — the act or an instance of sprinkling.
  • sri lankan — an island republic in the Indian Ocean, S of India: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 25,332 sq. mi. (65,610 sq. km). Capital: Colombo.
  • stickering — a person or thing that sticks.
  • stockinger — a person who knits on a stocking frame
  • stravinsky — Igor Fëdorovich [ee-gawr fyaw-duh-roh-vich;; Russian ee-guh r fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˈi gɔr ˌfyɔ dəˈroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈi gər ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1971, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
  • strickland — William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
  • strikingly — attractive; impressive: a scene of striking beauty.
  • tall drink — a beverage consisting of liquor and a sparkling soda, fruit juice, or the like, to which may be added other ingredients, served in a tall glass, usually with ice.
  • tarkington — (Newton) Booth, 1869–1946, U.S. novelist and playwright.
  • ten-strike — Tenpins. a strike.
  • the wrekin — an isolated hill in the English Midlands in Telford and Wrekin unitary authority, Shropshire. Height: 400 m (1335 ft)
  • think over — consider, deliberate
  • tick-borne — carried or transmitted by ticks: tick-borne disease.
  • 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.
  • trancelike — a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
  • 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.
  • trick knee — a condition of the knee in which the joint suddenly stiffens or abandons its support.
  • trickiness — given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
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