11-letter words containing k, a, t, n
- rack-renter — one who pays or exacts rack-rent
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- ratak chain — a chain of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, forming the E part of the Marshall Islands.
- ration book — a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
- rattlesnake — any of several New World pit vipers of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle composed of a series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail.
- ringstraked — ring-streaked.
- ripple-tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
- risk-taking — courting danger or loss
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- rotary kiln — type of industrial oven
- round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
- saint kilda — a group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic, in the Outer Hebrides: uninhabited since 1930; bird sanctuary
- saint kitts — one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 68 sq. mi. (176 sq. km).
- sand-struck — (of bricks) made with a mold lined with sand to permit freeing.
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
- savannakhet — a city in S central Laos.
- schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
- septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
- shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
- singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- smart drink — a nonalcoholic beverage with added amino acids and vitamins claimed to increase energy, improve memory, and boost intelligence.
- snack table — a small portable folding table used for an individual serving.
- snake plant — a widely grown houseplant, Sansevieria trifasciata, having stiffly erect, mottled, lance-shaped leaves.
- sneak thief — a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.
- sneaky pete — a homemade or inferior liquor or wine.
- spanakopita — a baked dish consisting of spinach, feta cheese, eggs, and scallions enclosed in layers of phyllo.
- square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
- stalin peak — former name of Communism Peak.
- stark naked — Someone who is stark naked is completely naked.
- stark-naked — absolutely naked.
- steak diane — a steak served in a rich sauce
- steak knife — a sharp dinner knife the blade of which is made of steel and usually serrated, used in cutting meat.
- steelmaking — the manufacture of steel.
- stem canker — a disease of plants characterized by cankers on the stems and twigs and caused by any of several fungi.
- stepanakert — a city in and the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, within Azerbaijan.
- stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
- stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
- subtacksman — a renter who holds the property they rent by subletting it
- supertanker — a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons.
- tae kwon do — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
- take a hint — If you take a hint, you understand something that is suggested to you indirectly.
- take action — act, do sth practical
- take notice — listen, heed
- take out on — If you take something out on someone, you behave in an unpleasant way towards them because you feel angry or upset, even though this is not their fault.
- taken aback — toward the back.
- taking lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
- talk around — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- tanbark oak — any oak that yields tanbark, especially an evergreen oak, Lithocarpus densiflora, of the Pacific coast of North America.