11-letter words containing k, i, r, a
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- racket-tail — any of several birds with a racket-shaped tail, such as certain hummingbirds and kingfishers
- radio knife — an electrical instrument for cutting tissue that by searing severed blood vessels seals them and prevents bleeding.
- radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
- rail strike — a strike by railway workers
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- raking bond — a brickwork bond in which concealed courses of diagonally laid bricks are used to bond exposed brickwork to the wall structure.
- ralik chain — a chain of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, forming the W part of the Marshall Islands.
- ramakrishna — Sri [sree,, shree] /sri,, ʃri/ (Show IPA), 1836–86, Hindu religious reformer and mystic.
- 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
- realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
- reawakening — rousing; quickening: an awakening interest in ballet.
- retail park — A retail park is a large specially built area, usually at the edge of a town or city, where there are a lot of large shops and sometimes other facilities such as cinemas and restaurants.
- 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.
- ringstraked — ring-streaked.
- ripple mark — one of the wavy lines or ridges produced, especially on sand, by the action of waves, wind, or the like.
- 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 factor — a condition, behavior, or other factor that increases risk: Smoking is a major risk factor for cancer; depression as a risk factor in suicide.
- risk-averse — reluctant to take risks; tending to avoid risks as much as possible: risk-averse entrepreneurs.
- risk-taking — courting danger or loss
- rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
- rock rabbit — rock hyrax.
- roman brick — a long, thin face brick, usually yellow-brown and having a length about eight times its thickness.
- rotary kiln — type of industrial oven
- safari park — a parklike zoo in which wild animals are allowed to roam free in an environment designed to resemble their natural habitat and are observed by visitors riding through the park in cars or buses; animal park.
- schmierkase — cottage cheese.
- shark siren — a siren sounded to warn swimmers of the presence of sharks
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
- shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
- shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
- shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
- sidetracked — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
- silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
- 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.
- sir patrick — Norman Bel [bel] /bɛl/ (Show IPA), 1893–1958, U.S. industrial and stage designer and architect.
- skidbladnir — the huge collapsible ship, made by two dwarfs for Frey, that always had a favoring wind.
- skin cancer — melanoma: malignant tumour
- skin-search — strip-search.
- skip tracer — an investigator whose job is to locate missing persons, especially debtors.
- skirt steak — a thin cut of beef taken from the plate or, sometimes, from the diaphragm
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- smart drink — a nonalcoholic beverage with added amino acids and vitamins claimed to increase energy, improve memory, and boost intelligence.
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- snake river — a river flowing from NW Wyoming through S Idaho into the Columbia River in SE Washington: Shoshone Falls. 1038 miles (1670 km) long.
- social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.