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

  • sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
  • speakership — a person who speaks.
  • spirit lake — a lake in SW Washington, at the N foot of Mount St. Helens: site of devastation during 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens.
  • spray skirt — a piece of waterproof material that fits around the paddler and opening of a kayak to keep water out of the craft.
  • sterlitamak — a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, W of the Southern Urals.
  • stickleader — a person assigned to check the appearance or condition of each person in a stick
  • strike back — retaliate
  • strip steak — cut of beef: sirloin
  • sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
  • svarabhakti — the process of inserting vowel sounds into a consonant cluster, as in a loanword to make it conform to the pattern of the speaker's language and, hence, more easily pronounceable, as in the Italian pronunciation [lahn-tsee-ke-nek-kaw] /ˌlɑn tsi kɛˈnɛk kɔ/ (Show IPA) for German Landsknecht [lahnts-knekht] /ˈlɑntsˌknɛxt/ (Show IPA).
  • tailor-make — to make or adjust to meet the needs of the particular situation, individual, object, etc.: to tailor-make a tour.
  • take a risk — to proceed in an action without regard to the possibility of danger involved in it
  • take fright — be scared off
  • take strike — (of a batsman) to prepare to play a ball delivered by the bowler
  • tardis-like — having an interior that is more spacious than could be imagined from looking at the outside
  • tearjerking — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
  • tengri khan — a mountain in central Asia, on the boundary between Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) and China: highest peak of the Tien Shan Mountains. About 23,950 feet (7300 meters).
  • thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
  • theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
  • thread silk — silk yarn produced by a silk throwster.
  • ticker tape — the ribbon of paper on which a ticker prints quotations or news.
  • tie-breaker — competition: sth that resolves a draw
  • tiger shark — a large shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, inhabiting warm seas, noted for its voracious habits.
  • tiger snake — either of two highly venomous snakes, Notechis scutatus and N. ater, of Australia and Tasmania, that grow to a length of 5 feet (1.5 meters).
  • tinley park — a town in NE Illinois.
  • tirthankara — one of 24 persons who have attained personal immortality through enlightenment.
  • 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.
  • top-ranking — A top-ranking person is someone who has a very high rank or status in a particular organization or field of activity.
  • track spike — a chisel-pointed spike used to secure the rails of a railroad track to wooden ties.
  • tracklaying — (of a vehicle) having an endless jointed metal band around the wheels
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • turkish van — a breed of cat with soft white semi-long hair and coloured markings on the head and tail
  • undertaking — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
  • undrinkable — suitable for drinking.
  • utgard-loki — a Jotun appearing in the story of Thor's voyage to Utgard: at first disguised under another name (Skrymir)
  • violinmaker — a person who designs and constructs violins, especially professionally.
  • visbreaking — Visbreaking is thermal cracking, when the vacuum residue is less viscous and it can then be used to produce valuable products.
  • visualworks — (language)   A modern commercial implementation of the Smalltalk programming language. VisualWorks descends directly from the original Smalltalk-80 by Xerox PARC and was originally developed (for some time under the name Objectworks\Smalltalk) by ParcPlace Systems. VisualWorks relies on dynamic translation as its virtual machine technology.
  • walk on air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • 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
  • warlikeness — the state of being warlike
  • warriorlike — Like a warrior.
  • wasim akram — Chaudhry. born 1966, Pakistani cricketer: a fast bowler, he played in 104 test matches (1984–2002), 25 as captain, and took 414 wickets
  • waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
  • weak sister — a vacillating person; coward.
  • whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
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