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11-letter words containing k, r, i, s, t

  • 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
  • strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • strike dumb — to amaze; astound; astonish
  • strike fire — to make a spark, as with tinder
  • strike fund — an amount of money reserved by a union to make payments to striking works should a strike occur
  • strike home — to deliver an effective blow
  • strike note — the note produced by a bell when struck, defining its musical pitch
  • strike slip — the component of slip on a fault parallel with the linear extension or strike of the fault.
  • strike zone — the area above home plate extending from the batter's knees to his or her shoulders.
  • strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
  • strip poker — a game of poker in which the losers in a hand remove an article of clothing.
  • 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.
  • sucker list — a list of names and addresses of persons considered by a business, charity organization, etc., to be likely purchasers or donors.
  • superstrike — an exceptionally large strike
  • 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).
  • take a risk — to proceed in an action without regard to the possibility of danger involved in it
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • track spike — a chisel-pointed spike used to secure the rails of a railroad track to wooden ties.
  • travel-sick — nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
  • trelliswork — latticework.
  • turkish rug — any of a large variety of handwoven rugs produced in Turkey, characterized by coarse, heavy yarn and a long, uneven pile.
  • turkish van — a breed of cat with soft white semi-long hair and coloured markings on the head and tail
  • waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
  • weak sister — a vacillating person; coward.
  • white shark — great white shark.
  • white stork — a large Eurasian stork, Ciconia ciconia, having white plumage with black in the wings and a red bill.
  • winterkills — Plural form of winterkill.
  • workstation — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
  • yastrzemskiCarl Michael ("Yaz") born 1939, U.S. baseball player.
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