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

  • 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.
  • reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
  • rent strike — a temporary, organized refusal by tenants, as of an apartment building, to pay their rent, as in protest over inadequate services.
  • 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
  • rib-tickler — very amusing; funny or hilarious: a book of rib-tickling stories.
  • ribbed-knit — rib-knit (def 2).
  • 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.
  • right-click — to depress the right-hand mouse button, as to display a menu.
  • 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 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-taking — courting danger or loss
  • rock rabbit — rock hyrax.
  • rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
  • rotary kiln — type of industrial oven
  • serpentlike — resembling a serpent
  • shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
  • shitkickers — an unsophisticated farmer, cowboy, or other rural person; country person.
  • sidetracked — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
  • silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
  • 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.
  • ski touring — cross-country skiing.
  • skillcentre — an institution providing vocational training or retraining for employed or unemployed people
  • 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
  • smart drink — a nonalcoholic beverage with added amino acids and vitamins claimed to increase energy, improve memory, and boost intelligence.
  • snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
  • soft drinks — A soft drink is a cold, nonalcoholic drink such as lemonade or fruit juice, or a carbonated drink.
  • 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.
  • spirketting — deck planking near the bulwarks
  • spitsticker — a wood-engraving tool with a fine prow-shaped point for cutting curved lines
  • split skirt — a pair of women's shorts with flared legs resembling a skirt; culottes
  • spot strike — a labor strike by a local branch of a union.
  • 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.
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