10-letter words containing n, a, r, k
- scrimshank — to avoid one's obligations or share of work; shirk.
- shrinkpack — flexible plastic used for shrink-wrapping goods
- sinkerball — sinker (def 5).
- skin graft — skin used for transplanting in skin grafting.
- skinnerian — a psychologist who follows behaviorist theories developed by B. F. Skinner.
- skylarking — a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
- slammerkin — a woman's loose dress
- snarkiness — testy or irritable; short.
- sneakernet — Facetious. the transfer of electronic information by carrying the storage medium, especially a floppy disk, from one computer to another.
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- speakerine — a female television or radio announcer
- sperm bank — a repository for storing sperm and keeping it viable under scientifically controlled conditions prior to its use in artificial insemination.
- spray tank — a closed tank into which air is pumped to force out a liquid, especially for a spray.
- sri lankan — an island republic in the Indian Ocean, S of India: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 25,332 sq. mi. (65,610 sq. km). Capital: Colombo.
- stonebreak — any of a variety of plants in the genus Saxifraga
- stravinsky — Igor Fëdorovich [ee-gawr fyaw-duh-roh-vich;; Russian ee-guh r fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˈi gɔr ˌfyɔ dəˈroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈi gər ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1971, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
- strickland — William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
- strongbark — any of the several tropical American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Bourreria, of the borage family, especially B. ovata, of southern Florida and the West Indies, having elliptic leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- surge tank — a large surge chamber.
- take turns — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- talk round — If you talk someone round, you persuade them to change their mind so that they agree with you, or agree to do what you want them to do
- tall drink — a beverage consisting of liquor and a sparkling soda, fruit juice, or the like, to which may be added other ingredients, served in a tall glass, usually with ice.
- tank truck — a truck with a tank body, suitable for transporting gases or liquids, as oil, gasoline, or milk, in bulk.
- tankbuster — an aircraft, missile, etc designed to destroy tanks
- tarkington — (Newton) Booth, 1869–1946, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- tena korua — a Māori greeting to two people
- top-ranked — A top-ranked sports player or team is the most successful player or team in a particular sport.
- track down — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- trackpoint — (hardware) (Or "pointing stick", "nipple") A small knob found in the middle of some keyboards that works like a very short isometric joystick. Pressing it toward or away from you or from side to side moves the pointer on the screen. Ted Selker brought the concept of an in-keyboard pointing device to IBM in September 1987. TrackPoint was introduced in 1992 on the IBM ThinkPad and later on some desktops. It takes up virtually no extra room on the box or the work area and also requires minimal movement of the hands from the keyboard. Many imitations of highly variable quality appeared. Pointing sticks have also been used in many other notebook brands, including TI, HP, Compac, Dell, Toshiba (e.g. Portege 4000's "AccuPoint II"), and AST (e.g. Ascentia 910N). "TrackPoint" and "Trackpoint" are IBM trademarks.
- trancelike — a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- transkeian — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- tree snake — any of various slender arboreal colubrid snakes of the genera Chlorophis (green tree snakes), Chrysopelea (golden tree snakes), etc
- trunk call — a long-distance phone call.
- trunk road — A trunk road is a major road that has been specially built for travelling long distances. A trunk road is not as wide or as fast as a motorway.
- turkestani — of or relating to the central Asian region of Turkestan or its inhabitants
- twin-track — involving two simultaneous actions or processes
- un-awkward — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
- undertaken — to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail.
- undertaker — funeral director.
- unforsaken — past participle of forsake.
- unmarketed — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- unremarked — not noted or noticed
- unworkable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- von karman — Theodore, 1881–1963, U.S. scientist and aeronautical engineer, born in Hungary.
- wake-robin — the cuckoopint.
- walkaround — A competitive dance in blackface minstrel shows of the 19th century.
- warrenlike — Resembling a warren; mazelike, labyrinthine.
- wart snake — either of two stout, nonvenomous snakes of the family Acrochordindae, ranging from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, and having the skin covered with wartlike, three-pointed scales.
- water tank — cistern
- waymarking — A recreational activity involving the finding and logging of points of interest, usually with a GPS receiver and digital camera.