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11-letter words containing n, e, a, t, i, k

  • kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
  • kleptomania — an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
  • knee action — Automotive. a form of suspension for the front wheels of a vehicle permitting each wheel to rise and fall independently of the other.
  • knife pleat — a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded in the same direction.
  • knightheads — Plural form of knighthead.
  • kristiansen — Ingrid. born 1956, Norwegian long-distance runner: world 10 000 metres record holder (1986–93)
  • maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
  • main market — the market for trading in the listed securities of companies on the London Stock Exchange
  • meatpacking — (US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
  • minute mark — the symbol ′ used for minutes of arc and linear feet
  • monkey tail — any of various light or short ropes or lines.
  • night snake — a nocturnal, mildly venomous New World snake, Hypsiglena torquata, having a gray or yellowish body marked with dark brown spots.
  • nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
  • nikethamide — a stimulant derived from nicotinic acid, primarily affecting the respiratory system and formerly used to counteract tranquilizer overdoses
  • outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
  • pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
  • phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
  • platemaking — the act of making plates
  • punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
  • rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
  • 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.
  • septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
  • shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
  • 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.
  • sneak thief — a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.
  • stalin peak — former name of Communism Peak.
  • steak diane — a steak served in a rich sauce
  • steak knife — a sharp dinner knife the blade of which is made of steel and usually serrated, used in cutting meat.
  • steelmaking — the manufacture of steel.
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • take a hint — If you take a hint, you understand something that is suggested to you indirectly.
  • take action — act, do sth practical
  • take notice — listen, heed
  • taking lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
  • tank engine — locomotive train
  • tearjerking — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
  • telebanking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services by means of a computer network
  • 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).
  • teppan-yaki — a Japanese dish of meat and vegetables stir-fried on, and eaten from, a hot steel plate that forms the centre of a table
  • thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
  • 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.
  • train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
  • undertaking — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
  • untalkative — inclined to talk a great deal: One drink and she became very talkative.
  • unthinkable — inconceivable; unimaginable: the unthinkable size of the universe.
  • waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
  • winter park — a city in E Florida.
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