10-letter words containing n, e, k, i
- reknitting — the method of repairing holes or runs in knitted garments
- reknotting — the craft of repairing knots, esp in a carpet or jewellery
- rethinking — the act of reconsidering.
- retracking — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- rickburner — an arsonist who sets fire to haystacks
- rigil kent — the star Alpha Centauri
- ring snake — grass snake (def 1).
- river bank — land at edge of a river
- rodentlike — belonging or pertaining to the gnawing or nibbling mammals of the order Rodentia, including the mice, squirrels, beavers, etc.
- ropemaking — the act, skill, or process of fabricating rope.
- saint luke — a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
- seakeeping — the ability of a vessel to endure rough conditions at sea and navigate safely during long storms.
- seamanlike — like or befitting a seaman; showing good seamanship.
- semi-naked — being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.
- sewing kit — A sewing kit is a small package containing items, such as needles and thread, that you need to sew something.
- sex kitten — a young woman who is sexy and coquettish.
- sex-linked — (of a gene) located in a sex chromosome.
- shankpiece — a piece of metal or fiber for giving form to the shank of a shoe.
- shell pink — delicate whitish to yellow pink.
- sickerness — sureness
- sickliness — not strong; unhealthy; ailing.
- sicknesses — a particular disease or malady.
- silkscreen — Also called silkscreen process. a printmaking technique in which a mesh cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden frame and the design, painted on the screen by tusche or affixed by stencil, is printed by having a squeegee force color through the pores of the material in areas not blocked out by a glue sizing.
- silverskin — the inner skin of a coffee bean
- sinkerball — sinker (def 5).
- skeletonic — resembling a skeleton
- skew lines — two or more lines that lie in different planes, are not parallel, and do not intersect
- skimmerton — shivaree (def 1).
- skin alive — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- skin diver — person who explores underwater
- skinnerian — a psychologist who follows behaviorist theories developed by B. F. Skinner.
- skippering — the master or captain of a vessel, especially of a small trading or fishing vessel.
- skittering — to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
- skywritten — created by the process of skywriting
- slackening — an act of becoming looser
- slammerkin — a woman's loose dress
- slide knot — a knot formed by making two half hitches on the standing part of the rope, the second hitch being next to the loop, which can be tightened.
- slovenlike — slovenly
- smoke ring — a visible ring formed by the sudden release of smoke, usually created by blowing smoke from the mouth or by a cigarette, incense stick etc
- snail kite — a bird of prey, Rostrhamus sociabilis, that travels in flocks in the American tropics and feeds on snails.
- snake lily — a Californian plant, Dichelostemma volubile, of the amaryllis family, having a twining stem and an umbel of rose-red or pink flowers.
- snarkiness — testy or irritable; short.
- sneakingly — acting in a furtive or underhand way.
- sneakishly — in a stealthy or underhanded manner
- snickering — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
- snorkeling — Also called, British, snort. a device permitting a submarine to remain submerged for prolonged periods, consisting of tubes extended above the surface of the water to take in air for the diesel engine and for general ventilation and to discharge exhaust gases and foul air.
- sock-liner — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- speakerine — a female television or radio announcer
- speakingly — in an eloquent manner