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10-letter words containing n, e, k, i

  • spelunking — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
  • sphinxlike — like the Sphinx; enigmatic or inscrutable
  • spookiness — like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks.
  • springlike — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
  • spunkiness — plucky; spirited.
  • stickering — a person or thing that sticks.
  • stickiness — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
  • sticky end — a single-stranded end of DNA or RNA having a nucleotide base sequence complementary to that of another strand, enabling the two strands to be connected by base pairing: produced in the laboratory with the use of restriction enzymes for genetic engineering purposes.
  • stinkstone — any of various limestones that emit an unpleasant odor when scratched or struck.
  • stockiness — the quality of being stocky
  • stockinged — a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
  • stockinger — a person who knits on a stocking frame
  • stunt kite — a kite held by two hands and having two lines
  • sun-kissed — made warm by the sun
  • ten-strike — Tenpins. a strike.
  • the buskin — tragic drama
  • the wrekin — an isolated hill in the English Midlands in Telford and Wrekin unitary authority, Shropshire. Height: 400 m (1335 ft)
  • thick-knee — any of several crepuscular or nocturnal wading birds of the family Burhinidae, of the Old World and tropical America, having a thickened joint between the femoral and tibiotarsal bones.
  • thickening — a making or becoming thick.
  • think over — consider, deliberate
  • thinkpiece — an article analyzing and giving the background of a news event, often with the author's opinions and forecast for the future.
  • tick-borne — carried or transmitted by ticks: tick-borne disease.
  • timoshenko — Semion Konstantinovich [syi-myawn ken-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /syɪˈmyɔn kɛn stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Russian general.
  • 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.
  • trick knee — a condition of the knee in which the joint suddenly stiffens or abandons its support.
  • trickiness — given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
  • trinketing — secret or underhand dealings
  • triskelion — a symbolic figure consisting of three legs, arms, or branches radiating from a common center, as the device of Sicily and the Isle of Man.
  • trunk line — a major long-distance transportation line.
  • tuning key — a device that may be placed over a wrest pin on a piano, etc, and turned to alter the tension and pitch of a string
  • turkestani — of or relating to the central Asian region of Turkestan or its inhabitants
  • twickenham — a former borough, now part of Richmond upon Thames, in SE England.
  • twin peaks — a mountain in central Idaho: highest peak in the Salmon River Mountains. 10,340 feet (3154 meters).
  • underskirt — a skirt, as a petticoat, worn under another skirt or a dress.
  • undertrick — a trick that a declarer failed to win in relation to the number of tricks necessary to make the contract.
  • unkindness — lacking in kindness or mercy; severe.
  • unkinglike — not like a king
  • unladylike — like a lady.
  • unlifelike — not lifelike; unnatural; unrealistic
  • unlikeable — readily or easily liked; pleasing: a likable young man.
  • unpickable — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
  • unsinkable — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
  • unticketed — a slip, usually of paper or cardboard, serving as evidence that the holder has paid a fare or admission or is entitled to some service, right, or the like: a railroad ticket; a theater ticket.
  • uzbekistan — a republic in S central Asia. 172,741 sq. mi. (447,400 sq. km). Capital: Tashkent.
  • vine snake — any of several slender, arboreal colubrid snakes of the genus Oxybelis, ranging from southern Arizona to Bolivia.
  • wake-robin — the cuckoopint.
  • warrenlike — Resembling a warren; mazelike, labyrinthine.
  • weak point — an area of weakness
  • weeknights — Plural form of weeknight.
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