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.