11-letter words containing r, a, k, e, n
- park avenue — a wide street in New York City traditionally associated with luxurious residential and professional buildings, fashionable living, and high society.
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- petrol tank — The petrol tank in a motor vehicle is the container for petrol.
- plank-sheer — a plank or timber covering the upper ends of the frames of a wooden vessel
- poke around — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
- prony brake — a friction brake serving as a dynamometer for measuring torque.
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- rack-renter — one who pays or exacts rack-rent
- radio knife — an electrical instrument for cutting tissue that by searing severed blood vessels seals them and prevents bleeding.
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- rattlesnake — any of several New World pit vipers of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle composed of a series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail.
- reawakening — rousing; quickening: an awakening interest in ballet.
- 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.
- rock garden — a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants.
- rock-garden — a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants.
- round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
- shark siren — a siren sounded to warn swimmers of the presence of sharks
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- 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.
- skin cancer — melanoma: malignant tumour
- skin-search — strip-search.
- snake river — a river flowing from NW Wyoming through S Idaho into the Columbia River in SE Washington: Shoshone Falls. 1038 miles (1670 km) long.
- snapperback — the center on the offensive team.
- square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
- stark naked — Someone who is stark naked is completely naked.
- stark-naked — absolutely naked.
- stem canker — a disease of plants characterized by cankers on the stems and twigs and caused by any of several fungi.
- stepanakert — a city in and the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, within Azerbaijan.
- supertanker — a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons.
- tearjerking — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
- 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).
- 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.
- to be frank — You can say 'to be frank' or 'to be frank with you' to introduce a statement which is your honest opinion, especially when the person you are talking to might not like it.
- track event — A track event is an event in athletics which involves running or walking around a racetrack, in contrast to events that involve only jumping or throwing.
- tracklement — any savoury condiment or sauce served with meat
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- unbracketed — not bracketed; not enclosed by brackets; not connected together by brackets
- unbreakable — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
- undertaking — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- undrinkable — suitable for drinking.
- unearmarked — not earmarked; not set aside or marked for a particular purpose
- unrevokable — that may be revoked.
- untrackable — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.