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11-letter words containing r, a, k

  • supermarket — a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
  • supertanker — a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons.
  • svarabhakti — the process of inserting vowel sounds into a consonant cluster, as in a loanword to make it conform to the pattern of the speaker's language and, hence, more easily pronounceable, as in the Italian pronunciation [lahn-tsee-ke-nek-kaw] /ˌlɑn tsi kɛˈnɛk kɔ/ (Show IPA) for German Landsknecht [lahnts-knekht] /ˈlɑntsˌknɛxt/ (Show IPA).
  • tack hammer — a light hammer for driving tacks, often magnetized to hold the tack to the head.
  • tailor-make — to make or adjust to meet the needs of the particular situation, individual, object, etc.: to tailor-make a tour.
  • take a risk — to proceed in an action without regard to the possibility of danger involved in it
  • take charge — able or seemingly able to take charge: She is a take-charge management type.
  • take fright — be scared off
  • take strike — (of a batsman) to prepare to play a ball delivered by the bowler
  • take-charge — able or seemingly able to take charge: She is a take-charge management type.
  • takoma park — a city in central Maryland.
  • talk around — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
  • talk turkey — a large, gallinaceous bird of the family Meleagrididae, especially Meleagris gallopavo, of America, that typically has green, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and that is domesticated in most parts of the world.
  • tally clerk — a person, esp on a wharf or dock or in an airport, who checks the count of goods being loaded or unloaded
  • tanbark oak — any oak that yields tanbark, especially an evergreen oak, Lithocarpus densiflora, of the Pacific coast of North America.
  • tardis-like — having an interior that is more spacious than could be imagined from looking at the outside
  • tax bracket — a category of taxpayer which is based on how high or low their income is
  • tear-jerker — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
  • 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).
  • test-market — to offer (a new product) for sale, usually in a limited area, in order to ascertain and evaluate consumer response.
  • thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
  • thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
  • the shakers — an American millenarian sect, founded in 1747 as an offshoot of the Quakers, given to ecstatic shaking, advocating celibacy for its members, and practising common ownership of property
  • theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
  • thread mark — a thin threading in paper currency to make counterfeiting difficult.
  • thread silk — silk yarn produced by a silk throwster.
  • threadmaker — a person who makes or twists fibres into thread
  • ticker tape — the ribbon of paper on which a ticker prints quotations or news.
  • tie-breaker — competition: sth that resolves a draw
  • tiger shark — a large shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, inhabiting warm seas, noted for its voracious habits.
  • 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.
  • tirthankara — one of 24 persons who have attained personal immortality through enlightenment.
  • title track — The title track on a CD, record, or tape is a song or piece of music that has the same title as the CD, record, or tape.
  • 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.
  • to run amok — If a person or animal runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.
  • top-ranking — A top-ranking person is someone who has a very high rank or status in a particular organization or field of activity.
  • track brake — a mechanism that slows or stops a vehicle by pressing against the track rather than the wheels.
  • 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.
  • track shoes — light running shoes fitted with steel spikes for better grip
  • track spike — a chisel-pointed spike used to secure the rails of a railroad track to wooden ties.
  • tracker dog — canine trained to detect
  • tracklaying — (of a vehicle) having an endless jointed metal band around the wheels
  • tracklement — any savoury condiment or sauce served with meat
  • trackwalker — a person employed to walk over and inspect a certain section of railroad track at intervals.
  • trade talks — discussions on the arrangements for international trade
  • trafficking — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
  • train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
  • travel book — a book about travelling to a certain country or region, esp a guidebook
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