10-letter words containing r, a, n, k, i
- moonraking — the act of taking part in a foolhardy or unfruitful activity
- muckraking — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- naturelike — the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- nectarlike — Resembling or characteristic of nectar.
- noisemaker — a person or thing that makes noise, as a reveler on New Year's Eve, Halloween, etc., or a rattle, horn, or similar device used on such an occasion.
- nootka fir — (in the Pacific Northwest) Douglas fir.
- oil tanker — a large ship specifically designed for transporting crude oil in bulk across the oceans.
- outranking — Present participle of outrank.
- overtaking — passing the vehicle in front
- pack train — a train, or procession, of pack animals
- painkiller — a drug, treatment, or anything else that relieves pain, especially an analgesic.
- painstaker — a painstaking person
- paperknife — a small, often decorative, knifelike instrument with a blade of metal, ivory, wood, or the like, for slitting open envelopes, the leaves of books, folded papers, etc.
- parakiting — parasailing.
- paraskiing — the sport of jumping off high mountains wearing skis and a light parachute composed of inflatable fabric tubes that form a semirigid wing
- parentlike — a father or a mother.
- perikaryon — cell body.
- portakabin — A Portakabin is a small building that can be moved by truck and that can be used for a short period of time, for example as a temporary office.
- prankingly — showily, in an ostentatious or pranking manner
- prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
- prepacking — a package assembled by a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer and containing a specific number of items or a specific assortment of sizes, colors, flavors, etc., of a product.
- printmaker — a person who makes prints, especially an artist working in one of the graphic mediums.
- quarkonium — a meson composed of a quark and an antiquark of the same flavor.
- radio link — radio communication setup
- rain check — a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
- ranch mink — a semiaquatic mink, Mustela vision, raised commercially for its fur.
- ransacking — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- raskolniki — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- ratemaking — the process or practice of establishing rates of payment, especially for public transportation or utilities.
- reichsbank — the former German national bank.
- 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.
- right bank — a part of Paris, France, on the N bank of the Seine.
- ring snake — grass snake (def 1).
- river bank — land at edge of a river
- roadmaking — road building
- rockingham — Second Marquis of, Charles Watson-Wentworth.
- ropemaking — the act, skill, or process of fabricating rope.
- run a risk — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- sanskritic — an Indo-European, Indic language, in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India. Abbreviation: Skt.
- scarf-skin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.
- scrimshank — to avoid one's obligations or share of work; shirk.
- shrinkpack — flexible plastic used for shrink-wrapping goods
- sinkerball — sinker (def 5).
- skin graft — skin used for transplanting in skin grafting.
- skinnerian — a psychologist who follows behaviorist theories developed by B. F. Skinner.
- skylarking — a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
- slammerkin — a woman's loose dress
- snarkiness — testy or irritable; short.
- speakerine — a female television or radio announcer
- sri lankan — an island republic in the Indian Ocean, S of India: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 25,332 sq. mi. (65,610 sq. km). Capital: Colombo.