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12-letter words containing r, e, i, n, k

  • reading desk — a desk for use in reading, especially by a person standing.
  • reading week — university: week-long break from classes
  • reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
  • rent-seeking — the act or process of using one’s assets and resources to increase one’s share of existing wealth without creating new wealth.
  • ribbon snake — either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
  • rickenbacker — Edward Vernon ("Eddie") 1890–1973, U.S. aviator and aviation executive.
  • ring knocker — a commissioned officer in the U.S. armed forces who is a graduate of a military academy.
  • ring network — (networking, topology)   A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire in a ring or point-to-point. There are no endpoints. This topology is used by token ring networks. Compare: bus network, star network.
  • risk manager — A risk manager is a person who works in risk management.
  • risk-benefit — involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.
  • risk-manager — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
  • rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
  • roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
  • rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
  • running joke — a joke or humorous allusion used recurrently in a play, film, television skit, etc., for a cumulative comic effect.
  • safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
  • sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
  • science park — A science park is an area, usually linked to a university, where there are a lot of private companies, especially ones concerned with high technology.
  • scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
  • scrimshanker — a shirker
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • semidarkness — partial darkness.
  • senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
  • severodvinsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Europe, on Dvina Gulf, E of Archangel.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
  • single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
  • single-track — (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.
  • skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
  • skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
  • smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
  • specksioneer — a whaler
  • spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
  • springkeeper — a salamander
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
  • strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • take part in — join in
  • tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
  • tank trailer — a trailer truck or tractor-trailer with a tank body, suitable for transporting gases or liquids, as oil, gasoline, or milk, in bulk.
  • thunderstick — bull-roarer.
  • tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • token strike — a brief strike intended to convey strength of feeling on a disputed issue
  • trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
  • trefoil knot — a knot having the form of a trefoil.
  • trench knife — a short knife for stabbing, sometimes equipped with brass knuckles as a guard, used in modern warfare in hand-to-hand combat.
  • trick ending — an ending of a story or play, etc., that employs a surprise element or character to resolve the plot.
  • trickishness — the quality of being crafty
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
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