11-letter words containing r, e, s, k, t
- keratoscope — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- kernel smut — a disease of sorghum and other grasses in which the grains are replaced by the black spores of a smut fungus, especially of the genera Tilletia and Ustilago.
- kernicterus — (medicine) Damage to the brain centres of infants caused by increased levels of unconjugated-indirect bilirubin which is free (not bound to albumin).
- ketosteroid — any of a group of steroids containing a ketone group.
- ketotetrose — (carbohydrate) Any ketose having four carbon atoms.
- kettledrums — a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass, copper, or fiberglass over which is stretched a skin, the tension of which can be modified by hand screws or foot pedals to vary the pitch.
- keyboardist — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kickstarted — Simple past tense and past participle of kickstart.
- kinesiatric — of or relating to kinesiatrics
- kinesimeter — An instrument for the quantitative measurement of movements.
- kitesurfing — The sport or pastime of riding on a modified surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsion.
- kleene star — (text) (Or "Kleene closure", named after Stephen Kleene) The postfix "*" operator used in regular expressions, Extended Backus-Naur Form, and similar formalisms to specify a match for zero or more occurrences of the preceding expression. For example, the regular expression "be*t" would match the string "bt", "bet", "beet", "beeeeet", and so on.
- kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.
- knotgrasses — Plural form of knotgrass.
- koeksisters — Plural form of koeksister.
- kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
- kristiansen — Ingrid. born 1956, Norwegian long-distance runner: world 10 000 metres record holder (1986–93)
- kulturkreis — formerly, a complex of related cultural traits assumed to diffuse or radiate outward as a unit in concentric waves or circles.
- lack-luster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lake forest — a city in NE Illinois, N of Chicago, on Lake Michigan.
- little sark — one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel E of Guernsey, connected to Sark by a natural causeway.
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- lobsterlike — Resembling a lobster or some aspect of one.
- make tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- market test — If a company carries out a market test, it asks a group of people to try a new product or service and give their opinions on it.
- mass market — general public
- mass-market — (of products) produced and distributed in large quantities and intended to appeal to the widest range of consumers.
- master disk — an original disk from which duplicates are made
- master-work — masterpiece.
- masterworks — Plural form of masterwork.
- matchmakers — Plural form of matchmaker.
- mekhitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- meter marks — special markings stamped onto privately franked mail by a machine
- miniskirted — Wearing a miniskirt.
- ministrokes — Plural form of ministroke.
- monkey sort — bogo-sort
- multistrike — (of a typewriter or printer ribbon) able to be struck several times in the same place before becoming unusable
- multitasker — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- musk turtle — any of several aquatic turtles of the genus Sternotherus, of North America, which, when disturbed, emit a musky secretion.
- natterjacks — Plural form of natterjack.
- netherstock — a stocking
- non-striker — a person or thing that strikes.
- nonstrikers — Plural form of nonstriker.
- nutcrackers — Plural form of nutcracker.
- objectworks — An object-oriented development environment developed by ParcPlace, available under Smalltalk and C++.
- oktoberfest — a traditional festival held each October in Munich, Germany.
- ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- other ranks — (in the armed forces) all those who do not hold a commissioned rank
- outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.