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11-letter words containing r, e, s, k, t

  • stumpsucker — windsucker; cribber.
  • sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
  • sucker list — a list of names and addresses of persons considered by a business, charity organization, etc., to be likely purchasers or donors.
  • sucket fork — a utensil for sweetmeats of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having fork tines at one end and a spoon bowl at the other end of a common stem.
  • supermarket — a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
  • superstrike — an exceptionally large strike
  • supertanker — a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons.
  • take a risk — to proceed in an action without regard to the possibility of danger involved in it
  • take strike — (of a batsman) to prepare to play a ball delivered by the bowler
  • tardis-like — having an interior that is more spacious than could be imagined from looking at the outside
  • tenterhooks — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
  • 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.
  • 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 silk — silk yarn produced by a silk throwster.
  • thumbsucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • trade talks — discussions on the arrangements for international trade
  • travel-sick — nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
  • trelliswork — latticework.
  • trestlework — a structural system composed of trestles.
  • truckmaster — an officer in charge of trade with Native Americans, esp among the early settlers
  • trunksleeve — a sleeve that is puffed in shape or contains a large amount of fabric
  • turk's-head — a turbanlike knot of small cords, made around a rope, spar, etc.
  • turkey nest — a small earth dam adjacent to, and higher than, a larger earth dam, to feed water by gravity to a cattle trough, etc
  • watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
  • water snake — any of numerous and widely distributed harmless snakes of the genus Natrix, inhabiting areas in or near fresh water.
  • waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
  • weak sister — a vacillating person; coward.
  • westermarck — Edward Alexander [ed-werd al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Finnish ed-vahrd ah-lek-sahn-duh r] /ˈɛd wərd ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Finnish ˈɛd vɑrd ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1939, Finnish sociologist.
  • white shark — great white shark.
  • white stork — a large Eurasian stork, Ciconia ciconia, having white plumage with black in the wings and a red bill.
  • winterkills — Plural form of winterkill.
  • work basket — a basket for holding sewing equipment
  • workbaskets — Plural form of workbasket.
  • wreckmaster — an official who takes charge of cargo that has been thrown ashore after a shipwreck
  • wrest plank — the part of a piano in which the wrest pin is embedded
  • yastrzemskiCarl Michael ("Yaz") born 1939, U.S. baseball player.
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