10-letter words containing r, e, t, a, k
- 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.
- rickettsia — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- rump steak — Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.
- saltshaker — table-salt dispenser
- samarskite — a velvet-black mineral, a complex columbate-tantalate of uranium, cerium, etc., occurring in masses: a minor source of uranium, thorium, and rare-earth oxides.
- sauerkraut — cabbage cut fine, salted, and allowed to ferment until sour.
- scent-mark — to deposit a scent mark; mark.
- sea rocket — any of several plants of the related genus Cakile, esp C. maritima, which grow along the seashores of Europe and North America and have mauve, pink, or white flowers
- sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
- shirtmaker — a person who makes shirts.
- skate over — to cross on or as if on skates
- skate park — area for skateboarding
- skateboard — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- sneakernet — Facetious. the transfer of electronic information by carrying the storage medium, especially a floppy disk, from one computer to another.
- sparkliest — tending to sparkle; animated; lively: a row of sparkly cheerleaders.
- stake race — a race in which part of the prize or purse is put up by the owners of the horses nominated to run in the race.
- starfucker — a person who seeks to have sexual relations with celebrities; groupie
- starkville — a town in E Mississippi.
- steelmaker — a manufacturer of steel.
- steiermark — German name of Styria.
- stonebreak — any of a variety of plants in the genus Saxifraga
- strike pay — strike benefit.
- stroke oar — the oar nearest to the stern of the boat.
- studebaker — Clement, 1831–1901, U.S. wagon maker and pioneer automobile designer.
- surge tank — a large surge chamber.
- take after — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- take apart — into pieces or parts; to pieces: to take a watch apart; an old barn falling apart from decay.
- take cover — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- take guard — (of a batsman) to choose a position in front of the wicket to receive the bowling, esp by requesting the umpire to indicate his position relative to the stumps
- take heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- take turns — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- tankbuster — an aircraft, missile, etc designed to destroy tanks
- taper jack — a device for melting sealing wax, having a waxed wick fed through a plate from a reel.
- taperstick — a candlestick designed to hold tapers.
- task force — Navy, Military. a temporary grouping of units under one commander, formed for the purpose of carrying out a specific operation or mission.
- taskmaster — a person whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
- tastemaker — a person or thing that establishes or strongly influences what is considered to be stylish, acceptable, or worthwhile in a given sphere of interest, as the arts.
- tearjerker — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
- tena korua — a Māori greeting to two people
- tereshkova — Valentina Vladimirovna [vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh vluh-dyi-myee-ruh v-nuh] /və lyɪnˈtyi nə vlə dyɪˈmyi rəv nə/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut: first woman in space 1963.
- the breaks — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
- the market — business or trade in a commodity as specified
- theme park — an amusement park in which landscaping, buildings, and attractions are based on one or more specific themes, as jungle wildlife, fairy tales, or the Old West.
- threadlike — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- tiebreaker — a system for breaking a tie score at the end of regulation play by establishing a winner through special additional play, usually of a fairly short duration, as in tennis and soccer.
- timberjack — a person whose occupation is logging; logger.
- timberlake — Justin. born 1981, US pop singer; a member of the boy band NSYNC, he later found success with the bestselling solo album Justified (2002)
- tool maker — a person who specializes in the production or reconditioning of precision tools, cutters, etc
- tool-maker — a machinist skilled in the building and reconditioning of tools, jigs, and related devices used in a machine shop.
- top-ranked — A top-ranked sports player or team is the most successful player or team in a particular sport.