9-letter words containing r, e, t, a, k
- northlake — a city in NE Illinois: suburb of Chicago.
- one-track — having only one track.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- outranked — Simple past tense and past participle of outrank.
- over-talk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- parokheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- parrakeet — parakeet.
- pasternak — Boris Leonidovich [bawr-is,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees lyi-uh-nyee-duh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis lyɪ ʌˈnyi də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1960, Russian poet, novelist, and translator: declined 1958 Nobel prize.
- peak rate — the maximum tariff of charge, esp of phone calls made at particular times
- peat reek — the smoke of a peat fire
- periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
- platemark — hallmark.
- polltaker — a person or organization that conducts polls; pollster.
- prankster — a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- predikant — a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, esp in South Africa
- premarket — of the period before a product is available
- racetrack — a plot of ground, usually oval, laid out for horse racing.
- rack rate — full charge for a hotel room
- rack-rent — Also, rack rent. rent equal to or nearly equal to the full annual value of a property.
- racketeer — a person engaged in a racket.
- racketing — Slang. an occupation, livelihood, or business. an easy or profitable source of livelihood.
- rat snake — any of several New and Old World colubrid snakes, of the genus Elaphe, that feed chiefly on small mammals and birds.
- re-uptake — the process by which the presynaptic terminal of a neuron reabsorbs and recycles the molecules of neurotransmitter it has previously secreted in conveying an impulse to another neuron.
- redstreak — an English variety of apple which is streaked red and yellow and is used in cider making
- retropack — a system of retrorockets on a spacecraft
- rib steak — club steak.
- risktaker — a person or corporation inclined to take risks: The management trainees were exhorted to become risktakers.
- rockwater — water that comes out of rock
- shark net — a net for catching sharks
- shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
- shotmaker — a sports player delivering good shots
- sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- skatepark — A skatepark is an area that is designed for people to practise skateboarding.
- snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
- stairlike — resembling stairs
- starquake — a rapid change in the mass distribution or shape of a pulsar, resulting in a fluctuation of the pulsar's pulse rate or radiation intensity.
- staymaker — a corset maker, a maker of stays
- streaking — a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
- strikable — being cause for a strike, as by union members: strikable labor issues.
- strokable — appearing pleasant to stroke
- submarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- supertalk — Silicon Beach Software. A superset of HyperTalk used in SuperCard.
- supertask — a paradox resulting from the notion that a task requiring an infinite number of steps could be performed in a finite time by halving the duration of each step.
- tackifier — a substance that causes tackiness
- take arms — go to war
- take care — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- take fire — to begin to burn
- take form — be shaped
- take over — the act of taking.