11-letter words containing r, i, e, k, a
- hard-ticket — a ticket entitling one to a reserved seat.
- health risk — something that could cause harm to people's health
- hill walker — a person who takes part in hill walking
- ice-breaker — An ice-breaker is a large ship which sails through frozen waters, breaking the ice as it goes, in order to create a passage for other ships.
- icebreakers — Plural form of icebreaker.
- icebreaking — Serving the purpose of breaking ice.
- image-maker — handler (sense c)
- in the dark — having very little or no light: a dark room.
- irrevokable — Alternative spelling of irrevocable.
- isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- jailbreaker — One who breaks out of jail.
- junk mailer — an organization that sends junk mail in bulk, especially to solicit business or charitable contributions.
- kaffir lime — an Asian citrus tree, Citrus hystrix, having green fruit with wrinkly skin and aromatic leaves that are used in Thai and Indonesian cookery.
- kaiser roll — a rounded, unsweetened roll, formed by folding the corners of a square of dough toward the center, often sprinkled with poppy seeds before baking.
- kauri resin — a hard resin obtained from the bark of the kauri or found, sometimes in masses of as much as 100 pounds (45 kg), in the soil where the tree has grown: used chiefly in making varnish.
- keratinised — Simple past tense and past participle of keratinise.
- keratinized — Simple past tense and past participle of keratinize.
- keratolysis — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
- keratolytic — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
- keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keyboardist — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- khan tengri — a mountain in central Asia, on the border between Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of W China. Height: 6995 m (22 951 ft)
- kickstarted — Simple past tense and past participle of kickstart.
- kierkegaard — Sören Aabye [sœ-ruh n aw-by] /ˈsœ rən ˈɔ bü/ (Show IPA), 1813–55, Danish philosopher and theologian.
- killer bars — an imprint consisting of a series of wavy lines used to cancel postage stamps.
- killer boat — a boat used for hunting whales and towing them to a factory ship.
- kilocalorie — one thousand small calories. Abbreviation: kcal. Also called Calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie. Compare calorie (def 1a).
- kilometrage — The total distance, in kilometres, travelled.
- kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
- kindhearted — having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.
- kinesiatric — of or relating to kinesiatrics
- kinetic art — art, as sculptural constructions, having movable parts activated by motor, wind, hand pressure, or other direct means and often having additional variable elements, as shifting lights.
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kingcroaker — The weakfish or sea trout.
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- kiteboarder — A person who participates in kiteboarding.
- klappvisier — a visor attached by a hinge at the top: used on basinets of the 14th century.
- kodiak bear — a large, brown bear, Ursus (arctos) middendorffi, inhabiting coastal areas of Alaska and British Columbia, that grows to a length of 9 feet (2.7 meters).
- kristiansen — Ingrid. born 1956, Norwegian long-distance runner: world 10 000 metres record holder (1986–93)
- lady-killer — a man who is irresistible to women or has the reputation for being so.
- lake kariba — a dam built across the Zambezi for the purposes of generating hydroelectric power; it created Lake Kariba on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- lanarkshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- lawbreaking — Unlawful; illegal.
- leatherlike — Resembling leather.
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- liederkranz — a German choral society or singing club, especially of men.
- like a bird — without resistance or difficulty