11-letter words containing r, i, e, k, a
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- rickettsial — 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.
- ringstraked — ring-streaked.
- ripple mark — one of the wavy lines or ridges produced, especially on sand, by the action of waves, wind, or the like.
- ripple-tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
- risk-averse — reluctant to take risks; tending to avoid risks as much as possible: risk-averse entrepreneurs.
- schmierkase — cottage cheese.
- shark siren — a siren sounded to warn swimmers of the presence of sharks
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
- sidetracked — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
- silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
- singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- skin cancer — melanoma: malignant tumour
- skin-search — strip-search.
- skip tracer — an investigator whose job is to locate missing persons, especially debtors.
- skirt steak — a thin cut of beef taken from the plate or, sometimes, from the diaphragm
- snake river — a river flowing from NW Wyoming through S Idaho into the Columbia River in SE Washington: Shoshone Falls. 1038 miles (1670 km) long.
- speakership — a person who speaks.
- spirit lake — a lake in SW Washington, at the N foot of Mount St. Helens: site of devastation during 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens.
- sterlitamak — a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, W of the Southern Urals.
- stickleader — a person assigned to check the appearance or condition of each person in a stick
- strike back — retaliate
- strip steak — cut of beef: sirloin
- sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
- tailor-make — to make or adjust to meet the needs of the particular situation, individual, object, etc.: to tailor-make a tour.
- take a risk — to proceed in an action without regard to the possibility of danger involved in it
- take fright — be scared off
- 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
- tearjerking — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
- tengri khan — a mountain in central Asia, on the boundary between Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) and China: highest peak of the Tien Shan Mountains. About 23,950 feet (7300 meters).
- thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
- 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.
- ticker tape — the ribbon of paper on which a ticker prints quotations or news.
- tie-breaker — competition: sth that resolves a draw
- 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).
- tinley park — a town in NE Illinois.
- title track — The title track on a CD, record, or tape is a song or piece of music that has the same title as the CD, record, or tape.
- track spike — a chisel-pointed spike used to secure the rails of a railroad track to wooden ties.
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- travel-sick — nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
- undertaking — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- undrinkable — suitable for drinking.
- violinmaker — a person who designs and constructs violins, especially professionally.
- visbreaking — Visbreaking is thermal cracking, when the vacuum residue is less viscous and it can then be used to produce valuable products.
- warlikeness — the state of being warlike