12-letter words containing r, i, e, k, a
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- take part in — join in
- take the air — to go out of doors, as for a short walk or ride
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
- tank trailer — a trailer truck or tractor-trailer with a tank body, suitable for transporting gases or liquids, as oil, gasoline, or milk, in bulk.
- taskmistress — a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
- the kalahari — an extensive arid plateau of South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana. Area: 260 000 sq km (100 000 sq miles)
- third market — a market established by the London Stock Exchange in 1987 to trade in shares in companies required to provide less detailed information than that required by the main market or the unlisted securities market
- tiger market — any of the four most important markets on the Pacific rim after Japan: Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- to mark time — If you are marking time, you are doing something that is not particularly useful or interesting while you wait for something more important or interesting to happen.
- trailer park — an area where house trailers may be parked, usually having running water, electrical outlets, etc.
- trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
- trial docket — docket (def 1).
- trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- van riebeeck — Jan, full name Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck. 1619–77, Dutch colonial administrator. Founder of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope (1652)
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- waking dream — an experience you have while you are awake that feels similar to dreaming
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
- warwickshire — a county in central England. 765 sq. mi. (1980 sq. km).
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
- west warwick — a town in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- whip-cracker — a person who cracks a whip.
- white market — (in a system of rationing) the buying and selling of unused ration coupons at a fluctuating legal price based on the supply of and demand for the rationed commodity.
- wilkes-barre — a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- windbreakers — Plural form of windbreaker.
- winter break — a period of vacation between semesters of colleges, universities, or other schools and usually including the winter holidays.
- wisecracking — a smart or facetious remark.
- wrecking bar — pinch bar.
- wrecking car — a car that is equipped as a wrecker. Compare wrecker (def 2).