11-letter words containing t, a, k, e, n
- 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.
- snack table — a small portable folding table used for an individual serving.
- snake plant — a widely grown houseplant, Sansevieria trifasciata, having stiffly erect, mottled, lance-shaped leaves.
- sneak thief — a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.
- sneaky pete — a homemade or inferior liquor or wine.
- square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
- stalin peak — former name of Communism Peak.
- stark naked — Someone who is stark naked is completely naked.
- stark-naked — absolutely naked.
- steak diane — a steak served in a rich sauce
- steak knife — a sharp dinner knife the blade of which is made of steel and usually serrated, used in cutting meat.
- steelmaking — the manufacture of steel.
- stem canker — a disease of plants characterized by cankers on the stems and twigs and caused by any of several fungi.
- stepanakert — a city in and the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, within Azerbaijan.
- stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- supertanker — a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons.
- tae kwon do — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
- take a hint — If you take a hint, you understand something that is suggested to you indirectly.
- take action — act, do sth practical
- take notice — listen, heed
- take out on — If you take something out on someone, you behave in an unpleasant way towards them because you feel angry or upset, even though this is not their fault.
- taken aback — toward the back.
- taking lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
- tank engine — locomotive train
- tearjerking — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- telebanking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services by means of a computer network
- tena koutou — a Māori greeting to two or more people
- 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).
- teppan-yaki — a Japanese dish of meat and vegetables stir-fried on, and eaten from, a hot steel plate that forms the centre of a table
- thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
- 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.
- to be frank — You can say 'to be frank' or 'to be frank with you' to introduce a statement which is your honest opinion, especially when the person you are talking to might not like it.
- track event — A track event is an event in athletics which involves running or walking around a racetrack, in contrast to events that involve only jumping or throwing.
- tracklement — any savoury condiment or sauce served with meat
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- tutankhamen — 14th century b.c, a king of Egypt of the 18th dynasty.
- unbracketed — not bracketed; not enclosed by brackets; not connected together by brackets
- undertaking — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- unlooked at — not looked at, investigated, or dealt with; disregarded
- untalkative — inclined to talk a great deal: One drink and she became very talkative.
- unthinkable — inconceivable; unimaginable: the unthinkable size of the universe.
- untrackable — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- water snake — any of numerous and widely distributed harmless snakes of the genus Natrix, inhabiting areas in or near fresh water.
- waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
- wet blanket — person: spoilsport
- wet-blanket — to extinguish (a fire) with a wet blanket.
- winter park — a city in E Florida.