11-letter words containing t, a, k, i, n
- oath-taking — the action of making an oath
- outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
- outflanking — Present participle of outflank.
- packing nut — a nut that serves to condense packing and so to tighten its seal.
- painstaking — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
- pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- platemaking — the act of making plates
- point-blank — aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
- printmaking — the art or technique of making prints, especially as practiced in engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut or serigraphy.
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- ratak chain — a chain of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, forming the E part of the Marshall Islands.
- ration book — a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
- ringstraked — ring-streaked.
- 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-taking — courting danger or loss
- rotary kiln — type of industrial oven
- saint kilda — a group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic, in the Outer Hebrides: uninhabited since 1930; bird sanctuary
- saint kitts — one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 68 sq. mi. (176 sq. km).
- septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
- shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
- 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.
- smart drink — a nonalcoholic beverage with added amino acids and vitamins claimed to increase energy, improve memory, and boost intelligence.
- sneak thief — a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.
- spanakopita — a baked dish consisting of spinach, feta cheese, eggs, and scallions enclosed in layers of phyllo.
- stalin peak — former name of Communism Peak.
- 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.
- stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
- stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
- stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
- 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
- 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.
- tanganyikan — a former country in E Africa: formed the larger part of German East Africa; British trusteeship (Tanganyika Territory) 1946–61; became independent 1961; now the mainland part of Tanzania. 361,800 sq. mi. (937,062 sq. km).
- tank engine — locomotive train
- tankbusting — the practice of destroying tanks
- tearjerking — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
- telebanking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services by means of a computer network
- 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.
- think again — reconsider sth
- think aloud — If you think aloud, you express your thoughts as they occur to you, rather than thinking first and then speaking.
- 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).