10-letter words containing t, a, l, k
- smack talk — disparaging or abusive remarks intended to put off or intimidate someone, esp an opponent prior to or during a sports match
- small talk — chitchat, trivial conversation
- small-talk — to engage in or have a propensity for small talk.
- snail kite — a bird of prey, Rostrhamus sociabilis, that travels in flocks in the American tropics and feeds on snails.
- soil stack — a vertical soil pipe.
- sparkliest — tending to sparkle; animated; lively: a row of sparkly cheerleaders.
- stalk-eyed — having the eyes located on pedicels, as some crustaceans and dipterans.
- starkville — a town in E Mississippi.
- steelmaker — a manufacturer of steel.
- still pack — the pack not in play in a game in which two packs are used alternately.
- stink ball — stinkpot (def 1).
- stop plank — a board or boarding that is placed along the top of a dam to increase its height and capacity
- strickland — William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
- sweet talk — cajolery, persuasion by flattery
- sweet-talk — to use cajoling words.
- table talk — informal conversation at meals.
- take leave — to say farewell (to)
- take place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- take-along — intended or suitable for taking along, as on a trip: take-along snacks for long car trips.
- taklamakan — a desert in S central Xingjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. About 125,000 sq. mi. (323,750 sq. km).
- talk about — expressing disgust or emphasis
- talk dirty — use lewd sexual language
- talk radio — a radio format featuring talk shows and listener call-ins.
- talk round — If you talk someone round, you persuade them to change their mind so that they agree with you, or agree to do what you want them to do
- talk sense — If you say that someone talks sense, you mean that what they say is sensible.
- talk trash — to engage in trash talk
- talked out — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- talking of — You can use the expression talking of to introduce a new topic that you want to discuss, and to link it to something that has already been mentioned.
- talking-to — a scolding.
- tall drink — a beverage consisting of liquor and a sparkling soda, fruit juice, or the like, to which may be added other ingredients, served in a tall glass, usually with ice.
- tchoukball — a non-contact, team-orientated, ballgame developed by the Swiss biologist Dr H. Brandt, the object of the game is to throw the ball at a frame mounted with a springy surface so that it rebounds without being caught by the defending team
- test blank — a typed or printed test form containing questions or tasks to be responded to.
- thankfully — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- threadlike — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- timberlake — Justin. born 1981, US pop singer; a member of the boy band NSYNC, he later found success with the bestselling solo album Justified (2002)
- tool maker — a person who specializes in the production or reconditioning of precision tools, cutters, etc
- tool-maker — a machinist skilled in the building and reconditioning of tools, jigs, and related devices used in a machine shop.
- towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
- tracklayer — section hand.
- trail bike — off-road motorcycle
- trancelike — a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trash talk — If athletes who are competing against each other trash talk, they say unkind things to one another in order to disturb one another's concentration.
- trash-talk — to use disparaging or boastful language.
- trunk call — a long-distance phone call.
- tskhinvali — an autonomous region of the Georgian Republic, in the N part. 1428 sq. mi. (3900 sq. km). Capital: Tskhinvali.
- turtleback — Archaeology. tortoise-core.
- ultraslick — extremely smooth or slippery
- untakeable — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- unthankful — not thankful; ungrateful.
- walkabouts — Plural form of walkabout.