11-letter words containing t, a, n, k, c
- knock about — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knockabouts — Plural form of knockabout.
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- leatherneck — a U.S. marine.
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- mantle rock — the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's crust; regolith.
- matchmaking — An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
- meatpacking — (US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
- mistracking — track system.
- natterjacks — Plural form of natterjack.
- nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
- nose tackle — nose guard
- nut-cracker — an instrument or device for cracking the shells of nuts.
- nutcrackers — Plural form of nutcracker.
- nutty slack — coal
- on the rack — If you say that someone is on the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally.
- packing nut — a nut that serves to condense packing and so to tighten its seal.
- panel truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.
- pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
- rack-renter — one who pays or exacts rack-rent
- ratak chain — a chain of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, forming the E part of the Marshall Islands.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- sand-struck — (of bricks) made with a mold lined with sand to permit freeing.
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
- schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
- septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
- 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.
- stem canker — a disease of plants characterized by cankers on the stems and twigs and caused by any of several fungi.
- 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.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
- subtacksman — a renter who holds the property they rent by subletting it
- take action — act, do sth practical
- take notice — listen, heed
- taken aback — toward the back.
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- 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.
- tracklaying — (of a vehicle) having an endless jointed metal band around the wheels
- tracklement — any savoury condiment or sauce served with meat
- trafficking — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- trojan duck — a duck that is a carrier of avian flu and is therefore a threat to other birds and also to humans, but which shows no outward signs of infection
- trunk cabin — a cabin of a yacht that presents a long, low profile with a relatively unbroken line fore and aft. Compare doghouse (def 2).
- unbracketed — not bracketed; not enclosed by brackets; not connected together by brackets
- 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.
- watchmaking — The making (and repairing) of watches.