11-letter words containing t, e, k
- thread silk — silk yarn produced by a silk throwster.
- threadmaker — a person who makes or twists fibres into thread
- thumbsucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- ticker tape — the ribbon of paper on which a ticker prints quotations or news.
- tickety-boo — fine; OK.
- tickle pink — to please greatly
- tie-breaker — competition: sth that resolves a draw
- tiger shark — a large shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, inhabiting warm seas, noted for its voracious habits.
- 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).
- tiggywinkle — a gene found in fish and belonging to a family of genes known as the Hedgehog family
- time killer — a person with free time to spend.
- time-keeper — a person or thing that keeps time.
- timekeeping — a person or thing that keeps time.
- tinley park — a town in NE Illinois.
- title track — The title track on a CD, record, or tape is a song or piece of music that has the same title as the CD, record, or tape.
- 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.
- to go broke — If a company or person goes broke, they lose money and are unable to continue in business or to pay their debts.
- to speak of — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- token money — coins of the regular issue having greater face value than the value of their metal content
- tower block — a high-rise building.
- track brake — a mechanism that slows or stops a vehicle by pressing against the track rather than the wheels.
- 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.
- track shoes — light running shoes fitted with steel spikes for better grip
- track spike — a chisel-pointed spike used to secure the rails of a railroad track to wooden ties.
- tracker dog — canine trained to detect
- tracklement — any savoury condiment or sauce served with meat
- trackwalker — a person employed to walk over and inspect a certain section of railroad track at intervals.
- trade talks — discussions on the arrangements for international trade
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- travel book — a book about travelling to a certain country or region, esp a guidebook
- travel-sick — nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
- trelliswork — latticework.
- trestlework — a structural system composed of trestles.
- tretchikoff — Vladimir. 1913–2006, South African painter, born in Russia, known for his kitsch appeal, especially for his much-reproduced Chinese Girl (1950; also known as The Green Lady)
- trick rider — a person who performs tricks on horseback
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- troubetzkoy — N(ikolai) S(ergeievich) [nyi-kuh-lahy syir-gye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1938, Russian linguist in Austria.
- truckdriver — a person who drives a truck.
- truckle bed — a low bed moving on casters, usually pushed under another bed when not in use.
- truckmaster — an officer in charge of trade with Native Americans, esp among the early settlers
- trunksleeve — a sleeve that is puffed in shape or contains a large amount of fabric
- tufted duck — an Old World wild duck, Aythya fuligula, having a tufted head and black and white plumage.
- tukey, john — John Tukey
- tumour-like — (of a growth, swelling, nodule, etc) resembling a tumour or tumours
- tunnel-like — resembling a tunnel or tunnels
- turk's-head — a turbanlike knot of small cords, made around a rope, spar, etc.
- turkey cock — the male of the turkey.
- turkey nest — a small earth dam adjacent to, and higher than, a larger earth dam, to feed water by gravity to a cattle trough, etc
- turkey trot — an early ragtime one-step, popular in the period of World War I
- turkey-trot — to dance the turkey trot.