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11-letter words containing t, h, a, k

  • shell steak — a cut of steak from the short loin
  • shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
  • silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
  • smooth-talk — to persuade by flattery, cajolery, coaxing, or the like: We smooth-talked the company into a huge donation.
  • sneak thief — a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.
  • south korea — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
  • spike heath — a Eurasian evergreen shrub, Bruckenthalia spiculifolia, of the heath family, having narrow leaves and bell-shaped, pink flowers, growing in gritty soil.
  • stake horse — a horse that is regularly entered in stake races.
  • stakeholder — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
  • steak house — A steak house is a restaurant that serves mainly steaks.
  • 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.
  • svarabhakti — the process of inserting vowel sounds into a consonant cluster, as in a loanword to make it conform to the pattern of the speaker's language and, hence, more easily pronounceable, as in the Italian pronunciation [lahn-tsee-ke-nek-kaw] /ˌlɑn tsi kɛˈnɛk kɔ/ (Show IPA) for German Landsknecht [lahnts-knekht] /ˈlɑntsˌknɛxt/ (Show IPA).
  • tack hammer — a light hammer for driving tacks, often magnetized to hold the tack to the head.
  • take a bath — a washing or immersion of something, especially the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day. Give the dog a bath.
  • take a hike — to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
  • take a hint — If you take a hint, you understand something that is suggested to you indirectly.
  • take a shit — to defecate
  • take charge — able or seemingly able to take charge: She is a take-charge management type.
  • take flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
  • take fright — be scared off
  • take-charge — able or seemingly able to take charge: She is a take-charge management type.
  • tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
  • technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
  • 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).
  • thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
  • thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
  • the dakotas — North Dakota and South Dakota
  • the shakers — an American millenarian sect, founded in 1747 as an offshoot of the Quakers, given to ecstatic shaking, advocating celibacy for its members, and practising common ownership of property
  • theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
  • thickheaded — (of a person) dull-witted; stupid.
  • 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.
  • thread mark — a thin threading in paper currency to make counterfeiting difficult.
  • thread silk — silk yarn produced by a silk throwster.
  • threadmaker — a person who makes or twists fibres into thread
  • tiger shark — a large shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, inhabiting warm seas, noted for its voracious habits.
  • tirthankara — one of 24 persons who have attained personal immortality through enlightenment.
  • track shoes — light running shoes fitted with steel spikes for better grip
  • truth quark — top quark
  • turk's-head — a turbanlike knot of small cords, made around a rope, spar, etc.
  • turkish van — a breed of cat with soft white semi-long hair and coloured markings on the head and tail
  • tutankhamen — 14th century b.c, a king of Egypt of the 18th dynasty.
  • unthinkable — inconceivable; unimaginable: the unthinkable size of the universe.
  • uttarakhand — a state in NW India, created in 2000 from part of Uttar Pradesh. 19,739 sq. mi. (51,123 sq. km). Capital. Dehra Dun.
  • walkthrough — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
  • watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
  • watchmaking — The making (and repairing) of watches.
  • weakhearted — without courage or fortitude; fainthearted.
  • weathercock — a weather vane with the figure of a rooster on it.
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