10-letter words containing t, i, n, k
- skin graft — skin used for transplanting in skin grafting.
- skin patch — an adhesive patch stuck to the skin to slowly and steadily release medicine into the bloodstream
- skin-tight — fitting almost as tightly as skin: skintight trousers.
- skittering — to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
- skywriting — the act or technique of writing against the sky with chemically produced smoke released from a maneuvering airplane.
- skywritten — created by the process of skywriting
- slide knot — a knot formed by making two half hitches on the standing part of the rope, the second hitch being next to the loop, which can be tightened.
- snail kite — a bird of prey, Rostrhamus sociabilis, that travels in flocks in the American tropics and feeds on snails.
- soft drink — a beverage that is not alcoholic or intoxicating and is usually carbonated, as root beer or ginger ale.
- stick down — seal with an adhesive
- stickering — a person or thing that sticks.
- stickiness — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
- sticky bun — honey bun (def 1).
- sticky end — a single-stranded end of DNA or RNA having a nucleotide base sequence complementary to that of another strand, enabling the two strands to be connected by base pairing: produced in the laboratory with the use of restriction enzymes for genetic engineering purposes.
- stink ball — stinkpot (def 1).
- stink bomb — a small glass globe, used by practical jokers: it releases a liquid with an offensive smell when broken
- stink with — to emit a strong offensive smell.
- stinkstone — any of various limestones that emit an unpleasant odor when scratched or struck.
- stock unit — the tax basis for evaluating farmers' stock. Cattle, sheep, and deer are each given differing stock-unit values, the basic measure being the ewe equivalent
- stockiness — the quality of being stocky
- stockinged — a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
- stockinger — a person who knits on a stocking frame
- stravinsky — Igor Fëdorovich [ee-gawr fyaw-duh-roh-vich;; Russian ee-guh r fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˈi gɔr ˌfyɔ dəˈroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈi gər ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1971, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
- strickland — William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
- strikingly — attractive; impressive: a scene of striking beauty.
- stunt kite — a kite held by two hands and having two lines
- tajikistan — Tadzhikistan.
- 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.
- tanganyika — 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).
- tarkington — (Newton) Booth, 1869–1946, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- ten-strike — Tenpins. a strike.
- the buskin — tragic drama
- the wrekin — an isolated hill in the English Midlands in Telford and Wrekin unitary authority, Shropshire. Height: 400 m (1335 ft)
- thick skin — to have a...
- thick-knee — any of several crepuscular or nocturnal wading birds of the family Burhinidae, of the Old World and tropical America, having a thickened joint between the femoral and tibiotarsal bones.
- thick-knit — knitted from thick yarn
- thickening — a making or becoming thick.
- think back — try to remember
- think over — consider, deliberate
- think tank — a research institute or organization employed to solve complex problems or predict or plan future developments, as in military, political, or social areas.
- think-tank — a research institute or organization employed to solve complex problems or predict or plan future developments, as in military, political, or social areas.
- thinkingly — in a thinking or conscious manner
- thinkpiece — an article analyzing and giving the background of a news event, often with the author's opinions and forecast for the future.
- thumbikins — thumbscrews
- tick-borne — carried or transmitted by ticks: tick-borne disease.
- tictocking — describing the sound of a clock ticking
- tiddlywink — Tiddlywinks is a game in which the players try to make small round pieces of plastic jump into a container, by pressing their edges with a larger piece of plastic.
- tight-knit — well-organized and integrated.