11-letter words containing t, i, n, k
- not cricket — If you say that someone's behaviour is not cricket, you mean that they have not behaved fairly.
- oath-taking — the action of making an oath
- open ticket — a return ticket which does not specify a date for travel
- opisthokont — (biology) Any of very many eukaryotes whose flagellate cells propel themselves with a single posterior flagellum.
- optokinetic — relating to a reflex whereby the eye follows a moving object
- outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
- outdrinking — Present participle of outdrink.
- outflanking — Present participle of outflank.
- oyster pink — a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
- packing nut — a nut that serves to condense packing and so to tighten its seal.
- painstaking — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
- pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
- persnickety — overparticular; fussy.
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- picket line — a line of strikers or other demonstrators serving as pickets.
- pigsticking — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- platemaking — the act of making plates
- pocketknife — a knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle, suitable for carrying in the pocket.
- point-blank — aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
- politicking — activity undertaken for political reasons or ends, as campaigning for votes before an election, making speeches, etc., or otherwise promoting oneself or one's policies.
- printmaking — the art or technique of making prints, especially as practiced in engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut or serigraphy.
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- putty knife — a tool for puttying, having a broad flexible blade.
- pyrokinetic — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- ratak chain — a chain of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, forming the E part of the Marshall Islands.
- ration book — a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- rent strike — a temporary, organized refusal by tenants, as of an apartment building, to pay their rent, as in protest over inadequate services.
- ribbed-knit — rib-knit (def 2).
- ringstraked — ring-streaked.
- ripple-tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
- risk-taking — courting danger or loss
- rotary kiln — type of industrial oven
- saint kilda — a group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic, in the Outer Hebrides: uninhabited since 1930; bird sanctuary
- saint kitts — one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 68 sq. mi. (176 sq. km).
- septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
- serpentlike — resembling a serpent
- shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
- silk cotton — the silky covering of the seeds of certain tropical trees of the bombax family, used for stuffing cushions, pillows, etc.
- single knot — overhand knot.
- single-knit — a fabric made on warp knit.
- singlestick — a short, heavy stick.
- 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.
- skeletonize — to reduce to a skeleton, outline, or framework.
- sketchiness — like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
- ski touring — cross-country skiing.
- skillcentre — an institution providing vocational training or retraining for employed or unemployed people