15-letter words containing t, i, n, k
- starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
- stephen hawking — Stephen William, born 1942, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.
- sticky-fingered — given to thieving
- stiffneckedness — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- stocking stitch — stockinette (def 2).
- stoke newington — former metropolitan borough of London, now part of Hackney
- striking circle — the semicircular area in front of each goal, which an attacking player must have entered before scoring a goal
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- suck it and see — to try something to find out what it is, what it is like, or how it works
- swimming trunks — men's swimsuit shorts
- sympathetic ink — a fluid for producing writing that is invisible until brought out by heat, chemicals, etc.; invisible ink.
- take a shine to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- take one's pick — If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things.
- take one's time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- talking machine — Older Use. a phonograph.
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- tank foundation — A tank foundation is a base which is designed to support the weight of oil tanks and contain spillage.
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- telekinetically — in a telekinetic manner
- terminal market — an organized market in a city into which large quantities of agricultural produce, livestock, etc., are shipped for distribution and sale.
- terror-stricken — overwhelmed by terror; terrified.
- thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
- thankworthiness — the state or quality of being thankworthy or deserving thanks
- the working man — working class people collectively
- thickness piece — a narrow flat or board used in scenic construction to give the illusion of depth or solidity to a door, wall, window, or the like.
- think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- think little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- think you're it — If you say that someone thinks they're it, you mean that they think they are better or more important than they really are.
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
- thunderstricken — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- to call in sick — If you call in sick, you telephone the place where you work to tell them you will not be coming to work because you are ill.
- to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
- to tie the knot — If you say that two people tie the knot, you mean that they get married.
- tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
- tongue in cheek — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- tongue-in-cheek — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- track and field — athletics events
- track-and-field — of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.: a track-and-field athlete.
- tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
- travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- twist the knife — to make a bad situation worse in a deliberately malicious way
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- under the knife — an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
- ungentlemanlike — unlike a gentleman
- university park — a city in N Texas.