8-letter words containing t, i, n, k
- nitpicky — Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.
- no-stick — nonstick: a no-stick skillet.
- nonstick — having or providing a finish designed to prevent food from sticking during cooking or baking: a nonstick saucepan; a nonstick cooking spray.
- nutpicks — Plural form of nutpick.
- oil tank — any tank for containing or storing oil such as a very large oil storage container at a refinery; a large oil storage area on an oil tanker; or a smaller container for the storage of heating oil at a property
- outdrink — To drink more than someone else.
- outthink — to excel in thinking; think faster, more accurately, or more perceptively than: outthinking most of her contemporaries in the field of human relations.
- pakistan — Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947–71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 310,403 sq. mi. (803,881 sq. km). Capital: Islamabad.
- panstick — a cosmetic in stick form
- pin knot — a knot in lumber less than 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) in diameter.
- pin tuck — a narrow ornamental fold used esp on shirt fronts and dress bodices
- pink tea — a formal tea or reception.
- pinkroot — the root of any of various plants belonging to the genus Spigelia, of the logania family, especially that of S. marilandica of the U.S., that is used as a vermifuge.
- pinkster — Whitsuntide.
- pitikins — a mild oath (esp in the phrase ods pitikins)
- potemkin — Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich [gri-gawr-ee al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1739–91, Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine II.
- quiktran — Fortran-like, interactive with debugging facilities. Sammet 1969, p.226.
- rat fink — fink (defs 3, 4).
- returnik — a person returning or intending to return to his or her own country, esp the former Soviet Union
- rib-knit — (of a knitted garment or fabric) having a pattern of ribs: a rib-knit sweater.
- rink rat — a youth who spends a great deal of time at a hockey rink, helping with maintenance work, sweeping, etc., often without pay or in return for free admission to the rink.
- sanskrit — an Indo-European, Indic language, in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India. Abbreviation: Skt.
- sikeston — a city in SE Missouri.
- skeeting — to spit (saliva or a mouthful of other liquid) from the mouth, especially between the teeth.
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- skinsuit — a skintight one-piece garment worn by cyclists and athletes to reduce friction
- skipdent — an open-weave effect in fabric, produced by purposely omitting specific warp ends in the drawing-in process.
- skirting — the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- slipknot — a knot that slips easily along the cord or line around which it is made.
- snakebit — bitten by a snake.
- snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
- sputniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
- stacking — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- stalinsk — former name of Novokuznetsk.
- stalking — an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
- steinbok — steenbok.
- stick-on — a label, sticker, or the like, that has an adhesive backing.
- stickman — croupier (def 1).
- stickpin — a decorative straight pin with a jeweled or ornamented head and a long shaft with a sheath for encasing the point, used for holding an ascot or necktie in place.
- stink up — to cause to stink
- stinkard — a despicable person; stinker.
- stinkier — foul smelling; stinking.
- stinking — that smells foul; foul-smelling.
- stinkpot — Also called stinkball. a jar containing combustibles or other materials that generate offensive and suffocating vapors, formerly used in warfare.
- stocking — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- stonking — of exceptional size or quality
- stooking — shock2 (def 1).
- stotinka — a minor coin of Bulgaria, the 100th part of a lev.
- stricken — a past participle of strike.
- striking — Military. describing a fighter-bomber aircraft designed to carry large payloads at high speeds and low altitudes and also to engage in air-to-air combat.