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9-letter words containing t, o, k, i, e

  • no-strike — of, relating to, or containing a provision that workers are not permitted to strike under certain terms and conditions: a no-strike clause in a labor contract.
  • on strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • ossietzkyCarl von [kahrl fuh n] /kɑrl fən/ (Show IPA), 1889–1938, German pacifist: Nobel Peace Prize 1935.
  • outstrike — (transitive) To strike faster than.
  • overskirt — an outer skirt.
  • overstink — to stink more than (something else)
  • overthick — too thick
  • overthink — If you overthink, or if you overthink a problem, you spend too much time thinking about something.
  • overtrick — a trick won by declarer in excess of the number of tricks necessary to make the contract.
  • periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
  • pinkertonAllan, 1819–84, U.S. detective, born in Scotland.
  • pocketing — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
  • potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
  • sick note — proof of illness
  • sooterkin — the mythical black afterbirth of Dutch women that was believed to result from their warming themselves on stoves
  • stinkeroo — a bad or contemptible person or thing
  • stockiest — of solid and sturdy form or build; thick-set and, usually, short.
  • stockinet — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
  • stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
  • strikeout — an out made by a batter to whom three strikes have been charged, or as recorded by the pitcher who accomplishes this.
  • tangolike — resembling or characteristic of tango music or dance
  • technikon — a technical college
  • the koine — the Ancient Greek dialect that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely used throughout the E Mediterranean area in Roman times
  • thorndikeAshley Horace, 1871–1933, U.S. literary historian and teacher.
  • thornlike — resembling or having the characteristics of a thorn
  • tick over — If an engine is ticking over, it is running at a low speed or rate, for example when it is switched on but you are not actually using it.
  • tide lock — a lock at the entrance to a tidal basin.
  • time lock — a lock, as for the door of a bank vault, equipped with a mechanism that makes it impossible to operate the lock within certain hours.
  • tinkertoy — a children's toy construction set
  • tintookie — a fawning or servile person
  • toktokkie — a large South African beetle, Dichtha cubica
  • tonkinese — a breed of medium-sized cat with almond-shaped aqua-coloured eyes and a soft silky coat
  • towerlike — like a tower
  • tricksome — tricksy (def 1).
  • twiforked — having two parts like a fork; bifurcate
  • white oak — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • workerist — a supporter of working-class politics
  • york rite — one of the two advanced divisions of Masonic membership, leading to the Knights Templar degree.
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