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15-letter words containing t, r, i, n, k

  • rigel kentaurus — Alpha Centauri.
  • rigil kentaurus — Astronomy. Alpha Centauri.
  • ringtail monkey — a Central and South American monkey, Cebus capucinus, having a prehensile tail and hair on the head resembling a cowl.
  • risk assessment — the evaluation of the possible risks in a product,situation, activity or course of action
  • risk management — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
  • rocket airplane — an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine.
  • rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
  • rolling kitchen — a mobile kitchen used for feeding troops outdoors.
  • rumpelstiltskin — a dwarf in a German folktale who spins flax into gold for a young woman to meet the demands of the prince she has married, on the condition that she give him her first child or else guess his name: she guesses his name and he vanishes or destroys himself in a rage.
  • runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
  • sanitary napkin — a pad of absorbent material, as cotton, worn by women during menstruation to absorb the uterine flow.
  • shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
  • shock resistant — not affected by impact
  • shock-resistant — strong or resilient enough to sustain minor impacts without damage to the internal mechanism: a shock-resistant watch.
  • sit-down strike — a strike during which workers occupy their place of employment and refuse to work or allow others to work until the strike is settled.
  • smoking-concert — a concert where smoking is allowed.
  • smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
  • sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
  • sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
  • spiral notebook — a notebook held together by a coil of wire passed through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages
  • 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
  • sticky-fingered — given to thieving
  • stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
  • striking circle — the semicircular area in front of each goal, which an attacking player must have entered before scoring a goal
  • swimming trunks — men's swimsuit shorts
  • talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
  • 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
  • think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
  • 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 make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • university park — a city in N Texas.
  • unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • viral marketing — a marketing strategy that focuses on spreading information and opinions about a product or service from person to person, especially by using unconventional means such as the Internet or email: Which online social networks can help with viral marketing?
  • virginian stock — a similar and related North American plant, Malcolmia maritima
  • walk-in traffic — The walk-in traffic of a store is the number of people who choose to visit it as they pass by.
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