12-letter words containing a, i, k, e, n
- sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- snake-bitten — bitten by a snake.
- snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
- sneakishness — the quality or characteristic of being a sneak or sneaky
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- take against — If you take against someone or something, you develop a dislike for them, often for no good reason.
- take in hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- take in sail — to lower sails, as in order to reduce the area of sail set
- take part in — join in
- take pity on — show compassion, mercy
- talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
- tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
- tank trailer — a trailer truck or tractor-trailer with a tank body, suitable for transporting gases or liquids, as oil, gasoline, or milk, in bulk.
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- ticket agent — a person who sells tickets, as for theater seats, train accommodations, etc.
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- van riebeeck — Jan, full name Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck. 1619–77, Dutch colonial administrator. Founder of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope (1652)
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- vishnevskaya — Galina (Pavlovna) [guh-lee-nuh pahv-lohv-nuh,, pav-;; Russian guh-lyee-nuh pah-vluh v-nuh] /gəˈli nə pɑvˈloʊv nə,, pæv-;; Russian gʌˈlyi nə ˈpɑ vləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1926–2012, Soviet operatic soprano, in the U.S. (wife of Mstislav Rostropovich).
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- waking dream — an experience you have while you are awake that feels similar to dreaming
- walking beam — an overhead oscillating lever, pivoted at the middle, for transmitting force from a vertical connecting rod below one end to a vertical connecting rod, pump rod, etc., below the other end.
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- walking leaf — leaf insect.
- walking line — a line on the plan of a curving staircase on which all treads are of a uniform width and that is considered to be the ordinary path taken by persons on the stair.
- walking pace — the speed at which someone walks
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- wanne-eickel — a city in the Ruhr region in W Germany.
- warp-knitted — designating a fabric made by warp knitting.
- watermarking — Present participle of watermark.
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- wedding cake — tiered cake served at a marriage party