12-letter words containing a, k, i, c, n
- running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
- safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
- salk vaccine — a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- sanity check — (programming) 1. Checking code (or anything else, e.g. a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies that the check is to make sure the author was sane when it was written; e.g. if a piece of scientific software relied on a particular formula and was giving unexpected results, one might first look at the nesting of parentheses or the coding of the formula, as a "sanity check", before looking at the more complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much less the algorithm itself. Compare reality check. 2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that the program hasn't screwed up internally (producing an inconsistent value or state).
- science park — A science park is an area, usually linked to a university, where there are a lot of private companies, especially ones concerned with high technology.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- section mark — section (def 16).
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- sign a check — When you sign a check , you write your name on it in a special space in order to validate it.
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- thinking cap — a state of mind marked by reflection or concentration: If we put on our thinking caps, we may come up with the answer.
- ticket agent — a person who sells tickets, as for theater seats, train accommodations, etc.
- ticktack man — a bookmaker who uses a system of sign language, mainly using the hands, to transmit his odds to other bookmakers at racecourses
- track racing — a form of motorcycle racing where teams or individuals race opponents around an oval track
- 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
- truck racing — a motor sport in which powerful trucks, without their containers, are raced around a circuit
- turn a trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- 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)
- wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
- walking pace — the speed at which someone walks
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- walkingstick — a stick used for walking
- wanne-eickel — a city in the Ruhr region in W Germany.
- wedding cake — tiered cake served at a marriage party
- wedding-cake — highly ornate or overly elaborate: wedding-cake architecture.
- wikification — The process of adding wiki syntax to text in a wiki platform, or converting HTML to wiki markup.
- wildcat bank — a bank that issued notes without adequate security in the period before the establishment of the national banking system in 1864.
- wisecracking — a smart or facetious remark.
- wrecking bar — pinch bar.
- wrecking car — a car that is equipped as a wrecker. Compare wrecker (def 2).