12-letter words containing a, l, e, k, t
- rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
- roller-skate — to glide about by means of roller skates.
- rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
- salad basket — a basket in which washed salad greens are swung or spun to remove excess water.
- salmon steak — a thick slice of salmon
- sankt gallen — German name of St. Gallen.
- sankt pölten — a city in NE Austria, the capital of Lower Austria state. Pop: 49 121 (2001)
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- shelf talker — a cardboard, paper, or plastic advertisement of a product designed to be attached to a shelf on which the product is exhibited for sale.
- shell jacket — a close-fitting, semiformal jacket, with a short back, worn in the tropics in place of a tuxedo.
- 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.
- skeleton car — a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
- skeleton law — a framework or basic outline of law or rule
- skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stock saddle — Western saddle.
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- streetwalker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- sultana cake — a cake that contains sultanas
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- take counsel — receive advice
- take hold of — grasp, seize sth
- take in sail — to lower sails, as in order to reduce the area of sail set
- take-up reel — (on a projector) the reel onto which the film is wound after it has been projected.
- talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
- 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.
- telemarketer — selling or advertising by telephone.
- thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- the kalahari — an extensive arid plateau of South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana. Area: 260 000 sq km (100 000 sq miles)
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- touch-tackle — touch football.
- trailer park — an area where house trailers may be parked, usually having running water, electrical outlets, etc.
- trash talker — to use disparaging or boastful language.
- trial docket — docket (def 1).
- trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- underblanket — a blanket placed under a bottom sheet
- undertakable — able to be undertaken
- unmarketable — readily salable.
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.