13-letter words containing a, l, e, k
- sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
- skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
- skittle alley — a place where the game of skittles is played
- slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
- small alkanes — Small alkanes are saturated hydrocarbons (=hydrocarbons containing as much hydrogen as possible, and containing only single bonds), usually methane, ethane, propane, and butane.
- smoked salmon — pink-fleshed fish cooked by smoking
- smooth-talker — a person who gets another person to do their bidding by using a slick, gently persuasive, practised, or competent manner
- social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
- social worker — sb who assists local community
- space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
- spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
- speak volumes — a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
- speed walking — power walking.
- spindleshanks — spindlelegs.
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- spring a leak — to develop a leak
- squeaky clean — If you say that someone is squeaky clean, you mean that they live a very moral life and have never done anything wrong.
- squeaky-clean — scrupulously clean.
- stanley knife — A Stanley knife is a very sharp knife that is used to cut materials such as carpet and paper. It consists of a small blade fixed in the end of a handle.
- statesmanlike — a person who is experienced in the art of government or versed in the administration of government affairs.
- street-walker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- take its toll — If you say that something takes its toll or takes a heavy toll, you mean that it has a bad effect or causes a lot of suffering.
- take leave of — to say goodbye to
- take the fall — to be blamed, punished, or imprisoned
- take the veil — to become a nun
- takeaway meal — a meal which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
- talk the talk — to speak convincingly on a particular subject, showing apparent mastery of its jargon and themes; often used in combination with the expression walk the walk
- talkativeness — inclined to talk a great deal: One drink and she became very talkative.
- talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
- tektosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
- telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
- the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
- the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
- the-swan-lake — a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
- throttle back — If you throttle back, or you throttle back the engine, when driving a motor vehicle or flying an aircraft, you make it go slower by reducing the quantity of fuel entering the engine.
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- trailer truck — a trailer designed to be drawn by a truck tractor or other motor truck.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- tubular skate — a type of ice skate consisting of a steel blade set into an aluminum tube and connected to the shoe by tubular supports, used for both hockey and racing skates.
- ullage rocket — a small hydrogen peroxide rocket engine that produces sufficient acceleration to keep propellants in their places when the main rocket is shut off
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- unworkmanlike — not appropriate to or befitting a good workman
- valet parking — a service offered by a hotel, restaurant, etc., by which patrons' cars are parked by an attendant.
- volcanic neck — neck (def 14).
- volcanic-neck — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- walk the walk — do as one preaches or boasts of doing
- walkie-talkie — a combined transmitter and receiver light enough to be carried by one person: developed originally for military use in World War II.