12-letter words containing a, l, k, e, s, t
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- rattlesnakes — any of several New World pit vipers of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle composed of a series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail.
- rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
- 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.
- 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
- take counsel — receive advice
- take in sail — to lower sails, as in order to reduce the area of sail set
- thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- trash talker — to use disparaging or boastful language.
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- velvet shank — a bright yellow edible basidiomycetous fungus, Flammulina velutipes, common on trunks, stumps, or branches of broad-leaved trees in winter
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- well-stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.