12-letter words containing a, l, k, i, c
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- prickly pear — any of numerous cacti of the genus Opuntia, having flattened, usually spiny stem joints, yellow, orange, or reddish flowers, and ovoid, often edible fruit.
- quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
- rack railway — cog railway.
- rapacki plan — the denuclearization of Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and West Germany, proposed by Adam Rapacki (1909–70), the Polish foreign minister, in 1957
- risk capital — venture capital.
- rock glacier — a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice.
- 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.
- scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).
- schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- 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.
- stackability — capable of being stacked, especially easily: stackable chairs.
- stickability — 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.
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- trackability — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- 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.
- 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.
- wildcat bank — a bank that issued notes without adequate security in the period before the establishment of the national banking system in 1864.