12-letter words containing a, r, k, o, s
- saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
- sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
- school shark — an Australian shark resembling the tope, Notogaleus australis
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- sewage works — a place where chemicals are used to clean sewage so that it can then be allowed to go into rivers, etc or used to make manure
- shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
- shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- skateboarder — person who rides skateboard
- 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.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- smoky quartz — a smoky-yellow to dark brown or black variety of quartz, used as a gem.
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- soda cracker — a thin, crisp cracker or wafer prepared from a yeast dough that has been neutralized by baking soda.
- solar cooker — a simple, low-cost device using focused sunshine to cook rice, boil water, etc.
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- sparrow hawk — a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
- speakerphone — a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.
- sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stock market — a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
- stonebreaker — a person that breaks up stone
- storage tank — A storage tank is a large vessel for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- stratotanker — an aircraft that can refuel other aircrafts at high speeds and altitudes
- sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
- torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
- 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
- unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
- weavers-knot — sheet bend.
- work station — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
- work surface — A work surface is a flat surface, usually in a kitchen, which is easy to clean and on which you can do things such as prepare food.
- work-release — of or relating to a program under which prisoners may work outside of prison while serving their sentences.
- work-sharing — an arrangement whereby one full-time job may be carried out by two people working part time
- workableness — The quality or state of being workable, or the extent to which a thing is workable.
- workstations — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
- world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
- yamoussoukro — a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence 1960. 127,520 sq. mi. (330,275 sq. km). Capital: Abidjan.
- zuse, konrad — Konrad Zuse