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11-letter words containing a, s, k, e

  • stakeholder — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
  • staktometer — an instrument for counting drops of liquid, consisting of a glass tube with a hollow bulb in it and one narrow end with a small opening
  • stalin peak — former name of Communism Peak.
  • stark naked — Someone who is stark naked is completely naked.
  • stark-naked — absolutely naked.
  • steak diane — a steak served in a rich sauce
  • steak house — A steak house is a restaurant that serves mainly steaks.
  • steak knife — a sharp dinner knife the blade of which is made of steel and usually serrated, used in cutting meat.
  • steelmaking — the manufacture of steel.
  • steeplejack — a person who climbs steeples, towers, or the like, to build or repair them.
  • stem canker — a disease of plants characterized by cankers on the stems and twigs and caused by any of several fungi.
  • stepanakert — a city in and the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, within Azerbaijan.
  • sterlitamak — a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, W of the Southern Urals.
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • stickleader — a person assigned to check the appearance or condition of each person in a stick
  • stickleback — any of the small, pugnacious, spiny-backed fishes of the family Gasterosteidae, inhabiting northern fresh waters and sea inlets, the male of which builds and guards the nest.
  • sticky tape — adhesive strip
  • stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
  • stokes' law — the law that the force that retards a sphere moving through a viscous fluid is directly proportional to the velocity of the sphere, the radius of the sphere, and the viscosity of the fluid.
  • stress mark — a mark placed before, after, or over a syllable to indicate stress in pronunciation; accent mark.
  • strike back — retaliate
  • strip steak — cut of beef: sirloin
  • stroke play — medal play.
  • sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
  • sunday week — a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
  • supermarket — a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
  • supertanker — a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons.
  • swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
  • swan's neck — a shallow S-curve used in decorative work.
  • swan-necked — having a neck that is long and elegant like that of a swan
  • swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
  • sweepstakes — a sweepstakes.
  • swiss steak — a thick slice of steak dredged in flour and pounded, browned, and braised with tomatoes, onions, and other vegetables.
  • table stake — a stake that a player places on the table at the beginning of a game that may not be changed once the deal begins.
  • take a risk — to proceed in an action without regard to the possibility of danger involved in it
  • take a seat — sit down
  • take a shit — to defecate
  • take strike — (of a batsman) to prepare to play a ball delivered by the bowler
  • taking lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
  • tardis-like — having an interior that is more spacious than could be imagined from looking at the outside
  • technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
  • test-market — to offer (a new product) for sale, usually in a limited area, in order to ascertain and evaluate consumer response.
  • thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
  • the dakotas — North Dakota and South Dakota
  • the shakers — an American millenarian sect, founded in 1747 as an offshoot of the Quakers, given to ecstatic shaking, advocating celibacy for its members, and practising common ownership of property
  • theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
  • thread silk — silk yarn produced by a silk throwster.
  • tiger shark — a large shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, inhabiting warm seas, noted for its voracious habits.
  • tiger snake — either of two highly venomous snakes, Notechis scutatus and N. ater, of Australia and Tasmania, that grow to a length of 5 feet (1.5 meters).
  • to speak of — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
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