12-letter words containing a, s, k, e
- snake's head — checkered lily.
- snake's-head — checkered lily.
- snake-bitten — bitten by a snake.
- snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
- sneak out of — leave secretly
- sneakishness — the quality or characteristic of being a sneak or sneaky
- 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.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- spark-killer — a device for diminishing sparking, consisting of a capacitor and a resistor connected in series across two points where sparking may occur in a circuit.
- speakerphone — a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.
- speech maker — a person who makes a formal speech
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- square shake — square deal.
- stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
- stage pocket — one of several metal boxes placed backstage in the floor (floor pocket) or wall of a theater and containing jacks for electric cables used in lighting units.
- stage-struck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
- stark effect — Physics. (often lowercase) the splitting into two or more components of the spectral lines of atoms in an electric field.
- starter pack — a pack containing basic equipment or information
- stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
- statute book — a book containing the laws enacted by the legislature of a state or nation.
- steam jacket — a casing, as on the cylinder of a steam engine, filled with live steam to keep the interior hot.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stock market — a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
- stock saddle — Western saddle.
- stonebreaker — a person that breaks up stone
- storage tank — A storage tank is a large vessel for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- stottie cake — a flat round loaf
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- straitjacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
- stratotanker — an aircraft that can refuel other aircrafts at high speeds and altitudes
- streetwalker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
- stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
- stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- suckers' gap — a temporary improvement, occurring between two periods of inclement weather, which deceives people into acting in expectation of continued fine weather
- sugar shaker — a container with holes in the top, used for sprinkling sugar onto food
- sultana cake — a cake that contains sultanas
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- t-bone steak — a loin steak having some tenderloin, characterized by its T -shaped bone.