12-letter words containing c, a, k, e, t
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- sultana cake — a cake that contains sultanas
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- take chances — to behave in a risky manner
- take counsel — receive advice
- take offence — be upset or shocked
- tenure-track — of or relating to a college- or university-teaching job that can lead to a tenured position.
- ticket agent — a person who sells tickets, as for theater seats, train accommodations, etc.
- to keep pace — If something keeps pace with something else that is changing, it changes quickly in response to it.
- tonnage deck — the upper deck in a vessel with only two decks.
- touch-tackle — touch football.
- track record — a record of achievements or performance: an executive with a good track record.
- track system — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- 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
- 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.
- truck camper — a type of camper designed to be mounted on a pickup truck.
- walnut creek — a town in W California.
- watch pocket — a small pocket in a garment, as in a vest or trousers, for holding a pocket watch, change, etc. Compare fob1 (def 1).
- water jacket — a water-filled envelope or container surrounding a machine, engine, or part for cooling purposes, esp the casing around the cylinder block of a pump or internal-combustion engine
- water pocket — a cavity at the foot of a cliff formed by the falling action of an intermittent stream.
- water-jacket — to surround or fit with a water jacket.
- water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- watteau back — a loose, full back of a woman's gown, formed by wide box pleats hanging from a high shoulder yoke and extending to the hem in an unbroken line.
- waxed jacket — a waterproof jacket made of waxed material
- weather deck — (on a ship) the uppermost continuous deck exposed to the weather.
- weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
- well-stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.
- west warwick — a town in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- yellowjacket — (chiefly, US) A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.