12-letter words containing c, a, r, e, t, k
- off-the-rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- package tour — a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses: offering package tours of the chateau country.
- packed tower — A packed tower is a tall distillation vessel which uses packing.
- packet radio — (communications, radio) The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
- pallet truck — a powered truck with a mast, sometimes telescopic, on which slides a carriage which can be raised and lowered hydraulically. The carriage has extended forks which can be passed under a palletized load for stacking or moving to a new position
- parity check — a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit) to see if the value is even or odd.
- peak traffic — traffic at the time it is most busy
- 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.
- quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
- quarterdecks — Plural form of quarterdeck.
- racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
- racket press — a device consisting of a frame closed by a spring mechanism, for keeping taut the strings of a tennis racket, squash racket, etc
- racketeering — a person engaged in a racket.
- radar picket — a ship, vehicle, or aircraft stationed at a distance from a protected force to increase radar detection range.
- ratchet jack — a screw jack rotated by a ratchet mechanism.
- rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets
- rocket range — a firing range for rockets
- rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
- rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
- 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.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- 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.
- skirt chaser — a womanizer.
- skirt-chaser — a womanizer.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- tenure-track — of or relating to a college- or university-teaching job that can lead to a tenured position.
- 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.