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12-letter words containing c, a, t, s, k

  • shell jacket — a close-fitting, semiformal jacket, with a short back, worn in the tropics in place of a tuxedo.
  • shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
  • shock tactic — Shock tactics are a way of trying to influence people's attitudes to a particular matter by shocking them.
  • shostakovich — Dimitri Dimitrievich [dih-mee-tree di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian dmyee-tryee dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /dɪˈmi tri dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–75, Russian composer.
  • silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
  • 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.
  • slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
  • smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
  • snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
  • snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
  • sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
  • stackability — capable of being stacked, especially easily: stackable chairs.
  • 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.
  • stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stickability — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • 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.
  • stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
  • 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
  • take chances — to behave in a risky manner
  • take counsel — receive advice
  • 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.
  • 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
  • tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
  • walkingstick — a stick used for walking
  • weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
  • well-stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.
  • west warwick — a town in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
  • witch's mark — devil's mark.
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