13-letter words containing c, h, e, s, k
- kosher pickle — a garlic-flavored pickle, sold especially in Jewish delicatessens.
- lick the dust — to be servile; grovel: cf. Mic. 7:17
- lickerishness — Quality of being lickerish.
- make mischief — cause trouble
- mischiefmaker — Alternative form of mischief-maker.
- nike hercules — a 40 feet (12 meters) U.S. surface-to-air missile effective at medium to high altitudes and having a range of more than 87 miles (140 km).
- novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
- offshore dock — a floating dock moored to pilings, dolphins, etc., used for cleaning and repairing medium-sized vessels.
- on the stocks — in preparation or under construction
- packet switch — packet switching
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
- pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
- psychokinesis — the purported ability to move or deform inanimate objects, as metal spoons, through mental processes.
- research park — an industrial park whose facilities are devoted to research and development.
- research work — work concerning research into or investigation into a subject, topic, etc, particularly in the sciences
- rocking horse — a toy horse, as of wood, mounted on rockers or springs, on which children may ride; hobbyhorse.
- rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
- sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
- schiller park — a town in NE Illinois.
- schwenkfelder — a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- sea hollyhock — a rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos.
- self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
- shark watcher — a business consultant who assists companies in identifying and preventing unwelcome takeover bids
- shelf-stacker — a person whose job is to fill the shelves and displays in a supermarket or other shop with goods for sale
- shell-shocked — battle fatigue.
- shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
- shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- sick headache — migraine.
- sickle-hocked — noting or pertaining to a condition of horses in which the hock, due to strained tendons and ligaments, is flexed so that the foot is abnormally bowed far under the body.
- sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
- smoke chamber — an enlarged area between the throat of a fireplace and the chimney flue.
- snake charmer — an entertainer who seems to charm venomous snakes, usually by music.
- socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
- spark chamber — a device for detecting elementary particles, consisting of a series of charged plates separated by a gas so that the passage of a charged particle causes sparking between adjacent plates.
- speech making — act of addressing the public formally
- spell checker — a computer program for checking the spelling of words in an electronic document.
- spell-checker — A spell-checker is a special program on a computer which you can use to check whether something you have written contains any spelling mistakes.
- sprocket hole — any of a series of regular perforations along the edge of photographic film for engaging the drive sprockets in a motion-picture camera or projector.
- squash racket — a light long-handled racket used in the game of squash
- sticker shock — unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.
- street hockey — road hockey.
- stretch marks — Stretch marks are lines or marks on someone's skin caused by the skin stretching after the person's weight has changed rapidly. Women who have had children often have stretch marks.
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thick-skinned — having a thick skin.
- thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
- thomas becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.