11-letter words containing c, r, a, k
- rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
- rock rabbit — rock hyrax.
- rock salmon — (formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish: now called rockfish or catfish
- rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
- rock-garden — a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- roman brick — a long, thin face brick, usually yellow-brown and having a length about eight times its thickness.
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- safecracker — a person who breaks open safes to rob them.
- sales clerk — shop assistant
- saltchucker — a saltwater angler
- sand-struck — (of bricks) made with a mold lined with sand to permit freeing.
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
- scale maker — a person who makes scales for weighing
- schmierkase — cottage cheese.
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- scratchback — an implement for scratching the back
- scuff marks — marks made by scuffing
- sharksucker — any of several remoras, as Echeneis naucrates, usually found attached to sharks.
- shcharansky — (Natan) Anatoly [nah-tahn an-uh-toh-lee;; Russian uh-nuh-taw-lyee] /nɑˈtɑn ˌæn əˈtoʊ li;; Russian ʌ nʌˈtɔ lyi/ (Show IPA), born 1948, Soviet mathematician and human-rights activist, in Israel since 1986.
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- sheep track — a pathway made by and used by sheep, often in rocky or mountainous terrain, and sometimes followed by hikers
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
- shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
- sidetracked — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- singletrack — (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.
- sir patrick — Norman Bel [bel] /bɛl/ (Show IPA), 1893–1958, U.S. industrial and stage designer and architect.
- skin cancer — melanoma: malignant tumour
- skin-search — strip-search.
- skip tracer — an investigator whose job is to locate missing persons, especially debtors.
- sky cavalry — air cavalry.
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
- smart aleck — an obnoxiously conceited person.
- smokechaser — a person who fights forest fires, especially one with lightweight equipment.
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- snapperback — the center on the offensive team.
- social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
- sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
- spacewalker — a person who manoeuvres in space while outside but attached to a spacecraft
- spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
- speechmaker — a person who delivers speeches.
- stagestruck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- stake truck — a truck or trailer with a stake body, as for hauling farm animals or feed bags.
- star-struck — captivated by famous people or by fame itself.
- stem canker — a disease of plants characterized by cankers on the stems and twigs and caused by any of several fungi.
- stickleader — a person assigned to check the appearance or condition of each person in a stick
- stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
- storm track — the path followed by the center of a cyclonic storm.