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12-letter words containing e, s, k, i

  • clickstreams — Plural form of clickstream.
  • cockeysville — a town in N Maryland.
  • cookie press — a device, operating in a manner similar to that of a syringe, in which dough is inserted in a chamber and extruded, by means of a plunger, through one of a number of interchangeable dies to form a shaped cylinder that is sliced into individual cookies.
  • cookie sheet — A cookie sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as cookies in an oven.
  • corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
  • countersinks — Plural form of countersink.
  • cross-linker — a substance or agent, such as radiation, that induces the formation of cross-links.
  • cytokinetics — (biology) The study of cytokinesis.
  • damaskeening — Present participle of damaskeen.
  • dark-skinned — (of a person or race) having skin of a dark colour
  • deep kissing — the act of taking part in a deep kiss
  • deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
  • devil's mark — (in witchcraft) a mark, as a scar or blemish, on the body of a person who has made a compact with a devil.
  • disembarking — Present participle of disembark.
  • disk storage — space for storing information on a disk
  • earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
  • ekman spiral — a complex interaction on the surface of the sea between wind, rotation of the earth, and friction forces, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
  • enterokinase — (enzyme) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin.
  • eriskay pony — a breed of medium-sized pony, typically grey, with a dense waterproof coat. The Eriskay is the only surviving variety of the native ponies of the Western Isles of Scotland
  • eskimo-aleut — (designating or of) a family of languages including Aleut and the Eskimo languages
  • fair-skinned — having pale skin; pale-complexioned
  • ferrokinesis — (parapsychology) The ability to mentally manipulate iron and other metals.
  • fiddlesticks — anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.
  • figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
  • figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
  • fillet steak — boneless cut of beef
  • finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
  • firecrackers — Plural form of firecracker.
  • first strike — the initial use of nuclear weapons in a conflict, in which the attacker tries to destroy the adversary's strategic nuclear forces.
  • first-strike — the initial use of nuclear weapons in a conflict, in which the attacker tries to destroy the adversary's strategic nuclear forces.
  • flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
  • florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
  • folk society — an often small, homogeneous, and isolated community or society functioning chiefly through primary contacts and strongly attached to its traditional ways of living.
  • fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
  • fortresslike — Resembling a fortress in shape or impregnability.
  • frankenstein — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
  • frankincense — an aromatic gum resin from various Asian and African trees of the genus Boswellia, especially B. carteri, used chiefly for burning as incense in religious or ceremonial practices, in perfumery, and in pharmaceutical and fumigating preparations.
  • freakishness — The characteristic or quality of being freakish.
  • free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
  • freethinkers — Plural form of freethinker.
  • french stick — a long straight notched stick loaf
  • frog sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
  • frog-sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
  • fruit basket — a basket containing a variety of fruits sent as a gift
  • frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
  • gallsickness — a disease of cattle and sheep, caused by infection with rickettsiae of the genus Anaplasma, resulting in anaemia and jaundice
  • genghis khan — 1162–1227, Mongol conqueror of most of Asia and of E Europe to the Dnieper River.
  • get stuck in — If you get stuck in, you do something with enthusiasm and determination.
  • give suck to — to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
  • glockenspiel — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used especially in bands.
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