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12-letter words containing e, s, k

  • damask steel — Damascus steel
  • damaskeening — Present participle of damaskeen.
  • dark glasses — Dark glasses are glasses which have dark-coloured lenses to protect your eyes in the sunshine.
  • dark-skinned — (of a person or race) having skin of a dark colour
  • dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
  • dawson creek — a town in W Canada, in NE British Columbia: SE terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 10 754 (2001)
  • deck passage — overnight accommodation on a vessel other than in a regular sleeping space.
  • deckle strap — a strap on each edge of the moving web of paper on a paper-making machine that fixes the width of the paper
  • deep kissing — the act of taking part in a deep kiss
  • deep pockets — If you say that a person or organization has deep pockets, you mean that they have a lot of money with which to pay for something.
  • deerstalkers — Plural form of deerstalker.
  • deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
  • dessert fork — a fork used for eating certain desserts, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner fork.
  • 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
  • don't ask me — You reply 'don't ask me' when you do not know the answer to a question, usually when you are annoyed or surprised that you have been asked.
  • doorknockers — Plural form of doorknocker.
  • dusky grouse — blue grouse.
  • earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
  • east suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk county, in E England.
  • 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
  • electroshock — Of or relating to medical treatment by means of electric shocks.
  • endoskeletal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
  • endoskeleton — An internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates.
  • 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
  • exoskeletons — Plural form of exoskeleton.
  • fair-skinned — having pale skin; pale-complexioned
  • fast-tracker — of or relating to the fast track.
  • featherbacks — Plural form of featherback.
  • fecklessness — The state of being feckless.
  • 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.
  • floorwalkers — Plural form of floorwalker.
  • florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
  • flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
  • flush-decked — having a weather deck flush with the hull.
  • 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.
  • forsakenness — past participle of forsake.
  • fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
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