12-letter words containing i, c, e, k
- salk vaccine — a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- sanity check — (programming) 1. Checking code (or anything else, e.g. a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies that the check is to make sure the author was sane when it was written; e.g. if a piece of scientific software relied on a particular formula and was giving unexpected results, one might first look at the nesting of parentheses or the coding of the formula, as a "sanity check", before looking at the more complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much less the algorithm itself. Compare reality check. 2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that the program hasn't screwed up internally (producing an inconsistent value or state).
- scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).
- schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
- science park — A science park is an area, usually linked to a university, where there are a lot of private companies, especially ones concerned with high technology.
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- section mark — section (def 16).
- self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
- self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- selfie stick — a rod on which a camera or mobile phone may be mounted in order to take a photograph of oneself
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
- septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
- service book — a book containing the forms of worship used in divine services.
- service mark — a proprietary term, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Express, or Planned Parenthood, that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. Abbreviation: SM.
- shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
- sign a check — When you sign a check , you write your name on it in a special space in order to validate it.
- silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
- 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.
- skelic index — the ratio of the length of the leg to the length of the torso of a person, multiplied by 100.
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- skirt chaser — a womanizer.
- skirt-chaser — a womanizer.
- slickensided — (of rock) polished by friction
- slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- socket joint — a joint in which the rounded end of one part fits into the cavity of another part
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- specksioneer — a whaler
- split ticket — a ballot on which not all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party.
- spotted dick — a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing dried fruit
- stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
- stick insect — walking stick (def 2).
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stiff-necked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- stock ticker — ticker (def 1).
- stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
- stottie cake — a flat round loaf
- 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.
- strike force — a military force armed and trained for attack.
- strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
- strike price — The strike price is the price of an option when it is exercised.
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.