12-letter words containing i, s, y, k
- rhythm stick — a small wooden stick used, especially by a child, as a simple percussive instrument in learning the rudiments of musical rhythm.
- ribeye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
- 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).
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- 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.
- skivvy-shirt — Also called skivvy shirt. a man's cotton T-shirt.
- skye terrier — one of a Scottish breed of small terriers having short legs and a dark or light blue-gray, gray, or fawn coat.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- stackability — capable of being stacked, especially easily: stackable chairs.
- stanislavsky — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stickability — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- sticky blood — a condition of the blood, particularly associated with Hughes syndrome, in which antibodies tend to adhere to platelets and glue them together, leading to an increased likelihood of clotting
- stinky pinky — an oral word game in which one player provides a definition to which the others are to supply a rhyming phrase, as “a mighty nightie” for “a powerful pair of pajamas.”.
- stinky-pinky — an oral word game in which one player provides a definition to which the others are to supply a rhyming phrase, as “a mighty nightie” for “a powerful pair of pajamas.”.
- strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
- sydney silky — silky terrier.
- systems disk — a disk used to store computer programs, esp the basic operating programs of a computer
- take it easy — relax
- tommy atkins — any private of the British army.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- unmistakably — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- vishnevskaya — Galina (Pavlovna) [guh-lee-nuh pahv-lohv-nuh,, pav-;; Russian guh-lyee-nuh pah-vluh v-nuh] /gəˈli nə pɑvˈloʊv nə,, pæv-;; Russian gʌˈlyi nə ˈpɑ vləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1926–2012, Soviet operatic soprano, in the U.S. (wife of Mstislav Rostropovich).
- wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
- whiskey jack — gray jay.
- whiskey sour — a cocktail made with whiskey, lemon juice, and sugar.
- yuan shi kai — 1859–1916, Chinese general and statesman: first president (1912–16) of the Chinese republic