12-letter words containing k, e, l
- shale shaker — A shale shaker is a moving screen which removes cuttings from the mud so they can be disposed of.
- share-milker — (in New Zealand) a person who lives on a dairy farm milking the owner's herd for an agreed share of the profits and, usually, building his own herd simultaneously
- shelf talker — a cardboard, paper, or plastic advertisement of a product designed to be attached to a shelf on which the product is exhibited for sale.
- shell jacket — a close-fitting, semiformal jacket, with a short back, worn in the tropics in place of a tuxedo.
- shellcracker — redear sunfish.
- shellshocked — suffering from shellshock
- shelter deck — a weather deck covering a space not considered fully watertight.
- 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.
- skeleton bob — a small sledge for racing over a frozen track, steered by the rider by movements of the head and shoulders
- skeleton car — a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
- skeleton key — a key with nearly the whole substance of the bit filed away so that it may open various locks.
- skeleton law — a framework or basic outline of law or rule
- skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
- skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
- skelic index — the ratio of the length of the leg to the length of the torso of a person, multiplied by 100.
- skelmersdale — a town in NW England, in Lancashire: designated a new town in 1962. Pop: 39 279 (2001)
- skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
- skillessness — the lack of skill
- skimmed milk — milk from which the cream has been skimmed.
- skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
- skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
- skullduggery — skulduggery.
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- slickensided — (of rock) polished by friction
- slipped disk — herniated disk.
- slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
- smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
- solar cooker — a simple, low-cost device using focused sunshine to cook rice, boil water, etc.
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- spark-killer — a device for diminishing sparking, consisting of a capacitor and a resistor connected in series across two points where sparking may occur in a circuit.
- speckledness — the characteristic of being speckled
- spellchecker — a computer program for checking the spelling of words in an electronic document.
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- split ticket — a ballot on which not all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party.
- spree killer — a person who kills more than one victim in more than one location in a very short period of time.
- stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stock saddle — Western saddle.
- stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- streetwalker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.