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

  • rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
  • roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
  • rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
  • rubik's cube — a puzzle consisting of a cube with colored faces made of 26 smaller colored blocks attached to a spindle in the center, the object being to rotate the blocks until each face of the cube is a single color.
  • safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
  • sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
  • 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
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • selkirkshire — Alexander (originally Alexander Selcraig) 1676–1721, Scottish sailor marooned on a Pacific island: supposed prototype of Robinson Crusoe.
  • semidarkness — partial darkness.
  • senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
  • seraskierate — the headquarters of the seraskier, located in Constantinople; the Turkish War Office
  • 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.
  • servile work — work of a physical nature that is forbidden on Sundays and on certain holidays
  • severodvinsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Europe, on Dvina Gulf, E of Archangel.
  • 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
  • shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
  • shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • 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.
  • skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
  • 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.
  • ski trousers — warm padded trousers used for skiing
  • skirt chaser — a womanizer.
  • skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
  • skirt-chaser — a womanizer.
  • skutterudite — a mineral, chiefly cobalt and nickel arsenide, (Co,Ni)As 3 , with some iron, occurring in the form of gray cubic crystals, usually in masses: a source of cobalt and nickel.
  • skye terrier — one of a Scottish breed of small terriers having short legs and a dark or light blue-gray, gray, or fawn coat.
  • 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
  • smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
  • solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
  • 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.
  • specksioneer — a whaler
  • spree killer — a person who kills more than one victim in more than one location in a very short period of time.
  • spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
  • springkeeper — a salamander
  • 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.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • stock ticker — ticker (def 1).
  • 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 fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
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