12-letter words containing k, i, s, n, g
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- self-seeking — the seeking of one's own interest or selfish ends.
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- sign a check — When you sign a check , you write your name on it in a special space in order to validate it.
- 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.
- sinking fund — a fund to extinguish an indebtedness, usually a bond issue.
- sitting duck — a helpless or easy target or victim: a sitting duck for shady financial schemes.
- skating rink — arena for ice skating
- skating turn — a turn made by someone on roller or ice skates
- skiing pants — warm, waterproof, protective trousers worn while skiing
- 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
- sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- 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.
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
- smoking room — a room set apart for smoking, as in a hotel or clubhouse.
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- springkeeper — a salamander
- stinking ash — hoptree.
- stockbroking — business of buying and selling stock
- stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
- stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
- strong drink — alcoholic drink
- suckling pig — piglet not yet weaned
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- take against — If you take against someone or something, you develop a dislike for them, often for no good reason.
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
- thinkingness — the quality of being thoughtful or capable of rational or intellectual thought
- trickstering — the practice of playing tricks
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- unstockinged — not wearing or covered by stockings
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walking bass — (in jazz piano) a left-hand accompaniment consisting of a continuous rhythm of four beats to the measure, usually with a repetitive melodic pattern.
- walking fish — any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- walkingstick — a stick used for walking
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- wind-sucking — cribbing (def 1).
- wisecracking — a smart or facetious remark.
- work-sharing — an arrangement whereby one full-time job may be carried out by two people working part time
- writing desk — a piece of furniture with a surface for writing, with drawers and pigeonholes for writing materials.