16-letter words containing k, i, t
- restricted stock — unregistered stock, as that issued privately as compensation to corporate executives subject to special conditions.
- rocket scientist — a specialist in rocketry.
- rockville centre — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- round the wrekin — the long way round
- san antonio peak — a mountain in S California: highest peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, near San Bernardino. 10,080 feet (3072 meters).
- seaside knotweed — See under knotweed.
- security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
- sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
- sekondi-takoradi — a seaport in SW Ghana.
- selective strike — a partial strike against a particular area of a business or against one employer or a small number of employers in a collective bargaining situation
- sheepskin jacket — a short jacket made of the skin of a sheep with the wool still attached to it
- short ski method — a way of learning to ski, using short skis
- shot in the dark — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- shrinking violet — a shy, modest, or self-effacing person.
- sick as a parrot — very disappointed
- sickness benefit — Sickness benefit is money that you receive regularly from the government when you are unable to work because of illness.
- sidestream smoke — secondhand smoke.
- silk-cotton tree — any of several spiny trees belonging to the genus Ceiba, of the bombax family, having palmately compound leaves and seeds surrounded by silk cotton, especially C. pentandra, from which kapok is obtained.
- silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
- slave-making ant — an ant of a species that raids the colonies of other ant species, carrying off larvae and pupae to be reared as slaves.
- sleep like a top — a toy, often inversely conical, with a point on which it is made to spin.
- smack in the eye — a snub or setback
- smoke inhalation — poisoning of the lungs caused by inhaling large quantities of toxic fumes from a fire
- snakebite remedy — hard liquor.
- solid state disk — (SSD)
Any kind of solid-state storage device that appears to the system as a disk drive. SSDs are more expensive that the same capacity of magnetic disk but have much shorter access time. - sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
- speak for itself — be self-evident
- speak in tongues — to engage in glossolalia
- speaking trumpet — a trumpet-shaped instrument used to carry the voice a great distance or held to the ear by a deaf person to aid his hearing
- speed networking — the practice of trying to form business connections and contacts through meetings at which individuals are given the opportunity to have several conversations of limited duration with strangers
- spelling mistake — error in writing a word
- sprinkler system — apparatus for automatically extinguishing fires in a building, consisting of a system of water pipes in or below the ceilings, with valves or sprinklers usually made to open automatically at a certain temperature.
- square kilometer — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one kilometer on each side. 2 , sq. km. Abbreviation: km.
- squeaky-bum time — the tense final matches in the race to a league championship, esp from the point of view of the leaders
- stab in the back — to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
- stick at nothing — to be prepared to do anything; be unscrupulous or ruthless
- stick in the mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- stick out a mile — to be extremely obvious
- stick-in-the-mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- sticking plaster — an adhesive cloth or other material for covering and closing superficial wounds, holding bandages in place, etc.
- stock allocation — Stock allocation is the decisions made about how quantities held at a central point will be distributed amongst several outlets in a retail chain.
- stock car racing — the sport of racing in stock cars
- stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
- stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
- straight whiskey — pure, unblended whiskey of 80 to 110 proof.
- streak lightning — lightning in which there is a sudden flash from what appears to be a single main line
- strike a balance — compromise
- strike a bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- substantive rank — a permanent rank in the armed services obtained by length of service, selection, etc
- take (to) flight — to run away; flee