12-letter words containing k, n, e, c
- slickensided — (of rock) polished by friction
- smoke screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
- smoke-screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- socket joint — a joint in which the rounded end of one part fits into the cavity of another part
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- speckledness — the characteristic of being speckled
- specksioneer — a whaler
- stick insect — walking stick (def 2).
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stiff-necked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
- stoney creek — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- sucker punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sucker-punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sultana cake — a cake that contains sultanas
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- take chances — to behave in a risky manner
- take counsel — receive advice
- take offence — be upset or shocked
- technojunkie — a person addicted to or obsessed by new technology
- tenure-track — of or relating to a college- or university-teaching job that can lead to a tenured position.
- thick client — a computer having its own hard drive, as opposed to one on a network where most functions are carried out on a central server
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- ticket agent — a person who sells tickets, as for theater seats, train accommodations, etc.
- tickled pink — to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate.
- tonnage deck — the upper deck in a vessel with only two decks.
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
- trench knife — a short knife for stabbing, sometimes equipped with brass knuckles as a guard, used in modern warfare in hand-to-hand combat.
- trick ending — an ending of a story or play, etc., that employs a surprise element or character to resolve the plot.
- trickishness — the quality of being crafty
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- trickstering — the practice of playing tricks
- turtlenecked — having a turtleneck
- understocked — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- unity ticket — a how-to-vote card in a union election associating Labor and Communist candidates
- unreckonable — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- unstockinged — not wearing or covered by stockings
- van riebeeck — Jan, full name Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck. 1619–77, Dutch colonial administrator. Founder of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope (1652)
- walking pace — the speed at which someone walks
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- walnut creek — a town in W California.
- wanne-eickel — a city in the Ruhr region in W Germany.
- wedding cake — tiered cake served at a marriage party
- wedding-cake — highly ornate or overly elaborate: wedding-cake architecture.
- weekend case — a case used to pack things for a weekend trip
- wisecracking — a smart or facetious remark.