12-letter words containing k, p
- skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
- 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.
- 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.
- slipped disk — herniated disk.
- slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
- smoke jumper — an employee of the forest service parachuted to strategic spots in fighting forest fires
- 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.
- snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- 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.
- sparrow hawk — a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
- speakerphone — a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.
- speckledness — the characteristic of being speckled
- specksioneer — a whaler
- speech maker — a person who makes a formal speech
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- spellchecker — a computer program for checking the spelling of words in an electronic document.
- spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
- 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.
- spokesperson — a person who speaks for another or for a group.
- sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
- sports drink — a drink containing sugar and salts, etc designed to help replace fluid and energy lost through the physical exertion of sport
- spotted dick — a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing dried fruit
- 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
- stage pocket — one of several metal boxes placed backstage in the floor (floor pocket) or wall of a theater and containing jacks for electric cables used in lighting units.
- starter pack — a pack containing basic equipment or information
- stick up for — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stinky pinky — an oral word game in which one player provides a definition to which the others are to supply a rhyming phrase, as “a mighty nightie” for “a powerful pair of pajamas.”.
- stinky-pinky — an oral word game in which one player provides a definition to which the others are to supply a rhyming phrase, as “a mighty nightie” for “a powerful pair of pajamas.”.
- stock option — an option giving the holder, usually an officer or employee, the right to buy stock of the issuing corporation at a specific price within a stated period.
- stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
- stockpunisht — punished by being put in stocks
- streetkeeper — in the past, a person employed to keep order and control in the streets
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- strike price — The strike price is the price of an option when it is exercised.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- suck up (to) — to flatter or fawn (on) ingratiatingly
- sucker punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sucker-punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- suckers' gap — a temporary improvement, occurring between two periods of inclement weather, which deceives people into acting in expectation of continued fine weather
- suckling pig — piglet not yet weaned
- sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- sutta pitaka — a collection of scriptures, originally recorded from oral traditions in the 1st century b.c., divided into one of three parts (Pitaka) sermons () the rules of the Buddhist order () and several treatises on philosophy and psychology ()
- take part in — join in