14-letter words containing k, r, i, s, t
- schlockmeister — a person who deals in or sells inferior or worthless goods; junk dealer.
- security check — the process of checking that a person is not armed, or carrying something dangerous
- shaker heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
- shield cricket — the interstate cricket competition held for the Sheffield Shield
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
- sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
- silky anteater — an arboreal, tropical American anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, about the size of a rat, having a prehensile tail, glossy, golden fur, and two toes on each forelimb.
- single-sticker — a sailboat, esp. a sloop, having only one mast
- skew-symmetric — noting a square matrix that is equal to the negative of its transpose.
- ski instructor — sb who teaches skiing
- skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
- skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- sorting tracks — the part of a railroad yard used for the final sorting of cars from a classification yard.
- speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
- st. louis park — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- stay-in strike — sit-down strike.
- steam cracking — Steam cracking is the main method of breaking down large molecules of hydrocarbons, in which a gaseous or liquid hydrocarbon is diluted with steam and then heated.
- stick together — be united
- sticky fingers — an inclination or tendency to steal or pilfer
- stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
- stinking roger — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor.
- stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
- straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
- straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
- strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
- strike benefit — money paid to strikers by a union to enable them to subsist during a strike.
- strike it rich — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- strike through — cross out
- strike-breaker — A strike-breaker is a person who continues to work during a strike, or someone who takes over the work of a person who is on strike.
- strikebreaking — action directed at breaking up a strike of workers.
- striking price — in an option contract, the specified price at which a stock, commodity, etc. may be bought or sold; the price at which an investor can exercise profitably a put or call
- striking train — the gear train of the striking mechanism of a timepiece.
- summer kitchen — an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.
- tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
- take in stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- take liberties — If you take liberties or take a liberty with someone or something, you act in a way that is too free and does not show enough respect.
- test marketing — to offer (a new product) for sale, usually in a limited area, in order to ascertain and evaluate consumer response.
- the kiwi ferns — the women's international Rugby League football team of New Zealand
- the silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay
- thick register — chest register.