12-letter words containing k, r
- rohnert park — a city in W California.
- roller-skate — to glide about by means of roller skates.
- roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
- rooter skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
- roselle park — a borough in NE New Jersey.
- rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- rubber check — a check drawn on an account lacking the funds to pay it; a check that bounces.
- rubbernecker — a person who rubbernecks
- rubik's cube — a puzzle consisting of a cube with colored faces made of 26 smaller colored blocks attached to a spindle in the center, the object being to rotate the blocks until each face of the cube is a single color.
- rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
- running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
- running joke — a joke or humorous allusion used recurrently in a play, film, television skit, etc., for a cumulative comic effect.
- running kick — a kick made (to something or somebody) after running a short distance
- running knot — a knot made around and so as to slide along a part of the same rope, thus forming a noose (running noose) that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- safe-breaker — a person who breaks open and robs safes
- safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
- salad shaker — a portable plastic container which is used for storing salad and which has a separate compartment for salad dressing. The dressing is put on the salad just before it is eaten and the container can then be shaken to spread the salad dressing evenly.
- sale of work — a sale of goods and handicrafts made by the members of a club, church congregation, etc, to raise money
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
- saranac lake — any of three connected lakes (Upper, Middle, & Lower) in the Adirondacks, NE N.Y.
- sat sri akal — a salutation used in India
- school shark — an Australian shark resembling the tope, Notogaleus australis
- science park — A science park is an area, usually linked to a university, where there are a lot of private companies, especially ones concerned with high technology.
- scissor-kick — a type of swimming kick used esp in the sidestroke, in which one leg is moved forward and the other bent back and they are then brought together again in a scissor-like action
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- scratch disk — 1. (storage) See scratch. 2. (operating system) Unallocated space on Windows 95's primary hard disk partition, used for virtual memory. Shortage of space on this partition can result in the error "scratch disk full".
- scratch mark — the mark left by a scratch
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- self-mockery — gentle humour at one's own expense
- selkirkshire — Alexander (originally Alexander Selcraig) 1676–1721, Scottish sailor marooned on a Pacific island: supposed prototype of Robinson Crusoe.
- semidarkness — partial darkness.
- senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
- sepak takraw — a game originating in South Asia in which two teams kick a ball back and forth over a net
- seraskierate — the headquarters of the seraskier, located in Constantinople; the Turkish War Office
- service book — a book containing the forms of worship used in divine services.
- service mark — a proprietary term, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Express, or Planned Parenthood, that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. Abbreviation: SM.
- servile work — work of a physical nature that is forbidden on Sundays and on certain holidays
- severna park — a city in central Maryland.
- severodvinsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Europe, on Dvina Gulf, E of Archangel.
- sewage works — a place where chemicals are used to clean sewage so that it can then be allowed to go into rivers, etc or used to make manure
- shale shaker — A shale shaker is a moving screen which removes cuttings from the mud so they can be disposed of.
- shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
- shanks' mare — one's own legs, especially as a means of moving from one place to another: The only way we can get there is by shanks' mare.