12-letter words containing k, r
- 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.
- specksioneer — a whaler
- speech maker — a person who makes a formal speech
- spellchecker — a computer program for checking the spelling of words in an electronic document.
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- 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
- 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
- square shake — square deal.
- stage-struck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
- stark effect — Physics. (often lowercase) the splitting into two or more components of the spectral lines of atoms in an electric field.
- starter pack — a pack containing basic equipment or information
- stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
- 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.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stock market — a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
- stock record — a record kept of the amount, type, etc., of raw materials and supplies on hand, as in a manufacturing plant.
- stock ticker — ticker (def 1).
- stockbreeder — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- stockbroking — business of buying and selling stock
- stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stonebreaker — a person that breaks up stone
- stoney creek — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- storage tank — A storage tank is a large vessel for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- stork's-bill — Also called heron's-bill. any of various plants belonging to the genus Erodium, of the geranium family, having deeply lobed leaves, loose clusters of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers, and long, slender fruit.
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- straitjacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
- stratotanker — an aircraft that can refuel other aircrafts at high speeds and altitudes
- stravinskian — of, relating to, or suggesting the composer Igor Stravinsky or his works.
- streetkeeper — in the past, a person employed to keep order and control in the streets
- streetwalker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
- streetworker — a social worker who works with youths of a neighborhood.
- stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
- stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- strike force — a military force armed and trained for attack.
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- strike price — The strike price is the price of an option when it is exercised.
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark