10-letter words containing k, s, t, a
- small talk — chitchat, trivial conversation
- small-talk — to engage in or have a propensity for small talk.
- smokestack — Also called stack. a pipe for the escape of the smoke or gases of combustion, as on a steamboat, locomotive, or building.
- snail kite — a bird of prey, Rostrhamus sociabilis, that travels in flocks in the American tropics and feeds on snails.
- snake foot — an elongated foot or short leg, as to a pedestal table, having the form of an ogee tangent to the floor surface.
- snakemouth — rose pogonia.
- snakestone — a piece of porous material popularly supposed to neutralize the toxic effect of a snakebite.
- sneakernet — Facetious. the transfer of electronic information by carrying the storage medium, especially a floppy disk, from one computer to another.
- soil stack — a vertical soil pipe.
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- sparkliest — tending to sparkle; animated; lively: a row of sparkly cheerleaders.
- spatchcock — a fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling.
- spray tank — a closed tank into which air is pumped to force out a liquid, especially for a spray.
- spur track — a short branch track leading from the main track, and connected with it at one end only.
- stack-yard — a yard where stacks of hay, straw, etc, are kept
- stake boat — an anchored boat to which barges or other boats are temporarily moored.
- stake body — an open truck body having a platform with sockets at the edge into which upright stakes may be placed to form a fence around a load.
- stake race — a race in which part of the prize or purse is put up by the owners of the horses nominated to run in the race.
- stalk-eyed — having the eyes located on pedicels, as some crustaceans and dipterans.
- stand back — retreat, stay at a distance
- starfucker — a person who seeks to have sexual relations with celebrities; groupie
- starkville — a town in E Mississippi.
- starstruck — captivated by famous people or by fame itself.
- state bank — a bank chartered by a state and operated under the banking laws of that state.
- steakhouse — a restaurant specializing in beefsteak.
- steam-punk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- steelmaker — a manufacturer of steel.
- steiermark — German name of Styria.
- stickybeak — a busybody; meddler.
- still pack — the pack not in play in a game in which two packs are used alternately.
- stink ball — stinkpot (def 1).
- stock farm — a farm devoted to breeding livestock.
- stonebreak — any of a variety of plants in the genus Saxifraga
- stop plank — a board or boarding that is placed along the top of a dam to increase its height and capacity
- strap work — a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.
- stravinsky — Igor Fëdorovich [ee-gawr fyaw-duh-roh-vich;; Russian ee-guh r fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˈi gɔr ˌfyɔ dəˈroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈi gər ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1971, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
- strickland — William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
- strike pay — strike benefit.
- stroke oar — the oar nearest to the stern of the boat.
- strongbark — any of the several tropical American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Bourreria, of the borage family, especially B. ovata, of southern Florida and the West Indies, having elliptic leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- studebaker — Clement, 1831–1901, U.S. wagon maker and pioneer automobile designer.
- surge tank — a large surge chamber.
- swatchbook — a booklet containing samples (of paper, cloth, etc)
- sweat sock — one of a pair of socks made of thick, absorbent cotton, wool, or other material and worn during exercise, sports, leisure activity, etc.
- sweepstake — a sweepstakes.
- sweet talk — cajolery, persuasion by flattery
- sweet-talk — to use cajoling words.
- switchback — a highway, as in a mountainous area, having many hairpin curves.
- tajikistan — Tadzhikistan.
- take amiss — out of the right or proper course, order, or condition; improperly; wrongly; astray: Did I speak amiss?