12-letter words containing l, i, k, e, a
- sauk village — a town in NE Illinois.
- scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).
- schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- share-milker — (in New Zealand) a person who lives on a dairy farm milking the owner's herd for an agreed share of the profits and, usually, building his own herd simultaneously
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- 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.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- take in sail — to lower sails, as in order to reduce the area of sail set
- talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
- tank trailer — a trailer truck or tractor-trailer with a tank body, suitable for transporting gases or liquids, as oil, gasoline, or milk, in bulk.
- the kalahari — an extensive arid plateau of South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana. Area: 260 000 sq km (100 000 sq miles)
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- trailer park — an area where house trailers may be parked, usually having running water, electrical outlets, etc.
- trial docket — docket (def 1).
- trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- walk of life — The walk of life that you come from is the position that you have in society and the kind of job you have.
- walking beam — an overhead oscillating lever, pivoted at the middle, for transmitting force from a vertical connecting rod below one end to a vertical connecting rod, pump rod, etc., below the other end.
- walking fern — a fern, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, having simple, triangular fronds tapering into a prolongation that bends at the top and often takes root at the apex.
- walking leaf — leaf insect.
- walking line — a line on the plan of a curving staircase on which all treads are of a uniform width and that is considered to be the ordinary path taken by persons on the stair.
- walking pace — the speed at which someone walks
- walking race — a race in which competitors must walk
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- wanne-eickel — a city in the Ruhr region in W Germany.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- white alkali — Agriculture. a whitish layer of mineral salts, especially sodium sulfate, sodium chloride, and magnesium sulfate, often occurring on top of soils where rainfall is low.
- wilkes-barre — a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.