12-letter words containing n, a, i, k
- rock carving — the practice of carving on rock
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- 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.
- 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.
- safe-keeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
- salk vaccine — a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- sanity check — (programming) 1. Checking code (or anything else, e.g. a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies that the check is to make sure the author was sane when it was written; e.g. if a piece of scientific software relied on a particular formula and was giving unexpected results, one might first look at the nesting of parentheses or the coding of the formula, as a "sanity check", before looking at the more complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much less the algorithm itself. Compare reality check. 2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that the program hasn't screwed up internally (producing an inconsistent value or state).
- sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
- savings bank — a bank that receives savings accounts only and pays interest to its depositors.
- 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.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- section mark — section (def 16).
- semidarkness — partial darkness.
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- sheath knife — a knife carried in a sheath.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- sign a check — When you sign a check , you write your name on it in a special space in order to validate it.
- sikandarabad — Secunderabad.
- 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.
- skating rink — arena for ice skating
- skating turn — a turn made by someone on roller or ice skates
- skiing pants — warm, waterproof, protective trousers worn while skiing
- skin disease — condition affecting the skin
- 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.
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
- snake-bitten — bitten by a snake.
- snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
- sneakishness — the quality or characteristic of being a sneak or sneaky
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- stanislavski — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stanislavsky — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stick around — 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.
- stinking ash — hoptree.
- stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- stravinskian — of, relating to, or suggesting the composer Igor Stravinsky or his works.
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands