13-letter words containing n, e, c, k, s
- single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
- single-decker — A single-decker or a single-decker bus is a bus with only one deck.
- singlesticker — a vessel, especially a sloop or cutter, having one mast.
- skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- skin reaction — an irritation or inflammation of the skin due to an allergy or infection, brought about by natural means or by a skin test.
- skip distance — the minimum distance along the earth's surface between the position of a short-wave transmitter and the region where its signal is received after one reflection from the ionosphere.
- skunk cabbage — a low, fetid, broad-leaved North American plant, Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family, having a brownish-purple and green mottled spathe surrounding a stout spadix, growing in moist ground.
- snake charmer — an entertainer who seems to charm venomous snakes, usually by music.
- socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
- space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
- speech making — act of addressing the public formally
- squeaky clean — If you say that someone is squeaky clean, you mean that they live a very moral life and have never done anything wrong.
- squeaky-clean — scrupulously clean.
- steering lock — an anti-theft device
- sticks&stones — (language, functional programming) A functional, polymorphic hardware description language loosely based on ML by Lucca Cardelli.
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
- take occasion — to avail oneself of an opportunity (to do something)
- take stock in — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- tennis racket — long-handled bat used in tennis
- thick-skinned — having a thick skin.
- thunderstruck — overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded: He was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion.
- tinker's cuss — tinker's damn (def 1).
- undated stock — stock that has no definitive repayment commitment
- understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- wonder-struck — struck or affected with wonder.