12-letter words containing p, s, k
- quickstepped — Simple past tense and past participle of quickstep.
- racket press — a device consisting of a frame closed by a spring mechanism, for keeping taut the strings of a tennis racket, squash racket, etc
- red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
- risk capital — venture capital.
- risk pooling — Risk pooling is the practice of sharing all risks among a group of insurance companies.
- rock springs — a city in SW Wyoming.
- roselle park — a borough in NE New Jersey.
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- safe-keeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
- sankt pölten — a city in NE Austria, the capital of Lower Austria state. Pop: 49 121 (2001)
- 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.
- 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.
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- sepak takraw — a game originating in South Asia in which two teams kick a ball back and forth over a net
- septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
- severna park — a city in central Maryland.
- shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
- shank's pony — one's own legs, especially as a means of moving from one place to another: The only way we can get there is by shanks' mare.
- shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
- shavano peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the S Sawatch Range, in the Rocky Mountains. 14,229 feet (4337 meters).
- shock troops — soldiers trained to attack
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- skeleton map — a map showing only basic details of a land, place, etc
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- skew polygon — the figure formed by joining four or more points, not all in one plane, by the same number of lines
- skiing pants — warm, waterproof, protective trousers worn while skiing
- skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- slipped disk — herniated disk.
- slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
- smoke jumper — an employee of the forest service parachuted to strategic spots in fighting forest fires
- 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-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- 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.
- 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.
- speckledness — the characteristic of being speckled
- specksioneer — a whaler
- speech maker — a person who makes a formal speech
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- spellchecker — a computer program for checking the spelling of words in an electronic document.
- spinal block — spinal anesthesia.