12-letter words containing r, e, k, s
- trash talker — to use disparaging or boastful language.
- trickishness — the quality of being crafty
- trickstering — the practice of playing tricks
- truck system — the system of paying wages in goods instead of money.
- turkey shoot — a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.
- turkey-shoot — a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- underskilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- underskinker — a subordinate bartender
- understocked — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- vernoleninsk — former name of Nikolayev.
- warwickshire — a county in central England. 765 sq. mi. (1980 sq. km).
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
- weavers-knot — sheet bend.
- wesley clark — (person) One of the designers of the Laboratory Instrument Computer at MIT who subsequently had a quiet hand in many seminal computing events, such as the development of the Internet, the first really good description of the metastability problem in computer logic.
- west warwick — a town in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
- whaler shark — a large voracious shark, Galeolamna macrurus, of E. Australian waters
- whiskey sour — a cocktail made with whiskey, lemon juice, and sugar.
- wilkes-barre — a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- windbreakers — Plural form of windbreaker.
- wisecracking — a smart or facetious remark.
- wonderstruck — (of a person) experiencing a sudden feeling of awed delight or wonder.
- work surface — A work surface is a flat surface, usually in a kitchen, which is easy to clean and on which you can do things such as prepare food.
- work wonders — have a transforming effect
- work-release — of or relating to a program under which prisoners may work outside of prison while serving their sentences.
- workableness — The quality or state of being workable, or the extent to which a thing is workable.
- worklessness — (British) Unemployment; the state of being without paid work.
- workmistress — a woman who oversees or controls work
- world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
- worried sick — extremely anxious about sb or sth
- writing desk — a piece of furniture with a surface for writing, with drawers and pigeonholes for writing materials.
- zuse, konrad — Konrad Zuse