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12-letter words containing r, e, k, s

  • reform flask — an English salt-glazed stoneware flask of the early 19th century formed as an effigy of one of the figures connected with the Reform Bill of 1832.
  • rent-seeking — the act or process of using one’s assets and resources to increase one’s share of existing wealth without creating new wealth.
  • reserve bank — one of the 12 principal banks of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.
  • reserve tank — the tank or part of a tank in a car engine that reserves fuel in case the main fuel supply runs out
  • ribbon snake — either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
  • ribeye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
  • rijksdaalder — a cupronickel or silver coin of the Netherlands, equal to 2½ guilders.
  • risk manager — A risk manager is a person who works in risk management.
  • risk-benefit — involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.
  • risk-manager — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
  • 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.
  • rock lobster — spiny lobster.
  • rock-shelter — a shallow cave or cavelike area, as one formed by an overhanging cliff or standing rocks, occupied by Stone Age peoples, possibly for extended periods.
  • rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
  • rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
  • roller-skate — to glide about by means of roller skates.
  • 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.
  • rooter skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
  • roselle park — a borough in NE New Jersey.
  • rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
  • rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
  • rubik's cube — a puzzle consisting of a cube with colored faces made of 26 smaller colored blocks attached to a spindle in the center, the object being to rotate the blocks until each face of the cube is a single color.
  • safe-breaker — a person who breaks open and robs safes
  • safecracking — the act of breaking into a safe
  • salad shaker — a portable plastic container which is used for storing salad and which has a separate compartment for salad dressing. The dressing is put on the salad just before it is eaten and the container can then be shaken to spread the salad dressing evenly.
  • sale of work — a sale of goods and handicrafts made by the members of a club, church congregation, etc, to raise money
  • saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
  • sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
  • saranac lake — any of three connected lakes (Upper, Middle, & Lower) in the Adirondacks, NE N.Y.
  • 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.
  • scrimshanker — a shirker
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • self-mockery — gentle humour at one's own expense
  • selkirkshire — Alexander (originally Alexander Selcraig) 1676–1721, Scottish sailor marooned on a Pacific island: supposed prototype of Robinson Crusoe.
  • semidarkness — partial darkness.
  • senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
  • sepak takraw — a game originating in South Asia in which two teams kick a ball back and forth over a net
  • seraskierate — the headquarters of the seraskier, located in Constantinople; the Turkish War Office
  • service book — a book containing the forms of worship used in divine services.
  • service mark — a proprietary term, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Express, or Planned Parenthood, that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. Abbreviation: SM.
  • servile work — work of a physical nature that is forbidden on Sundays and on certain holidays
  • severna park — a city in central Maryland.
  • severodvinsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Europe, on Dvina Gulf, E of Archangel.
  • sewage works — a place where chemicals are used to clean sewage so that it can then be allowed to go into rivers, etc or used to make manure
  • shale shaker — A shale shaker is a moving screen which removes cuttings from the mud so they can be disposed of.
  • 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.
  • shanks' mare — 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.
  • share market — a highly organized market facilitating the purchase and sale of securities and operated by professional stockbrokers and market makers according to fixed rules
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