12-letter words containing r, e, k, s
- share-milker — (in New Zealand) a person who lives on a dairy farm milking the owner's herd for an agreed share of the profits and, usually, building his own herd simultaneously
- shelf talker — a cardboard, paper, or plastic advertisement of a product designed to be attached to a shelf on which the product is exhibited for sale.
- shellcracker — redear sunfish.
- shelter deck — a weather deck covering a space not considered fully watertight.
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
- silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
- 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.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- skateboarder — person who rides skateboard
- skeeter hawk — mosquito hawk.
- skeleton car — a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
- skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
- skelmersdale — a town in NW England, in Lancashire: designated a new town in 1962. Pop: 39 279 (2001)
- 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.
- ski trousers — warm padded trousers used for skiing
- skirt chaser — a womanizer.
- skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
- skirt-chaser — a womanizer.
- skullduggery — skulduggery.
- skutterudite — a mineral, chiefly cobalt and nickel arsenide, (Co,Ni)As 3 , with some iron, occurring in the form of gray cubic crystals, usually in masses: a source of cobalt and nickel.
- skye terrier — one of a Scottish breed of small terriers having short legs and a dark or light blue-gray, gray, or fawn coat.
- slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- smoke jumper — an employee of the forest service parachuted to strategic spots in fighting forest fires
- smoke screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
- smoke-screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- snake feeder — a dragonfly.
- soda cracker — a thin, crisp cracker or wafer prepared from a yeast dough that has been neutralized by baking soda.
- solar cooker — a simple, low-cost device using focused sunshine to cook rice, boil water, etc.
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- 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.
- speakerphone — a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.
- specksioneer — a whaler
- speech maker — a person who makes a formal speech
- spellchecker — a computer program for checking the spelling of words in an electronic document.
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- spokesperson — a person who speaks for another or for a group.
- sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
- spree killer — a person who kills more than one victim in more than one location in a very short period of time.
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- springkeeper — a salamander
- square shake — square deal.
- stage-struck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.