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

  • 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.
  • 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).
  • rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
  • rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
  • saloonkeeper — a person who operates a saloon (sense 3)
  • scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
  • section mark — section (def 16).
  • senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
  • severodvinsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Europe, on Dvina Gulf, E of Archangel.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • spokesperson — a person who speaks for another or for a group.
  • star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
  • stonebreaker — a person that breaks up stone
  • stoney creek — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
  • storage tank — A storage tank is a large vessel for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
  • stratotanker — an aircraft that can refuel other aircrafts at high speeds and altitudes
  • stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • token strike — a brief strike intended to convey strength of feeling on a disputed issue
  • trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
  • understocked — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
  • unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
  • vernoleninsk — former name of Nikolayev.
  • weavers-knot — sheet bend.
  • wonderstruck — (of a person) experiencing a sudden feeling of awed delight or wonder.
  • work wonders — have a transforming effect
  • 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.
  • zuse, konrad — Konrad Zuse
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