15-letter words containing s, a, c, k, r, e
- kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
- local is lekker — popular slogan promoting South African culture, produce, etc
- make a horlicks — to make a mistake or a mess
- make tracks for — to go or head towards
- market research — investigation into consumers' needs
- market-research — to conduct market research on.
- membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
- monkey, scratch — scratch monkey
- neck sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
- official strike — a collective stoppage of work by part or all of the workforce of an organization with the approval of the trade union concerned. The stoppage may be accompanied by the payment of strike pay by the trade union concerned
- pickwick papers — (The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club) a novel (1837) by Charles Dickens.
- planet-stricken — believed to be adversely affected mentally or physically by the planets
- police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
- raw milk cheese — cheese or a cheese made with unpasteurized milk
- red-back spider — a venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, of Australia and New Zealand, related to the black widow spider and having a bright red stripe on the back.
- research worker — investigative scientist
- rocket research — research into rocket engines for spacecraft
- rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose.
- sand-lime brick — a hard brick composed of silica sand and a lime of high calcium content, molded under high pressure and baked.
- scavenge stroke — (in a reciprocating engine) the stroke of a piston in a four-stroke cycle that pushes the burnt gases out as exhaust
- shock resistant — not affected by impact
- shock treatment — electroconvulsive therapy
- shock-resistant — strong or resilient enough to sustain minor impacts without damage to the internal mechanism: a shock-resistant watch.
- speckle pattern — the visual appearance of a star as viewed through a large telescope, with irregularities caused by the distorting effect of local turbulence in the earth's atmosphere.
- sprinkler dance — a celebratory dance in which participants extend one arm and shake it to imitate the action of a rotating water sprinkler
- stack the cards — to prearrange the order of a pack of cards secretly so that the deal will benefit someone
- stalactite work — (in Islamic architecture) intricate decorative corbeling in the form of brackets, squinches, and portions of pointed vaults.
- stock character — a character in literature, theater, or film of a type quickly recognized and accepted by the reader or viewer and requiring no development by the writer.
- straight ticket — a ballot on which all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party.
- straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
- surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it
- the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- track athletics — sporting activities, such as relay running or sprinting, which take place on a running track
- travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
- wernicke's area — a portion of the left posterior temporal lobe of the brain, involved in the ability to understand words.
- yorkshire chair — Derbyshire chair.