12-letter words containing s, d, a, k
- 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.
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- schmalkalden — a town in central Germany: a league to defend Protestantism formed here 1531.
- scratch disk — 1. (storage) See scratch. 2. (operating system) Unallocated space on Windows 95's primary hard disk partition, used for virtual memory. Shortage of space on this partition can result in the error "scratch disk full".
- semidarkness — partial darkness.
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- sikandarabad — Secunderabad.
- skateboarder — person who rides skateboard
- skelmersdale — a town in NW England, in Lancashire: designated a new town in 1962. Pop: 39 279 (2001)
- skin disease — condition affecting the skin
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- snake feeder — a dragonfly.
- snake's head — checkered lily.
- snake's-head — checkered lily.
- snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
- soda cracker — a thin, crisp cracker or wafer prepared from a yeast dough that has been neutralized by baking soda.
- south dakota — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stock saddle — Western saddle.
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- tadzhikistan — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
- umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- weekend case — a case used to pack things for a weekend trip
- well-stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.
- widow's peak — a point formed in the hairline in the middle of the forehead.
- widow's walk — a platform or walk atop a roof, as on certain coastal New England houses of the 18th and early 19th centuries: often used as a lookout for incoming ships.
- windbreakers — Plural form of windbreaker.
- world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
- zuse, konrad — Konrad Zuse