12-letter words containing s, e, c, k, l
- self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
- self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- self-mockery — gentle humour at one's own expense
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- selfie stick — a rod on which a camera or mobile phone may be mounted in order to take a photograph of oneself
- senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
- shell jacket — a close-fitting, semiformal jacket, with a short back, worn in the tropics in place of a tuxedo.
- shellcracker — redear sunfish.
- shellshocked — suffering from shellshock
- shelter deck — a weather deck covering a space not considered fully watertight.
- 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.
- 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.
- skelic index — the ratio of the length of the leg to the length of the torso of a person, multiplied by 100.
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- slickensided — (of rock) polished by friction
- slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
- 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
- speckledness — the characteristic of being speckled
- spellchecker — a computer program for checking the spelling of words in an electronic document.
- split ticket — a ballot on which not all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party.
- stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
- stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stock saddle — Western saddle.
- stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
- sultana cake — a cake that contains sultanas
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- take counsel — receive advice
- the bollocks — something excellent
- the flickers — the cinema
- well-stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.
- well-stocked — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- wesley clark — (person) One of the designers of the Laboratory Instrument Computer at MIT who subsequently had a quiet hand in many seminal computing events, such as the development of the Internet, the first really good description of the metastability problem in computer logic.