12-letter words containing s, e, c, k
- jack russell — a small short-legged terrier having a white coat with tan, black, or lemon markings: there are rough- and smooth-haired varieties
- jackarooesse — (Australia, obsolete, rare) A female jackaroo.
- jackson hole — a valley in NW Wyoming, near the Teton Range: wildlife preserve.
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- james dickey — James, 1923–97, U.S. poet and novelist.
- joe six-pack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- junk science — faulty scientific information or research, especially when used to advance special interests.
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- kelvin scale — William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.
- ketoacidosis — (pathology) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
- kick oneself — regret sth
- kick starter — a starter, as of a motorcycle, that operates by a downward kick on a pedal.
- kilocalories — Plural form of kilocalorie.
- kinaesthetic — Alternative form of kinesthetic.
- kinesiatrics — the treatment of disease by the use of gymnastics or muscle exercises
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kinesthetics — The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body. Referred by some people as the sixth sense.
- king's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
- king's peace — (in early medieval England) the protection secured by the king for particular people or places
- kirschwasser — a fragrant, colorless, unaged brandy distilled from a fermented mash of cherries, produced especially in Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace, France.
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- kitchen sink — basin in kitchen
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- kitchen-sink — marked by an indiscriminate and omnivorous use of elements: a kitchen-sink approach to moviemaking.
- kitchenettes — Plural form of kitchenette.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- kletterschuh — a lightweight climbing boot with a canvas or suede upper and Vibram (originally felt or cord) sole
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- knuckleballs — Plural form of knuckleball.
- knucklebones — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- lake charles — a city in SW Louisiana.
- lake jackson — a town in S Texas.
- lake success — a town on Long Island, in SE New York: temporary United Nations headquarters 1946–51.
- leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
- leathernecks — Plural form of leatherneck.
- letter stock — unregistered stock sold privately by a company so as not to have a negative effect on the price of its publicly traded stock.
- leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- lickspittles — Plural form of lickspittle.
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- look askance — glance sidelong or with suspicion
- lovesickness — Quality or property of being lovesick.
- lucklessness — The state or condition of being luckless.
- mackerel sky — an extensive group of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds, especially when well-marked in their arrangement: so called because of a resemblance to the scales on a mackerel.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- make sb sick — disgust sb morally
- make-up case — a case in which cosmetics are kept
- marcus baker — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, near Anchorage: highest peak in the Chugach Mountains. 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
- market cross — a place in a town or village where a cross was set up and a regular market was held
- marketplaces — Plural form of marketplace.