11-letter words containing s, e, k
- chinese ink — a black pigment consisting of lampblack mixed with glue or size.
- chip basket — a wire basket for holding potato chips, etc, while frying in deep fat
- chokepoints — Plural form of chokepoint.
- chop stroke — (in tennis, cricket, etc.) a stroke made with a sharp downward movement of the racket, bat, etc., imparting a backspin to the ball.
- chucklesome — amusing; full of humour
- chukchi sea — part of the Arctic Ocean, north of the Bering Strait between Asia and North America
- clarksville — city in N Tenn., on the Cumberland River: pop. 103,000
- clasp knife — a large knife with one or more blades or other devices folding into the handle
- clerkliness — (obsolete) scholarship.
- clickstream — a record of the path taken by users through a website, enabling designers to access the use being made of their website
- clock speed — clock rate
- close ranks — to maintain discipline or solidarity, esp in anticipation of attack
- closed book — something deemed unknown or incapable of being understood
- coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
- cock-teaser — a woman who acts flirtatiously and appears to be sexually available, but does not engage in sexual activity
- cockatrices — Plural form of cockatrice.
- cockchafers — Plural form of cockchafer.
- cockleboats — Plural form of cockleboat.
- cockleshell — the shell of the cockle
- cockroaches — Plural form of cockroach.
- cocksuckers — (vulgar) Plural form of cocksucker.
- comstockery — immoderate censorship on grounds of immorality
- congo snake — any of several eel-shaped salamanders, as the amphiuma or siren.
- coral snake — any venomous elapid snake of the genus Micrurus and related genera, of tropical and subtropical America, marked with red, black, yellow, and white transverse bands
- corkscrewed — Simple past tense and past participle of corkscrew.
- corncockles — Plural form of corncockle.
- cornerbacks — Plural form of cornerback.
- cornhuskers — Plural form of cornhusker.
- cost keeper — a cost accountant.
- countersank — Simple past form of countersink.
- countersink — to enlarge the upper part of (a hole) in timber, metal, etc, so that the head of a bolt or screw can be sunk below the surface
- countersunk — driven or sunk into an enlarged hole
- course book — A course book is a textbook that students and teachers use as the basis of a course.
- course work — Course work is work that students do during a course, rather than in exams, especially work that counts towards a student's final grade.
- cow-spanker — a dairy farmer
- crack house — a house or flat where drugs are dealt and used
- cracked gas — Cracked gas is gas from a refining process, which is often compressed afterwards.
- crank-sided — lopsided; askew.
- credit risk — a person or institution judged to be unlikely to be able to repay a loan
- crinkliness — The state or quality of being crinkly.
- croker sack — a bag made of burlap or similar material
- crookedness — The state of being crooked.
- cross-check — If you cross-check information, you check that it is correct using a different method or source from the one originally used to obtain it.
- cryokinesis — The psychic ability to control and create ice and cold temperatures.
- crystallike — a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- custom-make — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
- cyberskills — Skills in using computer technology.
- cypherpunks — Plural form of cypherpunk.
- cytokinesis — division of the cytoplasm of a cell, occurring at the end of mitosis or meiosis
- damask rose — a rose, Rosa damascena, native to Asia and cultivated for its pink or red fragrant flowers, which are used to make the perfume attar