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12-letter words containing s, i, l, k, t

  • nickel steel — steel to which up to 9 percent nickel has been added.
  • nikola tesla — Nikola [nik-oh-luh] /ˈnɪk oʊ lə/ (Show IPA), 1856–1943, U.S. physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor, born in Croatia.
  • optical disk — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
  • pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
  • pencil skirt — women's garment: straight skirt
  • poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • risk capital — venture capital.
  • sat sri akal — a salutation used in India
  • sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
  • selfie stick — a rod on which a camera or mobile phone may be mounted in order to take a photograph of oneself
  • silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
  • 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.
  • skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
  • skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
  • solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
  • split ticket — a ballot on which not all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party.
  • stackability — capable of being stacked, especially easily: stackable chairs.
  • stanislavski — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
  • stanislavsky — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
  • stickability — 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.
  • sticky blood — a condition of the blood, particularly associated with Hughes syndrome, in which antibodies tend to adhere to platelets and glue them together, leading to an increased likelihood of clotting
  • stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
  • stork's-bill — Also called heron's-bill. any of various plants belonging to the genus Erodium, of the geranium family, having deeply lobed leaves, loose clusters of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers, and long, slender fruit.
  • strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
  • strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
  • strike plate — strike (def 67).
  • survival kit — Military. a package containing medical supplies, rations, and other vital equipment for use by a person forced to land in or parachute into the ocean, jungle, or other isolated or hostile territory.
  • take in sail — to lower sails, as in order to reduce the area of sail set
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • the flickers — the cinema
  • the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
  • thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
  • 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)
  • unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
  • unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
  • unmistakably — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
  • walkingstick — a stick used for walking
  • watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
  • watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
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