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

  • selkirkshire — Alexander (originally Alexander Selcraig) 1676–1721, Scottish sailor marooned on a Pacific island: supposed prototype of Robinson Crusoe.
  • semi-skilled — A semi-skilled worker has some training and skills, but not enough to do specialized work.
  • senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
  • servile work — work of a physical nature that is forbidden on Sundays and on certain holidays
  • share-milker — (in New Zealand) a person who lives on a dairy farm milking the owner's herd for an agreed share of the profits and, usually, building his own herd simultaneously
  • silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
  • 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.
  • skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
  • skelic index — the ratio of the length of the leg to the length of the torso of a person, multiplied by 100.
  • skillessness — the lack of skill
  • skimmed milk — milk from which the cream has been skimmed.
  • skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
  • skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
  • sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
  • slickensided — (of rock) polished by friction
  • slipped disk — herniated disk.
  • slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
  • smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
  • smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
  • solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
  • soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
  • spark-killer — a device for diminishing sparking, consisting of a capacitor and a resistor connected in series across two points where sparking may occur in a circuit.
  • spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
  • split ticket — a ballot on which not all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party.
  • spree killer — a person who kills more than one victim in more than one location in a very short period of time.
  • 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).
  • suckling pig — piglet not yet weaned
  • 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.
  • sydney silky — silky terrier.
  • 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)
  • umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
  • unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
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