12-letter words containing s, i, n, k
- chickenheads — Plural form of chickenhead.
- cook islands — a group of islands in the SW Pacific, an overseas territory of New Zealand: consists of the Lower Cooks and the Northern Cooks Capital: Avarua, on Rarotonga. Pop: 10 447 (2013 est). Area: 234 sq km (90 sq miles)
- cooking salt — a type of salt used in cooking
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- countersinks — Plural form of countersink.
- country risk — the risk associated with an overseas investment due to the conditions prevailing in the country in which it is made
- cross-linker — a substance or agent, such as radiation, that induces the formation of cross-links.
- cushion pink — a low-growing mountain plant, Silene acaulis, of Europe and North America, having deep pink to purplish, solitary flowers and forming mosslike patches on rocky or barren ground.
- cytokinetics — (biology) The study of cytokinesis.
- damaskeening — Present participle of damaskeen.
- dark-skinned — (of a person or race) having skin of a dark colour
- deep kissing — the act of taking part in a deep kiss
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- diamondbacks — Plural form of diamondback.
- disembarking — Present participle of disembark.
- dockominiums — Plural form of dockominium.
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- duck-shoving — the evasion of responsibility by someone
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- ekman spiral — a complex interaction on the surface of the sea between wind, rotation of the earth, and friction forces, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
- enterokinase — (enzyme) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin.
- eriskay pony — a breed of medium-sized pony, typically grey, with a dense waterproof coat. The Eriskay is the only surviving variety of the native ponies of the Western Isles of Scotland
- fair-skinned — having pale skin; pale-complexioned
- ferrokinesis — (parapsychology) The ability to mentally manipulate iron and other metals.
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- folk singing — the singing of folk songs, especially by a group of people.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- frankenstein — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
- frankincense — an aromatic gum resin from various Asian and African trees of the genus Boswellia, especially B. carteri, used chiefly for burning as incense in religious or ceremonial practices, in perfumery, and in pharmaceutical and fumigating preparations.
- freakishness — The characteristic or quality of being freakish.
- free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- freethinkers — Plural form of freethinker.
- french stick — a long straight notched stick loaf
- frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
- galligaskins — loose hose or breeches worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- gallsickness — a disease of cattle and sheep, caused by infection with rickettsiae of the genus Anaplasma, resulting in anaemia and jaundice
- gallygaskins — galligaskins.
- genghis khan — 1162–1227, Mongol conqueror of most of Asia and of E Europe to the Dnieper River.
- get stuck in — If you get stuck in, you do something with enthusiasm and determination.
- glockenspiel — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used especially in bands.
- grass skiing — turfskiing.
- graustarkian — of, like, or characteristic of colorful, implausible, highly melodramatic and romantic situations or circumstances
- grayson kirk — Grayson (Louis) 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- handies peak — a peak in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,048 feet (4285 meters).
- hare krishna — a religious sect based on Vedic scriptures, whose followers engage in joyful congregational chanting of Krishna's name: founded in the U.S. in 1966.
- have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
- headshakings — Plural form of headshaking.
- headshrinker — shrink (def 9).