12-letter words containing s, k, a, g
- sauk village — a town in NE Illinois.
- savings bank — a bank that receives savings accounts only and pays interest to its depositors.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- sewage works — a place where chemicals are used to clean sewage so that it can then be allowed to go into rivers, etc or used to make manure
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- sign a check — When you sign a check , you write your name on it in a special space in order to validate it.
- 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.
- skating rink — arena for ice skating
- skating turn — a turn made by someone on roller or ice skates
- skiing pants — warm, waterproof, protective trousers worn while skiing
- sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- 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 area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- 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.
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- stage pocket — one of several metal boxes placed backstage in the floor (floor pocket) or wall of a theater and containing jacks for electric cables used in lighting units.
- stage-struck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- stinking ash — hoptree.
- stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
- storage tank — A storage tank is a large vessel for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
- suckers' gap — a temporary improvement, occurring between two periods of inclement weather, which deceives people into acting in expectation of continued fine weather
- sugar shaker — a container with holes in the top, used for sprinkling sugar onto food
- take against — If you take against someone or something, you develop a dislike for them, often for no good reason.
- 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.
- thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walk on eggs — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- walking bass — (in jazz piano) a left-hand accompaniment consisting of a continuous rhythm of four beats to the measure, usually with a repetitive melodic pattern.
- walking fish — any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- walkingstick — a stick used for walking
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- wisecracking — a smart or facetious remark.
- work-sharing — an arrangement whereby one full-time job may be carried out by two people working part time