11-letter words containing s, k, e, t, c
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- make tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- matchmakers — Plural form of matchmaker.
- mess jacket — a short, tailless jacket extending to just below the waist, used for semiformal military occasions and now especially as part of the uniform of waiters, bellhops, etc.
- model stock — Model stock is the maintenance of adequate levels of stock of an item so that an adequate supply is always available for selling.
- natterjacks — Plural form of natterjack.
- needlestick — Puncture of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object.
- netherstock — a stocking
- nose tackle — nose guard
- nutcrackers — Plural form of nutcracker.
- objectworks — An object-oriented development environment developed by ParcPlace, available under Smalltalk and C++.
- ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- overstocked — containing too many fish
- packet soup — soup supplied in dried form in a packet
- peace talks — negotiations aimed at ending conflict
- penny stock — common stock, usually highly speculative, selling for less than a dollar a share.
- persnickety — overparticular; fussy.
- pocket-size — small enough to fit conveniently into one's pocket.
- pot sticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- prick-tease — a woman who is sexually provocative but refuses to engage in sexual activity
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- rickettsial — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
- rocket sled — a sled propelled along a long track by rocket engines, for testing the effects of high rates of acceleration and deceleration.
- rocketsonde — a telemeter for gathering data on the atmosphere at very high altitudes, carried aloft by rocket and returned to earth by parachute.
- rope socket — either of a pair of matching fittings fastened to the ends of lengths of wire rope to join them together.
- rudderstock — the vertical member at the forward edge of a rudder, hinged at the sternpost and attached to the helm or steering gear.
- rust bucket — an old, run-down freighter, especially one whose hull is covered with rust.
- safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
- saltchucker — a saltwater angler
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
- schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
- schick test — a diphtheria immunity test in which diphtheria toxoid is injected intracutaneously, nonimmunity being indicated by an inflammation at the injection site.
- scuzzbucket — Also called scuzzball [skuhz-bawl] /ˈskʌzˌbɔl/ (Show IPA), scuzzbucket [skuhz-buhk-it] /ˈskʌzˌbʌk ɪt/ (Show IPA). a dirty, grimy, sordid, or repulsive person or thing.
- septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
- sheep track — a pathway made by and used by sheep, often in rocky or mountainous terrain, and sometimes followed by hikers
- shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
- shitkickers — an unsophisticated farmer, cowboy, or other rural person; country person.
- shuttlecock — Also called shuttle. the object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown.
- sidetracked — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- singlestick — a short, heavy stick.
- singletrack — (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.
- skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- sketch book — a collection of essays and stories (1819–20) by Washington Irving.
- sketch show — a show, such as a TV show or public performance, consisting of a variety of short comedy scenes
- sketchiness — like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
- skillcentre — an institution providing vocational training or retraining for employed or unemployed people
- skin effect — the phenomenon in which an alternating current tends to concentrate in the outer layer of a conductor, caused by the self-induction of the conductor and resulting in increased resistance.
- skip tracer — an investigator whose job is to locate missing persons, especially debtors.