12-letter words containing s, k, e, t, c
- spotted dick — a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing dried fruit
- stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
- 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.
- stark effect — Physics. (often lowercase) the splitting into two or more components of the spectral lines of atoms in an electric field.
- starter pack — a pack containing basic equipment or information
- stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
- steam jacket — a casing, as on the cylinder of a steam engine, filled with live steam to keep the interior hot.
- stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
- stick insect — walking stick (def 2).
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stiff-necked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- stock market — a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
- stock record — a record kept of the amount, type, etc., of raw materials and supplies on hand, as in a manufacturing plant.
- stock saddle — Western saddle.
- stock ticker — ticker (def 1).
- stockbreeder — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
- stoney creek — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- stottie cake — a flat round loaf
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- straitjacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
- stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
- stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
- strike force — a military force armed and trained for attack.
- strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
- strike price — The strike price is the price of an option when it is exercised.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- sultana cake — a cake that contains sultanas
- summer stock — the production of plays, musical comedy, etc., during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, often by a repertory company.
- take chances — to behave in a risky manner
- take counsel — receive advice
- test cricket — a form of cricket that takes the longest amount of time to play
- the bollocks — something excellent
- the flickers — the cinema
- thumb-sucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- tooth socket — a bony hollow into which a tooth fits
- track system — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
- trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
- trickishness — the quality of being crafty
- trickstering — the practice of playing tricks
- truck system — the system of paying wages in goods instead of money.
- understocked — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- unstockinged — not wearing or covered by stockings
- weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
- well-stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.
- well-stocked — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.