13-letter words containing s, k, e, t, c
- quickstepping — Present participle of quickstep.
- racket sports — sports, such as tennis, squash, badminton, etc, that are played using a racket
- rocking stone — any fairly large rock so situated on its base that slight forces can cause it to move or sway.
- safari jacket — bush jacket.
- sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
- script kiddie — a child or teenager who gains illegal access to computer systems, often by using hacking programs downloaded from the internet
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- season ticket — a ticket for a specified series or number of events or valid for unlimited use during a specified time, often sold at a reduced rate, for athletic events, concerts, transportation, etc.
- second-strike — noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- security risk — a person considered by authorities as likely to commit acts that might threaten the security of a country.
- self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
- shark watcher — a business consultant who assists companies in identifying and preventing unwelcome takeover bids
- shelf-stacker — a person whose job is to fill the shelves and displays in a supermarket or other shop with goods for sale
- shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- single ticket — a one-way ticket.
- single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
- singlesticker — a vessel, especially a sloop or cutter, having one mast.
- skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
- skin reaction — an irritation or inflammation of the skin due to an allergy or infection, brought about by natural means or by a skin test.
- skip distance — the minimum distance along the earth's surface between the position of a short-wave transmitter and the region where its signal is received after one reflection from the ionosphere.
- social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
- socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
- space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
- sports jacket — a jacket, often of textured wool or colorful pattern, with a collar, lapels, long sleeves, and buttons in the front, cut somewhat fuller than the jacket of a business suit, worn with slacks for informal occasions.
- spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
- sprocket hole — any of a series of regular perforations along the edge of photographic film for engaging the drive sprockets in a motion-picture camera or projector.
- squash racket — a light long-handled racket used in the game of squash
- steering lock — an anti-theft device
- sticker price — the dealer's full asking price of a new automobile as shown on a sticker attached to it and accompanied by an itemized list of the cost of its basic and optional equipment and other charges.
- sticker shock — unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.
- sticks&stones — (language, functional programming) A functional, polymorphic hardware description language loosely based on ML by Lucca Cardelli.
- sticky wicket — Cricket. the area of ground around a wicket when it is tacky because of recent rain and therefore does not allow the ball to bounce well.
- stock footage — film containing stock shots.
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- strait-jacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- street hockey — road hockey.
- stretch marks — Stretch marks are lines or marks on someone's skin caused by the skin stretching after the person's weight has changed rapidly. Women who have had children often have stretch marks.
- swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
- swizzle stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
- swizzle-stick — a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
- take occasion — to avail oneself of an opportunity (to do something)
- take stock in — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- tektosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
- tennis racket — long-handled bat used in tennis
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thick-skinned — having a thick skin.