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10-letter words containing s, k, e, t

  • steelmaker — a manufacturer of steel.
  • steelworks — an establishment where steel is made and often manufactured into girders, rails, etc.
  • steiermark — German name of Styria.
  • sternworks — the rear of a vessel
  • stickering — a person or thing that sticks.
  • stickiness — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
  • sticky end — a single-stranded end of DNA or RNA having a nucleotide base sequence complementary to that of another strand, enabling the two strands to be connected by base pairing: produced in the laboratory with the use of restriction enzymes for genetic engineering purposes.
  • stickybeak — a busybody; meddler.
  • stinkstone — any of various limestones that emit an unpleasant odor when scratched or struck.
  • stock code — an abbreviation that identifies a particular security on a stock-quotation machine
  • stock cube — bouillon cube used for gravy, etc.
  • stock dove — a cosmopolitan wild pigeon, Columba oenas, of Europe.
  • stockhorse — a horse or pony used in herding cattle.
  • stockiness — the quality of being stocky
  • stockinged — a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
  • stockinger — a person who knits on a stocking frame
  • stockowner — stockholder (def 1).
  • stockrider — a cowboy.
  • stockroute — a public trail having right of way across private properties and over which cattle and sheep may be herded to grazing grounds or to market.
  • stoke-hold — Also, stokehold [stohk-hohld] /ˈstoʊkˌhoʊld/ (Show IPA). fireroom.
  • stonebreak — any of a variety of plants in the genus Saxifraga
  • strike off — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • strike oil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
  • strike out — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • strike pay — strike benefit.
  • strikeover — an act or instance of typing over a character, as one typed in error, without erasing it.
  • stroke oar — the oar nearest to the stern of the boat.
  • stuck pipe — Stuck pipe happens when part of the drillpipe cannot be turned or moved up or down.
  • stud poker — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
  • studebaker — Clement, 1831–1901, U.S. wagon maker and pioneer automobile designer.
  • stunt kite — a kite held by two hands and having two lines
  • superstock — an exceptionally lucrative investment
  • superthick — extremely thick
  • supertruck — a fast powerful truck used in truck racing
  • surge tank — a large surge chamber.
  • sweat sock — one of a pair of socks made of thick, absorbent cotton, wool, or other material and worn during exercise, sports, leisure activity, etc.
  • sweepstake — a sweepstakes.
  • sweet talk — cajolery, persuasion by flattery
  • sweet-talk — to use cajoling words.
  • take amiss — out of the right or proper course, order, or condition; improperly; wrongly; astray: Did I speak amiss?
  • take aside — talk to privately
  • take issue — to disagree
  • take notes — to write down notes, as during a lecture or interview, for later reference
  • take shape — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
  • take sides — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
  • take steps — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
  • take stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
  • take turns — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • talk sense — If you say that someone talks sense, you mean that what they say is sensible.
  • tankbuster — an aircraft, missile, etc designed to destroy tanks
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