12-letter words containing s, k, i, d
- kristianstad — a town in S Sweden: founded in 1614 as a Danish fortress, it was finally acquired by Sweden in 1678. Pop: 75 590 (2004 est)
- ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
- leukopedesis — an outward flow of white blood cells through a blood-vessel wall.
- linked verse — a Japanese verse form in which stanzas of three lines alternating with stanzas of two lines are composed by two or more poets in alternation.
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- make friends — get to know people
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- milking shed — a building in which a herd of cows is milked
- minidiskette — Alternative spelling of mini-diskette.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- multiskilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- nickelodeons — Plural form of nickelodeon.
- nordic skier — a person who practises cross-country racing and ski-jumping
- on the skids — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- optical disk — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- outside work — work done off the premises of a business
- overkindness — the quality of being too kind
- pale-skinned — having pale skin
- picture desk — the department at a magazine or newspaper publisher, that deals with photographs for the paper or magazine
- pink-slipped — (of an employee) given notice of redundancy
- pocket-sized — If you describe something as pocket-sized, you approve of it because it is small enough to fit in your pocket.
- poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- quickstepped — Simple past tense and past participle of quickstep.
- reading desk — a desk for use in reading, especially by a person standing.
- rijksdaalder — a cupronickel or silver coin of the Netherlands, equal to 2½ guilders.
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- scratch disk — 1. (storage) See scratch. 2. (operating system) Unallocated space on Windows 95's primary hard disk partition, used for virtual memory. Shortage of space on this partition can result in the error "scratch disk full".
- semi-skilled — A semi-skilled worker has some training and skills, but not enough to do specialized work.
- semi-skimmed — (of milk) having part of the cream removed, so it contains less animal fat and fewer calories than full cream milk
- semidarkness — partial darkness.
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- severodvinsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Europe, on Dvina Gulf, E of Archangel.
- sikandarabad — Secunderabad.
- sinking fund — a fund to extinguish an indebtedness, usually a bond issue.
- sitting duck — a helpless or easy target or victim: a sitting duck for shady financial schemes.
- skelic index — the ratio of the length of the leg to the length of the torso of a person, multiplied by 100.
- skimmed milk — milk from which the cream has been skimmed.
- skin disease — condition affecting the skin
- skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
- skutterudite — a mineral, chiefly cobalt and nickel arsenide, (Co,Ni)As 3 , with some iron, occurring in the form of gray cubic crystals, usually in masses: a source of cobalt and nickel.
- slickensided — (of rock) polished by friction
- slipped disk — herniated disk.
- snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- sports drink — a drink containing sugar and salts, etc designed to help replace fluid and energy lost through the physical exertion of sport
- spotted dick — a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing dried fruit
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.