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12-letter words containing s, k, i, r

  • a fair shake — If you do not get a fair shake, you are not given a reasonable opportunity to succeed or to achieve something.
  • afrikanerism — a word, term, or usage peculiar to or originating among Afrikaners.
  • alkali grass — a plant, Zigadenus elegans, of central and western North America, having tough, wiry, bluish-green leaves and greenish flowers.
  • alkalimeters — Plural form of alkalimeter.
  • apparatchiks — a member of an apparat, especially in a Communist country.
  • asking price — The asking price of something is the price which the person selling it says that they want for it, although they may accept less.
  • asteriskless — having no asterisk
  • autorickshaw — (in India) a light three-wheeled vehicle driven by a motorcycle engine
  • awe-stricken — filled with awe.
  • backcrossing — (genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
  • backstarting — a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription
  • backswimmers — Plural form of backswimmer.
  • báinín skirt — a skirt made of this material
  • baker island — an island in the central Pacific near the equator, belonging to the U.S. 1 sq. mi. (2.6 sq. km).
  • ballet skirt — a full skirt, often made with several layers of fabric, typical of those worn by ballet dancers
  • bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
  • banksia rose — a climbing rose, Rosa banksiae, native to China, having long, serrated leaves and white or yellow flowers.
  • bashkirtseff — Marie, original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva. 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)
  • basket chair — a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair
  • bearskin rug — the pelt of a bear, used as a rug
  • beggar-ticks — any of various plants, such as the bur marigold and tick trefoil, having fruits or seeds that cling to clothing, fur, etc
  • berwickshire — (until 1975) a county of SE Scotland: part of the Borders region from 1975 to 1996, now part of Scottish Borders council area
  • bismarck sea — an arm of the Pacific Ocean north of New Britain and north-east of New Guinea
  • bit of skirt — a girl or woman
  • bitter lakes — two lakes, the Great Bitter Lake and Little Bitter Lake in NE Egypt: part of the Suez Canal
  • blatherskite — a talkative silly person
  • blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
  • bookcrossing — the practice of deliberately leaving books in places where they will be found and read by other people
  • bradykinesia — abnormal slowness of physical movement, esp as an effect of Parkinson's disease
  • brake assist — a part of a vehicle's braking system that automatically boosts braking pressure in an emergency situation
  • brick cheese — a ripened, semisoft American cheese shaped like a brick and containing many small holes
  • bright spark — If you say that some bright spark had a particular idea or did something, you mean that their idea or action was clever, or that it seemed clever but was silly in some way.
  • brinkmanship — Brinkmanship is a method of behaviour, especially in politics, in which you deliberately get into dangerous situations which could result in disaster but which could also bring success.
  • browser skin — a changeable decorative background for a browser
  • burkina faso — an inland republic in W Africa: dominated by Mossi kingdoms (10th–19th centuries); French protectorate established in 1896; became an independent republic in 1960; consists mainly of a flat savanna plateau. Official language: French; Mossi and other African languages also widely spoken. Religion: mostly animist, with a large Muslim minority. Currency: franc. Capital: Ouagadougou. Pop: 17 812 961 (2013 est). Area: 273 200 sq km (105 900 sq miles)
  • by-a-whiskerwhiskers, a beard.
  • camiknickers — women's knickers attached to a camisole top
  • cancer stick — a cigarette.
  • chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
  • chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
  • chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
  • chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
  • chokeberries — Plural form of chokeberry.
  • city slicker — If you refer to someone as a city slicker, you mean that they live and work in a city and are used to city life.
  • clickstreams — Plural form of clickstream.
  • cookie press — a device, operating in a manner similar to that of a syringe, in which dough is inserted in a chamber and extruded, by means of a plunger, through one of a number of interchangeable dies to form a shaped cylinder that is sliced into individual cookies.
  • corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
  • cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
  • countersinks — Plural form of countersink.
  • country risk — the risk associated with an overseas investment due to the conditions prevailing in the country in which it is made

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