12-letter words containing s, o, a, k
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- smoke signal — If someone such as a politician or businessman sends out smoke signals, they give an indication of their views and intentions. This indication is often not clear and needs to be worked out.
- smoking area — a designated area in which smoking is permitted
- smoking lamp — formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit.
- smoky quartz — a smoky-yellow to dark brown or black variety of quartz, used as a gem.
- smooth snake — any of several slender nonvenomous colubrid snakes of the European genus Coronella, esp C. austriaca, having very smooth scales and a reddish-brown coloration
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
- sneak out of — leave secretly
- soda cracker — a thin, crisp cracker or wafer prepared from a yeast dough that has been neutralized by baking soda.
- solar cooker — a simple, low-cost device using focused sunshine to cook rice, boil water, etc.
- south dakota — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- south kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- sparrow hawk — a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
- speakerphone — a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.
- spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
- sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
- 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.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
- statute book — a book containing the laws enacted by the legislature of a state or nation.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stock market — a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
- stock saddle — Western saddle.
- stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
- stonebreaker — a person that breaks up stone
- storage tank — A storage tank is a large vessel for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- stottie cake — a flat round loaf
- stratotanker — an aircraft that can refuel other aircrafts at high speeds and altitudes
- sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
- t-bone steak — a loin steak having some tenderloin, characterized by its T -shaped bone.
- take counsel — receive advice
- take offense — If someone takes offense at something you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.
- take to task — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- thanks a lot — thank you
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- to take vows — to enter a religious order and commit oneself to its rule of life by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, which may be taken for a limited period as simple vows or as a perpetual and still more solemn commitment as solemn vows
- to talk shop — If you say that people are talking shop, you mean that they are talking about their work, and this is boring for other people who do not do the same work.
- tommy atkins — any private of the British army.
- torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
- 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
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor