13-letter words containing s, o, a, k
- take by storm — be a sudden success
- take its toll — If you say that something takes its toll or takes a heavy toll, you mean that it has a bad effect or causes a lot of suffering.
- 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.
- task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
- 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.
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thomas becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
- thomas decker — Thomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
- thomas hooker — Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- thousand oaks — a town in S California.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- to run a risk — If you run the risk of doing or experiencing something undesirable, you do something knowing that the undesirable thing might happen as a result.
- toasting fork — a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
- tracking shot — dolly shot.
- train-workers — people who work on trains
- tseng kuo-fan — 1811–72, Chinese general and statesman.
- tussock grass — any of various grasses that grow in tuftlike clumps.
- undated stock — stock that has no definitive repayment commitment
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- work stoppage — the collective stoppage of work by employees in a business or an industry to protest working conditions.
- working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
- working class — those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
- works manager — a factory manager
- world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
- yellow streak — a trait of cowardice in a person's character.