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11-letter words containing s, t, a, c, k

  • prick-tease — a woman who is sexually provocative but refuses to engage in sexual activity
  • rickettsial — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
  • risk factor — a condition, behavior, or other factor that increases risk: Smoking is a major risk factor for cancer; depression as a risk factor in suicide.
  • rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
  • safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
  • saltchucker — a saltwater angler
  • sand-struck — (of bricks) made with a mold lined with sand to permit freeing.
  • sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
  • schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
  • scratchback — an implement for scratching the back
  • septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
  • sheep track — a pathway made by and used by sheep, often in rocky or mountainous terrain, and sometimes followed by hikers
  • shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
  • sidetracked — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
  • singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
  • sir patrick — Norman Bel [bel] /bɛl/ (Show IPA), 1893–1958, U.S. industrial and stage designer and architect.
  • skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • skip tracer — an investigator whose job is to locate missing persons, especially debtors.
  • slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
  • slacktivism — actions taken to bring about political or social change but requiring only minimal commitment, effort, or risk: students engaging in slacktivism by signing an online petition.
  • slate black — a slightly purplish black.
  • smart aleck — an obnoxiously conceited person.
  • snack table — a small portable folding table used for an individual serving.
  • spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
  • stagestruck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
  • stake truck — a truck or trailer with a stake body, as for hauling farm animals or feed bags.
  • star-struck — captivated by famous people or by fame itself.
  • steeplejack — a person who climbs steeples, towers, or the like, to build or repair them.
  • stem canker — a disease of plants characterized by cankers on the stems and twigs and caused by any of several fungi.
  • stick float — a float attached at the top and bottom to the line
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • stickleader — a person assigned to check the appearance or condition of each person in a stick
  • stickleback — any of the small, pugnacious, spiny-backed fishes of the family Gasterosteidae, inhabiting northern fresh waters and sea inlets, the male of which builds and guards the nest.
  • stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
  • sticky tape — adhesive strip
  • stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
  • stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
  • stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
  • storm track — the path followed by the center of a cyclonic storm.
  • strike back — retaliate
  • subtacksman — a renter who holds the property they rent by subletting it
  • sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
  • tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
  • technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
  • track shoes — light running shoes fitted with steel spikes for better grip
  • track spike — a chisel-pointed spike used to secure the rails of a railroad track to wooden ties.
  • travel-sick — nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
  • truckmaster — an officer in charge of trade with Native Americans, esp among the early settlers
  • wall socket — socket (def 2b).
  • watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
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