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

  • gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
  • glamour stock — a popular stock that rises quickly or continuously in price and attracts large numbers of investors.
  • heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
  • heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
  • jack-the-rags — a rag-and-bone man
  • kaffeeklatsch — coffee klatsch.
  • kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
  • keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
  • keratomycosis — Fungal infection of the cornea.
  • kick upstairs — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
  • kinaesthetics — Alternative spelling of kinesthetics.
  • kitchen waste — bits of food that are left over from cooking, such as vegetable peelings, cheese rind, and scraps from people's plates
  • kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
  • kraft process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an alkaline liquor consisting chiefly of caustic soda together with sodium sulfate.
  • kristallnacht — a Nazi pogrom throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9–10, 1938, during which Jews were killed and their property destroyed.
  • lake district — a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.
  • laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
  • lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
  • lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
  • magnetic disk — Also called disk, hard disk. a rigid disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • market forces — factors driving the economy
  • message stick — a stick bearing carved symbols, carried by a native Australian as identification
  • news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
  • package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.
  • packet switch — packet switching
  • pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
  • peak district — a region of N central England, mainly in N Derbyshire at the S end of the Pennines: consists of moors in the north and a central limestone plateau; many caves. Highest point: 727 m (2088 ft)
  • phantom stock — an employee bonus expressed as the cash value of a specified amount of company stock to be received at a future date, meant to create employee interest in raising stock prices without giving any stock away.
  • pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
  • picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
  • planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
  • pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
  • prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
  • racket sports — sports, such as tennis, squash, badminton, etc, that are played using a racket
  • roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
  • safari jacket — bush jacket.
  • sanction mark — a mark on pieces of 19th-century French furniture signifying that the piece met the quality standards required by the Parisian guild of ebonists
  • sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • season ticket — a ticket for a specified series or number of events or valid for unlimited use during a specified time, often sold at a reduced rate, for athletic events, concerts, transportation, etc.
  • security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
  • shack-tapping — the making of house-by-house visits to canvass.
  • shark biscuit — a bodyboard
  • shark watcher — a business consultant who assists companies in identifying and preventing unwelcome takeover bids
  • shaving stick — a piece of shaving foam moulded into a slender shape and held in a slender container for ease of application to the face when removing hair with a razor
  • shelf-stacker — a person whose job is to fill the shelves and displays in a supermarket or other shop with goods for sale
  • shock tactics — shock tactics are a way of trying to influence people's attitudes to a particular matter by shocking them
  • shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
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