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

  • smart aleck — an obnoxiously conceited person.
  • smoke-eater — a firefighter.
  • smoked meat — animal flesh cooked by smoking
  • snack table — a small portable folding table used for an individual serving.
  • snake plant — a widely grown houseplant, Sansevieria trifasciata, having stiffly erect, mottled, lance-shaped leaves.
  • sneak thief — a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.
  • sneaky pete — a homemade or inferior liquor or wine.
  • so to speak — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
  • south korea — 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.
  • 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.
  • spatterwork — a method of decorating whereby ink or another fluid is spattered over a medium
  • speed skate — racing skate.
  • spike heath — a Eurasian evergreen shrub, Bruckenthalia spiculifolia, of the heath family, having narrow leaves and bell-shaped, pink flowers, growing in gritty soil.
  • spirit lake — a lake in SW Washington, at the N foot of Mount St. Helens: site of devastation during 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens.
  • spot market — a market in which commodities, as grain, gold, or crude oil, are dealt in for cash and immediate delivery (distinguished from futures market).
  • square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
  • stagestruck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
  • stake horse — a horse that is regularly entered in stake races.
  • stake truck — a truck or trailer with a stake body, as for hauling farm animals or feed bags.
  • stakeholder — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
  • staktometer — an instrument for counting drops of liquid, consisting of a glass tube with a hollow bulb in it and one narrow end with a small opening
  • stalin peak — former name of Communism Peak.
  • stark naked — Someone who is stark naked is completely naked.
  • stark-naked — absolutely naked.
  • steak diane — a steak served in a rich sauce
  • steak house — A steak house is a restaurant that serves mainly steaks.
  • steak knife — a sharp dinner knife the blade of which is made of steel and usually serrated, used in cutting meat.
  • steelmaking — the manufacture of steel.
  • 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.
  • stepanakert — a city in and the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, within Azerbaijan.
  • sterlitamak — a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, W of the Southern Urals.
  • 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.
  • sticky tape — adhesive strip
  • stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
  • stokes' law — the law that the force that retards a sphere moving through a viscous fluid is directly proportional to the velocity of the sphere, the radius of the sphere, and the viscosity of the fluid.
  • stress mark — a mark placed before, after, or over a syllable to indicate stress in pronunciation; accent mark.
  • strike back — retaliate
  • strip steak — cut of beef: sirloin
  • stroke play — medal play.
  • sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
  • supermarket — a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
  • supertanker — a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons.
  • sweepstakes — a sweepstakes.
  • swiss steak — a thick slice of steak dredged in flour and pounded, browned, and braised with tomatoes, onions, and other vegetables.
  • table stake — a stake that a player places on the table at the beginning of a game that may not be changed once the deal begins.
  • take a risk — to proceed in an action without regard to the possibility of danger involved in it
  • take a seat — sit down
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