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