12-letter words containing s, t, a, k, e
- stage-struck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
- stark effect — Physics. (often lowercase) the splitting into two or more components of the spectral lines of atoms in an electric field.
- starter pack — a pack containing basic equipment or information
- stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
- statute book — a book containing the laws enacted by the legislature of a state or nation.
- steam jacket — a casing, as on the cylinder of a steam engine, filled with live steam to keep the interior hot.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stock market — a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded; stock exchange.
- stock saddle — Western saddle.
- stonebreaker — a person that breaks up stone
- storage tank — A storage tank is a large vessel for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- stottie cake — a flat round loaf
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- straitjacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
- stratotanker — an aircraft that can refuel other aircrafts at high speeds and altitudes
- streetwalker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
- stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
- stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- sultana cake — a cake that contains sultanas
- t-bone steak — a loin steak having some tenderloin, characterized by its T -shaped bone.
- take against — If you take against someone or something, you develop a dislike for them, often for no good reason.
- take chances — to behave in a risky manner
- take counsel — receive advice
- take in sail — to lower sails, as in order to reduce the area of sail set
- take it easy — relax
- take offense — If someone takes offense at something you say or do, they feel upset, often unnecessarily, because they think you are being rude to them.
- take to task — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- take up arms — Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- tartar steak — ground beefsteak seasoned with salt and pepper and served uncooked, often mixed with a raw egg and garnished with capers, onions, etc.
- taskmistress — a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
- thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- to take vows — to enter a religious order and commit oneself to its rule of life by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, which may be taken for a limited period as simple vows or as a perpetual and still more solemn commitment as solemn vows
- torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
- track system — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
- trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
- trash talker — to use disparaging or boastful language.
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.