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

  • shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
  • supertanker — a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons.
  • taking lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
  • technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
  • thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
  • tiger snake — either of two highly venomous snakes, Notechis scutatus and N. ater, of Australia and Tasmania, that grow to a length of 5 feet (1.5 meters).
  • water snake — any of numerous and widely distributed harmless snakes of the genus Natrix, inhabiting areas in or near fresh water.
  • waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
  • wrest plank — the part of a piano in which the wrest pin is embedded
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