12-letter words containing s, t, o, c, k
- hockey skate — a tubular ice skate having a shorter blade than a racing skate and often having a reinforced shoe for protection.
- hockey stick — the stick used in field hockey or ice hockey.
- impost block — dosseret.
- kakistocracy — government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power.
- ketoacidosis — (pathology) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
- king's scout — (in Great Britain) a boy scout who has achieved the highest level of scouting: similar to the U.S. eagle scout.
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- letter stock — unregistered stock sold privately by a company so as not to have a negative effect on the price of its publicly traded stock.
- leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- market cross — a place in a town or village where a cross was set up and a regular market was held
- memory stick — computing: flashcard, dongle
- mercy stroke — coup de grâce.
- monk's cloth — a heavy cotton fabric in a basket weave, used for curtains, bedspreads, etc.
- moonstricken — Moonstruck.
- mortise lock — a lock housed within a mortise in a door or the like, so that the lock mechanism is covered on both sides.
- on the rocks — a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- on the stick — alert, efficient, etc.
- optical disk — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- out of stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- penny stocks — Penny stocks are high-risk stock that sells for a very low price outside of the main stock exchange.
- pocket mouse — any of numerous burrowing rodents, especially of the genus Perognathus, chiefly inhabiting arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, having fur-lined cheek pouches and a long tail.
- pocket-sized — If you describe something as pocket-sized, you approve of it because it is small enough to fit in your pocket.
- port jackson — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia: the harbor of Sydney.
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- rock crystal — transparent quartz, especially when colorless.
- rock lobster — spiny lobster.
- rock-shelter — a shallow cave or cavelike area, as one formed by an overhanging cliff or standing rocks, occupied by Stone Age peoples, possibly for extended periods.
- rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
- rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
- section mark — section (def 16).
- septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
- shock tactic — Shock tactics are a way of trying to influence people's attitudes to a particular matter by shocking them.
- shock troops — soldiers trained to attack
- shostakovich — Dimitri Dimitrievich [dih-mee-tree di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian dmyee-tryee dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /dɪˈmi tri dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–75, Russian composer.
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- skeleton car — a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
- sketch-books — Also, sketchpad. a book or pad of drawing paper for sketches.
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- smart cookie — intelligent or sharp-witted person
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
- socket joint — a joint in which the rounded end of one part fits into the cavity of another part
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- sport jacket — A sport jacket is the same as a sport coat.
- spotted dick — a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing dried fruit