12-letter words containing ak
- snake-bitten — bitten by a snake.
- snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
- sneak out of — leave secretly
- sneakishness — the quality or characteristic of being a sneak or sneaky
- south dakota — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
- speakerphone — a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.
- speech maker — a person who makes a formal speech
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- square shake — square deal.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- stonebreaker — a person that breaks up stone
- stottie cake — a flat round loaf
- sugar shaker — a container with holes in the top, used for sprinkling sugar onto food
- sultana cake — a cake that contains sultanas
- sutta pitaka — a collection of scriptures, originally recorded from oral traditions in the 1st century b.c., divided into one of three parts (Pitaka) sermons () the rules of the Buddhist order () and several treatises on philosophy and psychology ()
- t-bone steak — a loin steak having some tenderloin, characterized by its T -shaped bone.
- take a break — have a rest
- take a whizz — to urinate
- take against — If you take against someone or something, you develop a dislike for them, often for no good reason.
- take an oath — pledge
- take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- take chances — to behave in a risky manner
- take counsel — receive advice
- take hold of — grasp, seize sth
- take in hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- take in sail — to lower sails, as in order to reduce the area of sail set
- take it easy — relax
- take offence — be upset or shocked
- 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 part in — join in
- take pity on — show compassion, mercy
- take the air — to go out of doors, as for a short walk or ride
- take the rap — to strike, especially with a quick, smart, or light blow: He rapped the door with his cane.
- take to task — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
- take to wife — to marry (a woman)
- take umbrage — If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason.
- take up arms — Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- take up with — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- take-up reel — (on a projector) the reel onto which the film is wound after it has been projected.
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- tartar steak — ground beefsteak seasoned with salt and pepper and served uncooked, often mixed with a raw egg and garnished with capers, onions, etc.
- to make time — If you make time for a particular activity or person, you arrange to have some free time so that you can do the activity or spend time with the person.
- to take time — If you say that something will take time, you mean that it will take a long time.
- 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).
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
- undertakable — able to be undertaken