10-letter words containing a, l, s, k
- ratskeller — the cellar of a town hall, esp one used as a beer hall or restaurant
- rock falls — a city in NW Illinois.
- saddleback — any of various animals having markings on the back that resemble a saddle, as a male harp seal.
- sail maker — someone whose occupation is to make and repair sails for boats
- sailmaking — the craft or profession of making of sails
- sailorlike — resembling a sailor
- saint luke — a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
- salad fork — a small, broad fork, usually one of a set, for eating salad or dessert.
- sales talk — a line of reasoning or argument intended to persuade someone to buy, accept, or do something.
- salesclerk — a person who sells goods in a store.
- salt chuck — the ocean.
- salt shake — a salt shaker.
- salt stick — a crusty bread roll sprinkled with salt crystals, made in the shape of a cylinder.
- saltshaker — table-salt dispenser
- saucerlike — resembling a saucer
- scale back — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
- scale-back — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
- scalp lock — a long lock or tuft of hair left on the shorn scalp by some North American Indian men.
- seamanlike — like or befitting a seaman; showing good seamanship.
- shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
- shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shakuntala — Sakuntala.
- shark bell — a bell sounded to warn swimmers of the presence of sharks
- shelf mark — a symbol indicating the location of a work on a shelf.
- shell back — an underside of a spoon bowl ornamented with a shell motif.
- shellacked — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- shockstall — the loss of lift and increase of drag experienced by transonic aircraft when strong shock waves on the wings cause the airflow to separate from the wing surfaces
- shopwalker — a floorwalker.
- shore lark — a bird: Eremophila alpestris
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- sick leave — leave from duty, work, or the like, granted because of illness.
- sickle bar — cutter bar (def 1).
- sicklemias — the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia.
- silk gland — any of several glands, as in various insects and spiders, that secrete a viscid protein substance which hardens into silk on contact with air.
- silk paper — paper that contains silk fibers and is sometimes used for printing postage stamps and revenue stamps.
- silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
- sinkerball — sinker (def 5).
- skaithless — without injury or damage
- skedaddler — a person or thing that skedaddles.
- sketchable — suitable for being sketched.
- skin alive — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- skylarking — a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
- slab track — a railroad track in which the rails are attached to and supported by a bed or slab, usually of concrete.
- slack suit — a man's suit for casual wear consisting of slacks and a matching shirt or loose-fitting jacket.
- slackening — an act of becoming looser
- slammerkin — a woman's loose dress
- sling-back — Also called sling. a woman's shoe with an open back and a strap or sling encircling the heel of the foot to keep the shoe secure.
- smack talk — disparaging or abusive remarks intended to put off or intimidate someone, esp an opponent prior to or during a sports match
- small talk — chitchat, trivial conversation
- small-talk — to engage in or have a propensity for small talk.