9-letter words containing a, l, s, k
- leakiness — The property of being leaky.
- leaseback — the disposal of a building, land, or other property to a buyer under special arrangements for simultaneously leasing it on a long-term basis to the original seller, usually with an option to renew the lease.
- leetspeak — a coded spelling system and language used in very informal communications on the Internet, featuring letters combined with numbers or special characters in place of letters that they may resemble, and including inventive misspellings, jargon, and slang.
- life mask — a cast of the face of a living person.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- link arms — If two or more people link arms, or if one person links arms with another, they stand next to each other, and each person puts their arm round the arm of the person next to them.
- linksland — land used or suitable for use as golf links
- loanshark — Alternative spelling of loan shark.
- lock seam — a joint between two pieces of sheet metal, made by folding up the overlapping edges against each other, then folding them over in the same direction a number of times.
- lok sabha — the lower house of parliament in India.
- lookaside — (computing) The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere.
- lossmaker — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lunkheads — Plural form of lunkhead.
- mackerels — Plural form of mackerel.
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- make sail — to sail upon, over, or through: to sail the seven seas.
- makefiles — Plural form of makefile.
- mamelukes — Plural form of mameluke.
- marshlike — Resembling a marsh or some aspect of one.
- maulstick — mahlstick.
- mawkishly — In a mawkish manner.
- milkmaids — Plural form of milkmaid.
- milkshake — A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
- milktoast — milquetoast.
- mocktails — Plural form of mocktail.
- molluskan — (rare) alternative spelling of molluscan.
- monk seal — a small, dark brown, subtropical seal of the genus Monachus: the three species, M. tropicalis of the Caribbean, M. schauinslandi of Hawaiian island regions, and M. monachus of the Mediterranean, are endangered.
- moonwalks — Plural form of moonwalk.
- multitask — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- nail-sick — iron-sick.
- necklaces — Plural form of necklace.
- nonblacks — Plural form of nonblack.
- oskaloosa — a city in SE central Iowa.
- outflanks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank.
- palsylike — resembling palsy
- plackless — lacking money; penniless
- plasticky — made of or resembling plastic
- psalmbook — a book containing psalms for liturgical or devotional use.
- raskolnik — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- rock salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rock-salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rootstalk — a rhizome.
- sabrelike — resembling a sabre
- sackcloth — sacking.
- sackville — Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1536–1608, English statesman and poet.
- sailmaker — a person who makes or repairs sails.
- sakuntala — a Sanskrit drama written in the 6th century or earlier by Kalidasa.
- salt cake — an impure form of sodium sulfate, especially as obtained by the interaction of sulfuric acid and common salt in the synthesis of hydrochloric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of glass, ceramic glazes, soaps, and sodium salts.
- salt junk — salted beef or pork.
- salt lake — a body of water having no outlet to the sea and containing in solution a high concentration of salts, especially sodium chloride.