8-letter words containing a, s, k, n
- skeechan — a beer of treacle and malt liquor
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- skincare — use of toiletries on the skin
- skinhead — a baldheaded man.
- skiplane — an airplane equipped with skis to enable it to land on and take off from snow.
- skokiaan — (in South Africa) a potent alcoholic beverage drunk by Black Africans in shebeens
- slacking — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- smacking — smart, brisk, or strong, as a breeze.
- snacking — a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
- snakebit — bitten by a snake.
- snakefly — any neuropterous insect of the family Raphidiidae, of western North America, having an elongated prothorax resembling a neck.
- snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
- snapback — a sudden rebound or recovery.
- snarkily — in an irritable or snarky manner
- sneakers — a high or low shoe, usually of fabric such as canvas, with a rubber or synthetic sole.
- sneakeup — a cowardly, underhanded, or sneaky person
- sneakily — like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
- sneaking — acting in a furtive or underhand way.
- sneakish — (of a person or action) somewhat or rather sneaky
- sneaksby — an insignificant or cowardly person
- snowbank — a mound of snow, as a snowdrift or snow shoveled from a road or sidewalk.
- snowpack — the accumulation of winter snowfall, especially in mountain or upland regions.
- soekarno — Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- spanking — to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
- spanspek — a sweet rough-skinned melon; a cantaloupe: family Cucurbitaceae
- speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- stacking — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- stalinsk — former name of Novokuznetsk.
- stalking — an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
- stenmark — Ingemar ("Silent Swede") born 1956, Swedish Alpine skier.
- stickman — croupier (def 1).
- stinkard — a despicable person; stinker.
- stockman — U.S. and Australia. a person who raises livestock.
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- stotinka — a minor coin of Bulgaria, the 100th part of a lev.
- stunkard — sulky
- sunbaked — baked by exposure to the sun, as bricks.
- sunbreak — a projection from the side of a building for intercepting part of the sunlight falling upon the adjacent surface.
- swanskin — the skin of a swan, with the feathers on.
- tacksman — a leaseholder, esp a tenant in the Highlands who sublets
- tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.
- tashkent — a republic in S central Asia. 172,741 sq. mi. (447,400 sq. km). Capital: Tashkent.
- transkei — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- tunguska — any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the (Lower Tunguska) 2000 miles (3220 km) long; the (Upper Tunguska) or the lower course of the Angara, 1151 miles (1855 km) long; and the (Stony Tunguska) about 975 miles (1570 km) long.
- unalaska — an island off the coast of SW Alaska, one of the Aleutian Islands. About 75 miles (120 km) long.
- uncasked — removed from a cask; brought out of a cask
- unmasked — to strip a mask or disguise from.
- unshaken — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- unslaked — to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.
- unsoaked — not soaked