9-letter words containing a, s, k, n
- outflanks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank.
- pakistani — a native or inhabitant of Pakistan.
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- parkinson — a common neurologic disease believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain cells that produce dopamine, occurring primarily after the age of 60, characterized by tremors, especially of the fingers and hands, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression.
- pasternak — Boris Leonidovich [bawr-is,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees lyi-uh-nyee-duh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis lyɪ ʌˈnyi də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1960, Russian poet, novelist, and translator: declined 1958 Nobel prize.
- peakiness — peaked2 .
- phenakism — a form of deceit or craftiness
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- prankster — a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- quicksand — a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface.
- rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
- ransacker — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- 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.
- rat snake — any of several New and Old World colubrid snakes, of the genus Elaphe, that feed chiefly on small mammals and birds.
- red shank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- sakuntala — a Sanskrit drama written in the 6th century or earlier by Kalidasa.
- sakyamuni — one of the names of Buddha.
- salt junk — salted beef or pork.
- samarkand — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- sand jack — any of a number of containers of sand driven beneath a hull about to be launched as a temporary support and then drained of sand so as to let the hull down onto the launching cradle.
- sand leek — a Eurasian alliaceous plant, Allium scorodoprasum, having reddish-pink flowers, purple bulbils, and a garlic-like bulb
- sandcrack — a perpendicular fissure in some part of the wall of an animal's hoof, esp. of a horse, often caused by sandy soil
- sarkiness — the quality of being sarcastic
- saskatoon — a city in S Saskatchewan, in SW Canada.
- scarfskin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.
- screaking — screeching or creaking
- sea snake — any of several venomous marine snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a finlike tail.
- seakindly — sailing easily in a rough sea.
- seminaked — being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.
- sevenbark — wild hydrangea.
- shakedown — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- shakiness — tending to shake or tremble.
- shakingly — the act of a person or thing that shakes.
- shankbone — a large bone in the lower leg between the knee and the foot of an animal; the tibia
- shark net — a net for catching sharks
- sharkskin — a smooth fabric of acetate or rayon with a dull or chalklike appearance, for apparel.
- shekhinah — the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.
- shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
- sickleman — a person reaping with a sickle
- silkaline — a soft, thin cotton fabric with a smooth finish, for curtains, bedspreads, garment linings, etc.
- skanky-ho — a promiscuous woman
- skean dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- skean-dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- ski pants — pants worn for skiing, having the legs tapered to fit snugly at the ankles and sometimes having a strap going under the arch, often made of a stretch or waterproof fabric.
- skin care — the cleansing, massaging, moisturizing, etc., of the skin, especially the face or hands.
- skin game — a dishonest or unscrupulous business operation, scheme, etc.
- sky train — elevated railway system
- slackener — a person who, or something which, slackens