8-letter words containing a, s, k
- soak out — to draw out (dirt, etc.) by or as by soaking
- soakaway — a pit filled with rubble, etc, into which rain or waste water drains
- soapbark — a Chilean tree, Quillaja saponaria, of the rose family, having evergreen leaves and small, white flowers.
- soekarno — Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- softback — paperback book
- souvlaki — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- 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
- sparkily — in a sparky manner
- sparkler — a person or thing that sparkles.
- sparklet — a small spark.
- sparlike — resembling a spar
- speak to — talk or converse with
- speak up — talk more loudly
- speakers — a person who speaks.
- speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- speakout — a firm or brave statement of one's beliefs
- specmark — (benchmark) The average of a set of floating-point and integer SPEC benchmark results. While the old average SPECmark89 has been popular with the industry and the press, SPEC has intentionally *not* defined an average "SPECmark92" over all CPU benchmarks of the 1992 suites (CINT92 and CFP92), for the following reasons: With 6 integer (CINT92) and 14 floating-point (CFP92) benchmarks, the average would be biased too much toward floating-point. Customers' workloads are different, some integer-only, some floating-point intensive, some mixed. Current processors have developed their strengths in a more diverse way (some more emphasizing integer performance, some more floating-point performance) than in 1989. Some SPECmark results are available here. See also SPECint92, SPECfp92, SPECrate_int92, SPECrate_fp92.
- sprackle — to clamber or scramble upwards
- squawked — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- squawker — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- squeaker — a person or thing that squeaks.
- stack up — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- stacking — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- stake up — to close up (or in) with a fence of stakes
- stakeout — the surveillance of a location by the police, as in anticipation of a crime or the arrival of a wanted person.
- 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.
- star key — a push button on a telephone or other electronic device that is marked with an asterisk, often in the lower left-hand area.
- starkers — naked
- starkest — sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness.
- starlike — of the shape of or like a star.
- staticky — containing or producing static electricity.
- stenmark — Ingemar ("Silent Swede") born 1956, Swedish Alpine skier.
- stick at — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stickjaw — a food item that is difficult to chew such as toffee
- stickman — croupier (def 1).
- stinkard — a despicable person; stinker.
- stockade — Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
- stockage — supplies
- stockman — U.S. and Australia. a person who raises livestock.
- stokesia — an American perennial plant, Stokesia laevis, known for its blue or purple flowers
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- stotinka — a minor coin of Bulgaria, the 100th part of a lev.
- streaker — a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
- stunkard — sulky
- sukiyaki — a Japanese dish made with beef, chicken, or pork and usually containing soy sauce, bean curd, and greens, often cooked over direct heat at the table.
- 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.