8-letter words containing c, a, s, k
- sea duck — any of various diving ducks, as the scaups, goldeneyes, scoters, and eiders, found principally on seas.
- seatback — the back support of a seat in an aircraft, motor vehicle, etc.
- seedcake — a sweet cake containing aromatic seeds, usually caraway.
- set back — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- set-back — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
- setbacks — a check to progress; a reverse or defeat: The new law was a setback.
- shabrack — the saddlecloth of a cavalry horse used by European light cavalry
- shack up — a rough cabin; shanty.
- shackled — a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
- shackles — two metal rings joined by a chain which are fastened around someone's wrists or ankles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping
- shaddock — pomelo.
- shamrock — any of several trifoliate plants, as the wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, or a small, pink-flowered clover, Trifolium repens minus, but especially Trifolium procumbens, a small, yellow-flowered clover: the national emblem of Ireland.
- shellack — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- sick bag — a bag provided on an aircraft or ship as a receptacle for vomit
- sick bay — a hospital or dispensary, especially aboard ship.
- sick day — a day for which an employee will be paid while absent because of illness.
- sick pay — wages or other compensation received from an employer during an illness.
- sick-bay — a hospital or dispensary, especially aboard ship.
- sit back — relax, rest
- six-pack — six bottles or cans of a beverage, as beer or a soft drink, packaged and sold especially as a unit.
- skeechan — a beer of treacle and malt liquor
- skewback — a sloping surface against which the end of an arch rests.
- ski rack — a rack for holding skis, as one that can be attached to the roof of a car or set up outside a ski lodge.
- ski-rack — a piece of equipment for the roof a car, which holds skis
- skincare — use of toiletries on the skin
- skip car — an open car for charging a blast furnace.
- skipjack — any of various fishes that leap above the surface of the water, as a tuna, Euthynnus pelamis, or the bonito.
- skullcap — a small, brimless close-fitting cap, often made of silk or velvet, worn on the crown of the head, as for religious functions.
- skyscape — a section or portion of the sky, usually extensive and often including part of the horizon, that may be seen from a single viewpoint.
- slack up — to go more slowly
- slacking — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- slapjack — a simple card game.
- slotback — an offensive back who lines up about one yard behind the gap in the line between a tackle and an end stationed a distance outside of the tackle.
- slowback — a laggard, idler or lazy person
- 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.
- snapback — a sudden rebound or recovery.
- snowpack — the accumulation of winter snowfall, especially in mountain or upland regions.
- softback — paperback book
- 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
- 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.
- staticky — containing or producing static electricity.
- 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).
- 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.