9-letter words containing e, n, k
- skin-dive — to engage in skin diving.
- skip zone — a region surrounding a broadcasting station that cannot receive transmissions either directly or by reflection off the ionosphere
- skunkweed — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor, as the skunk cabbage.
- skylounge — a vehicle designed to be lifted by helicopter between an intown passenger terminal and an airport.
- slackener — a person who, or something which, slackens
- slackness — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- slavenska — Mia [mee-ah] /ˈmi ɑ/ (Show IPA), (Mia Corak) 1914?–2002, U.S. dancer and choreographer, born in Yugoslavia.
- slickener — a tool used for slickening
- slinkweed — a plant believed to make a cow give birth prematurely
- slovensko — Slovakia
- smokiness — emitting smoke, especially in large amounts.
- snake fly — any neuropterous insect of the family Raphidiidae, of western North America, having an elongated prothorax resembling a neck.
- snake oil — any of various liquid concoctions of questionable medical value sold as an all-purpose curative, especially by traveling hucksters.
- snake pit — a mental hospital marked by squalor and inhumane or indifferent care for the patients.
- snakebird — anhinga.
- snakebite — the bite of a snake, especially of one that is venomous.
- snakefish — lizardfish.
- snakehead — checkered lily.
- snakelike — any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
- snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
- snakeskin — the skin of a snake.
- snakeweed — bistort (def 1).
- snakewise — in a snake-like manner
- snakewood — the heavy, dark-red wood of a South American tree, Piratinera guianensis, used for decorative veneers, musical instrument bows, etc.
- sneakered — wearing sneakers
- snickered — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
- snickerer — someone who snickers
- snockered — drunk; intoxicated.
- snookered — a variety of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of colors other than red, in which a player must shoot one of the red balls, each with a point value of 1, into a pocket before shooting at one of the other balls, with point values of from 2 to 7.
- snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
- snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.
- socked in — to strike or hit hard.
- sokemanry — tenure of land subject to the soke of someone else.
- sooterkin — the mythical black afterbirth of Dutch women that was believed to result from their warming themselves on stoves
- spelunked — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- spelunker — a person who explores caves, especially as a hobby.
- speranski — Mikhail Mikhailovich (mixɑˈil). 1772–1839, Russian statesman, chief adviser (1807–12) to Alexander I. His greatest achievement was the codification of Russian law (begun 1826)
- spikenard — an aromatic, Indian plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of the valerian family, believed to be the nard of the ancients.
- spinelike — resembling a spine
- spinnaker — a large, usually triangular sail carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind or when the wind is abaft the beam.
- spokesman — a person who speaks for another or for a group.
- sprinkler — any of various devices for sprinkling, as a watering pot, a container of water with a perforated top used to sprinkle clothes before ironing, or especially a perforated ring or small stand with a revolving nozzle to which a hose is attached for watering a lawn with a fine, even spray.
- steampunk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- steenkirk — a type of cravat worn in a loose or disorderly manner
- steinbeck — John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.
- steinkern — the fossilized outline of a hollow organic structure, as a skull or a mollusk shell, formed when mud or sediment consolidated within the structure and the structure itself disintegrated or dissolved.
- stenokous — able to live or survive only within a limited range of environments
- stinkeroo — a bad or contemptible person or thing
- stinkiest — foul smelling; stinking.
- stinkweed — any of various rank-smelling plants, as the jimson weed.