10-letter words containing e, r, k, s
- samarskite — a velvet-black mineral, a complex columbate-tantalate of uranium, cerium, etc., occurring in masses: a minor source of uranium, thorium, and rare-earth oxides.
- sandsucker — the flatfish Platessa limandoides
- saucerlike — resembling a saucer
- sauerkraut — cabbage cut fine, salted, and allowed to ferment until sour.
- scent-mark — to deposit a scent mark; mark.
- schaerbeek — a city in central Belgium, near Brussels.
- scharwenka — (Ludwig) Philipp [loot-vikh fee-lip] /ˈlut vɪx ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, German composer.
- schipperke — one of a Belgian breed of small dogs having erect ears and a thick, black coat, originally used as a watchdog on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium.
- screw hook — a hook having a shank in the form of a screw.
- screw jack — jackscrew.
- sea rocket — any of several plants of the related genus Cakile, esp C. maritima, which grow along the seashores of Europe and North America and have mauve, pink, or white flowers
- seersucker — a plainwoven cotton, rayon, or linen fabric: traditionally a striped cotton with alternate stripes crinkled in the weaving.
- sex worker — prostitution.
- shark bell — a bell sounded to warn swimmers of the presence of sharks
- sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
- shelf mark — a symbol indicating the location of a work on a shelf.
- sherbrooke — a city in S Quebec, in SE Canada.
- shirtmaker — a person who makes shirts.
- shitkicker — an unsophisticated farmer, cowboy, or other rural person; country person.
- shopkeeper — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
- shopwalker — a floorwalker.
- shore lark — a bird: Eremophila alpestris
- shrimplike — any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- sickerness — sureness
- sickle bar — cutter bar (def 1).
- sidestroke — a stroke in which the body is turned sideways in the water, the hands pull alternately, and the legs perform a scissors kick.
- siegeworks — constructions built by a besieging force
- silk paper — paper that contains silk fibers and is sometimes used for printing postage stamps and revenue stamps.
- silkgrower — a person who breeds silkworms for their silk
- silkscreen — Also called silkscreen process. a printmaking technique in which a mesh cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden frame and the design, painted on the screen by tusche or affixed by stencil, is printed by having a squeegee force color through the pores of the material in areas not blocked out by a glue sizing.
- silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
- silverlike — Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- silverskin — the inner skin of a coffee bean
- silverwork — fine or decorative work executed in silver.
- sinkerball — sinker (def 5).
- sisterlike — like a sister
- skara brae — the site of an excavated Neolithic village on Pomona in the Orkney Islands, dating from c2000 b.c.
- skate over — to cross on or as if on skates
- skate park — area for skateboarding
- skateboard — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- skedaddler — a person or thing that skedaddles.
- skeuomorph — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- skewerwood — the spindle tree, Euonymus europaeus.
- ski resort — place with skiing facilities
- skimmerton — shivaree (def 1).
- skin diver — person who explores underwater
- skinnerian — a psychologist who follows behaviorist theories developed by B. F. Skinner.
- skippering — the master or captain of a vessel, especially of a small trading or fishing vessel.
- skittering — to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
- sky marker — a parachute flare dropped to mark a target area