8-letter words containing e, s, k, a
- 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
- shake up — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shake-up — a thorough change in a business, department, or the like, as by dismissals, demotions, etc.
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- shekinah — the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.
- shellack — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- shiitake — a large, meaty, black or dark brown mushroom, Lentinus edodes, native to eastern Asia and frequently used in Japanese and Chinese cookery.
- sidewalk — a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road.
- sinkable — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- sitkamer — a sitting room; lounge
- skeechan — a beer of treacle and malt liquor
- skeletal — of, relating to, or like a skeleton.
- skewback — a sloping surface against which the end of an arch rests.
- skewbald — (especially of horses) having patches of brown and white.
- ski-wear — clothes that are intended for skiing
- skincare — use of toiletries on the skin
- skinhead — a baldheaded man.
- skiplane — an airplane equipped with skis to enable it to land on and take off from snow.
- sky wave — a radio wave propagated upward from earth, whether reflected by the ionosphere or not.
- 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.
- slablike — resembling a slab
- smokable — suitable for being smoked.
- snakebit — bitten by a snake.
- snakefly — any neuropterous insect of the family Raphidiidae, of western North America, having an elongated prothorax resembling a neck.
- snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
- sneakers — a high or low shoe, usually of fabric such as canvas, with a rubber or synthetic sole.
- sneakeup — a cowardly, underhanded, or sneaky person
- sneakily — like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
- sneaking — acting in a furtive or underhand way.
- sneakish — (of a person or action) somewhat or rather sneaky
- sneaksby — an insignificant or cowardly person
- soekarno — Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- spanspek — a sweet rough-skinned melon; a cantaloupe: family Cucurbitaceae
- 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.
- 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.
- 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