8-letter words containing k, a, p, s
- pashalik — the territory governed by a pasha.
- passbook — a bankbook.
- pay desk — the counter in a shop where customers pay for goods
- peakless — having no peak, without a peak
- polanski — Roman. born 1933, Polish film director with a taste for the macabre, as in Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968): later films include Tess (1980), Death and the Maiden (1995), and The Pianist (2002)
- post oak — any of several American oaks, especially Quercus stellata, the wood of which is used for posts.
- postmark — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- prankish — of the nature of a prank: a prankish plan.
- pre-soak — to soak something (such as washing) beforehand
- pushback — a mechanism that forces an object backward.
- schapska — a cavalry helmet with a flat, square top
- sea pink — thrift (def 3).
- seaspeak — the language used by sailors to ease communication between ships
- shack up — a rough cabin; shanty.
- 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.
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- sick pay — wages or other compensation received from an employer during an illness.
- six-pack — six bottles or cans of a beverage, as beer or a soft drink, packaged and sold especially as a unit.
- ski pass — a ticket or pass authorizing the holder to ski in a certain place, resort, etc
- 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.
- skiplane — an airplane equipped with skis to enable it to land on and take off from snow.
- 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
- slapjack — a simple card game.
- snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
- snapback — a sudden rebound or recovery.
- sneakeup — a cowardly, underhanded, or sneaky person
- snowpack — the accumulation of winter snowfall, especially in mountain or upland regions.
- soapbark — a Chilean tree, Quillaja saponaria, of the rose family, having evergreen leaves and small, white flowers.
- 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
- stack up — 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
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.
- wasplike — any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.