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11-letter words containing k, a, s, l

  • schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
  • sealed book — something beyond understanding and therefore unknown.
  • self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
  • seneca lake — a lake in W New York: one of the Finger Lakes. 35 miles (56 km) long.
  • sex linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
  • sex-linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
  • shacklebone — the wrist
  • shake a leg — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
  • shelftalker — a promotional sign used by a retailer to draw attention to a featured product on the shelf
  • shell steak — a cut of steak from the short loin
  • shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
  • sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
  • shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
  • shovel beak — a deformity of the beak in intensively reared chicks
  • sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
  • signal book — a book containing the signals to be used for sending messages to other boats
  • silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
  • silk-tassel — any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Garrya, of the western U.S., having evergreen foliage and flowers in pendulous catkins.
  • silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
  • simnel cake — any of several kinds of rich fruitcake covered with almond paste.
  • singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
  • skatemobile — a scooterlike vehicle built of boxes, boards, or the like, and mounted on skate wheels.
  • skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • skidbladnir — the huge collapsible ship, made by two dwarfs for Frey, that always had a favoring wind.
  • skilligalee — gruel
  • sky cavalry — air cavalry.
  • sky marshal — an armed plainclothes federal marshal riding on an airliner to protect against skyjacking.
  • slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
  • slack-baked — improperly baked.
  • slack-jawed — having the mouth open, especially as an indication of astonishment, bewilderment, etc.
  • slacken off — If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
  • slacklining — the activity of walking across a narrow line of synthetic webbing hung slackly above the ground
  • slacktivism — actions taken to bring about political or social change but requiring only minimal commitment, effort, or risk: students engaging in slacktivism by signing an online petition.
  • slaked lime — another name for calcium hydroxide, esp when made by adding water to calcium oxide
  • slate black — a slightly purplish black.
  • sleepwalker — the act or state of walking, eating, or performing other motor acts while asleep, of which one is unaware upon awakening; somnambulism.
  • smart aleck — an obnoxiously conceited person.
  • smoke alarm — A smoke alarm or a smoke detector is a device fixed to the ceiling of a room which makes a loud noise if there is smoke in the air, to warn people.
  • smooth-talk — to persuade by flattery, cajolery, coaxing, or the like: We smooth-talked the company into a huge donation.
  • snack table — a small portable folding table used for an individual serving.
  • snake plant — a widely grown houseplant, Sansevieria trifasciata, having stiffly erect, mottled, lance-shaped leaves.
  • snakeblenny — any of several pricklebacks of the genus Lumpenus.
  • social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
  • sock cymbal — high-hat
  • sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
  • sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
  • spacewalker — a person who manoeuvres in space while outside but attached to a spacecraft
  • sparklessly — in a sparkless manner
  • sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
  • spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
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