9-letter words containing k, e, l, s
- moleskins — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
- monk seal — a small, dark brown, subtropical seal of the genus Monachus: the three species, M. tropicalis of the Caribbean, M. schauinslandi of Hawaiian island regions, and M. monachus of the Mediterranean, are endangered.
- moosemilk — homemade or bootleg whiskey.
- mouselike — any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- muskmelon — a round or oblong melon, occurring in many varieties, having a juicy, often aromatic, sweet, yellow, white, or green, edible flesh.
- necklaces — Plural form of necklace.
- necklines — Plural form of neckline.
- nickelous — containing bivalent nickel.
- nollekens — Joseph. 1737–1823, British neoclassical sculptor of portrait busts, tombs, and mythological subjects
- nurselike — resembling or having the characteristics of a nurse
- oil sheik — a sheik who is involved in or who controls the supply of petroleum from Arab countries to other countries
- olykoeks' — doughnut.
- onlookers — Plural form of onlooker.
- palsylike — resembling palsy
- peekskill — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
- plackless — lacking money; penniless
- proselike — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- purselike — resembling a purse
- resinlike — resembling a resin, having characteristics of a resin
- rockslide — a fall of rocks down a hillside
- sabrelike — resembling a sabre
- sackville — Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1536–1608, English statesman and poet.
- sailmaker — a person who makes or repairs sails.
- salt cake — an impure form of sodium sulfate, especially as obtained by the interaction of sulfuric acid and common salt in the synthesis of hydrochloric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of glass, ceramic glazes, soaps, and sodium salts.
- salt lake — a body of water having no outlet to the sea and containing in solution a high concentration of salts, especially sodium chloride.
- sand leek — a Eurasian alliaceous plant, Allium scorodoprasum, having reddish-pink flowers, purple bulbils, and a garlic-like bulb
- scalelike — Zoology. one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins. one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- scalework — an ornamentation technique used to depict scales on fish or other creatures
- schlocker — something of poor quality; schlock
- schnorkel — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorkle — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- seakindly — sailing easily in a rough sea.
- self-talk — motivational thoughts, affirmations
- sell-back — an act or instance of selling something previously purchased.
- sewerlike — resembling a sewer
- shalelike — having the properties or appearance of shale
- sharklike — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- sheaflike — resembling a sheaf
- sheeplike — any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
- sheepwalk — a tract of land on which sheep are pastured.
- sheetlike — resembling a sheet
- sheldrake — any of several Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna, certain species of which have highly variegated plumage.
- shellback — an old sailor.
- shellbark — the shagbark tree.
- shellwork — decorative work composed of seashells: an elaborate picture frame decorated with shellwork.
- shoeblack — bootblack.
- shrewlike — a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant.
- sick-lied — not strong; unhealthy; ailing.
- sickleman — a person reaping with a sickle
- sicklemia — the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia.