9-letter words containing k, e, n, s, i
- snakefish — lizardfish.
- snakelike — any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
- snakeskin — the skin of a snake.
- snakewise — in a snake-like manner
- snickered — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
- snickerer — someone who snickers
- socked in — to strike or hit hard.
- sooterkin — the mythical black afterbirth of Dutch women that was believed to result from their warming themselves on stoves
- speranski — Mikhail Mikhailovich (mixɑˈil). 1772–1839, Russian statesman, chief adviser (1807–12) to Alexander I. His greatest achievement was the codification of Russian law (begun 1826)
- spikenard — an aromatic, Indian plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of the valerian family, believed to be the nard of the ancients.
- spinelike — resembling a spine
- spinnaker — a large, usually triangular sail carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind or when the wind is abaft the beam.
- sprinkler — any of various devices for sprinkling, as a watering pot, a container of water with a perforated top used to sprinkle clothes before ironing, or especially a perforated ring or small stand with a revolving nozzle to which a hose is attached for watering a lawn with a fine, even spray.
- steenkirk — a type of cravat worn in a loose or disorderly manner
- steinbeck — John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.
- steinkern — the fossilized outline of a hollow organic structure, as a skull or a mollusk shell, formed when mud or sediment consolidated within the structure and the structure itself disintegrated or dissolved.
- stinkeroo — a bad or contemptible person or thing
- stinkiest — foul smelling; stinking.
- stinkweed — any of various rank-smelling plants, as the jimson weed.
- stockinet — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
- streaking — a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
- streeking — the act of stretching one's limbs, as on awakening or by exercise.
- sulkiness — marked by or given to sulking; sullen.
- sweelinck — Jan Pieters [yahn pee-tuh rs] /yɑn ˈpi tərs/ (Show IPA), or Jan Pieterszoon [yahn pee-tuh r-sohn] /yɑn ˈpi tərˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA), 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer.
- tackiness — not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
- talkiness — the quality or condition of being talky; wordiness
- thickness — the state or quality of being thick.
- tonkinese — a breed of medium-sized cat with almond-shaped aqua-coloured eyes and a soft silky coat
- unsickled — not cut with a sickle
- unskilled — of or relating to workers who lack technical training or skill.
- unskimmed — to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
- unskinned — not having had the skin removed
- urokinase — an enzyme, present in the blood and urine of mammals, that activates plasminogen and is used medicinally to dissolve blood clots.
- wackiness — odd or irrational; crazy: They had some wacky plan for selling more books.
- waterskin — The skin of a goat used as a container for water.
- weaklings — Plural form of weakling.
- whipsnake — any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
- windshake — a crack between the annual rings in wood: caused by strong winds bending the tree trunk
- wine cask — a strong wooden barrel used to hold wine
- wineskins — Plural form of wineskin.
- wonkiness — The state or condition of being wonky.
- wrinklies — old people
- yankeeism — Yankee character or characteristics.
- yuckiness — The state or condition of being yucky.
- zemlinsky — Alexander von, 1871–1942, Austrian composer and conductor.