10-letter words containing k, i, e, r, s
- siegeworks — constructions built by a besieging force
- silk paper — paper that contains silk fibers and is sometimes used for printing postage stamps and revenue stamps.
- silkgrower — a person who breeds silkworms for their silk
- silkscreen — Also called silkscreen process. a printmaking technique in which a mesh cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden frame and the design, painted on the screen by tusche or affixed by stencil, is printed by having a squeegee force color through the pores of the material in areas not blocked out by a glue sizing.
- silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
- silverlike — Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- silverskin — the inner skin of a coffee bean
- silverwork — fine or decorative work executed in silver.
- sinkerball — sinker (def 5).
- sisterlike — like a sister
- ski resort — place with skiing facilities
- skimmerton — shivaree (def 1).
- skin diver — person who explores underwater
- skinnerian — a psychologist who follows behaviorist theories developed by B. F. Skinner.
- skippering — the master or captain of a vessel, especially of a small trading or fishing vessel.
- skittering — to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
- skywritten — created by the process of skywriting
- slammerkin — a woman's loose dress
- smoke ring — a visible ring formed by the sudden release of smoke, usually created by blowing smoke from the mouth or by a cigarette, incense stick etc
- snarkiness — testy or irritable; short.
- snickering — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
- snorkeling — Also called, British, snort. a device permitting a submarine to remain submerged for prolonged periods, consisting of tubes extended above the surface of the water to take in air for the diesel engine and for general ventilation and to discharge exhaust gases and foul air.
- sock-liner — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
- sparkliest — tending to sparkle; animated; lively: a row of sparkly cheerleaders.
- speakerine — a female television or radio announcer
- spherelike — relating to or resembling spheres
- spiderlike — any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- spiderwork — a thing which has the appearance of a spider's web
- spike-rush — any perennial plant of the temperate cyperaceous genus Eleocharis, occurring esp by ponds, and having underground stems, narrow leaves, and small flowers
- springlike — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
- spritelike — an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- squirelike — like a squire, or like the behaviour of a squire
- starkville — a town in E Mississippi.
- steiermark — German name of Styria.
- stickering — a person or thing that sticks.
- stockinger — a person who knits on a stocking frame
- stockrider — a cowboy.
- strike off — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- strike oil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- strike out — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- strike pay — strike benefit.
- strikeover — an act or instance of typing over a character, as one typed in error, without erasing it.
- suckerfish — remora.
- summerlike — like or characteristic of summer; summery: a spell of summerlike showers.
- superthick — extremely thick
- taperstick — a candlestick designed to hold tapers.
- ten-strike — Tenpins. a strike.
- transkeian — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- treitschke — Heinrich von [hahyn-rikh fuh n] /ˈhaɪn rɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1834–96, German historian.
- trekschuit — a horse-drawn boat, literally a tugboat, specific to the Netherlands