10-letter words containing k, i, e, s
- 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.
- skylighted — having or illuminated by a skylight.
- skywritten — created by the process of skywriting
- slackening — an act of becoming looser
- slammerkin — a woman's loose dress
- slide knot — a knot formed by making two half hitches on the standing part of the rope, the second hitch being next to the loop, which can be tightened.
- slovenlike — slovenly
- 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
- smoketight — (of a door, etc) not allowing smoke to pass through
- snail kite — a bird of prey, Rostrhamus sociabilis, that travels in flocks in the American tropics and feeds on snails.
- snake lily — a Californian plant, Dichelostemma volubile, of the amaryllis family, having a twining stem and an umbel of rose-red or pink flowers.
- snarkiness — testy or irritable; short.
- sneakingly — acting in a furtive or underhand way.
- sneakishly — in a stealthy or underhanded manner
- 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.
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- sparkliest — tending to sparkle; animated; lively: a row of sparkly cheerleaders.
- speakerine — a female television or radio announcer
- speakingly — in an eloquent manner
- spelunking — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- spherelike — relating to or resembling spheres
- sphinxlike — like the Sphinx; enigmatic or inscrutable
- 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 heel — a very high heel that tapers to a narrow base, used on women's shoes.
- spike moss — any of numerous plants of the genus Selaginella, allied to and resembling the club mosses.
- spike-rush — any perennial plant of the temperate cyperaceous genus Eleocharis, occurring esp by ponds, and having underground stems, narrow leaves, and small flowers
- spookiness — like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks.
- 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.
- spunkiness — plucky; spirited.
- 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.
- stickiness — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
- sticky end — a single-stranded end of DNA or RNA having a nucleotide base sequence complementary to that of another strand, enabling the two strands to be connected by base pairing: produced in the laboratory with the use of restriction enzymes for genetic engineering purposes.
- stickybeak — a busybody; meddler.
- stinkstone — any of various limestones that emit an unpleasant odor when scratched or struck.
- stockiness — the quality of being stocky
- stockinged — a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
- 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.