9-letter words containing k, i, s, e, r
- prestrike — of the period before a strike
- prestwick — international airport in W Scotland.
- proselike — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- purselike — resembling a purse
- quakerism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Quakers.
- quirkiest — Superlative form of quirky.
- refusenik — a Soviet citizen, usually Jewish, who was denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
- resinlike — resembling a resin, having characteristics of a resin
- reskinned — to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of: The space shuttle had to be reskinned before returning to service.
- rib steak — club steak.
- riskiness — attended with or involving risk; hazardous: a risky undertaking.
- risktaker — a person or corporation inclined to take risks: The management trainees were exhorted to become risktakers.
- rockiness — the state or condition of a person who is shaky or unsteady, as from drinking, fatigue, or illness.
- rockslide — a fall of rocks down a hillside
- rose pink — a light pinkish red color.
- sabrelike — resembling a sabre
- sailmaker — a person who makes or repairs sails.
- sarkiness — the quality of being sarcastic
- screaking — screeching or creaking
- semitruck — tractor-trailer.
- semiworks — a manufacturing plant equipped to develop and manufacture a new product in small quantities prior to full-scale manufacture
- seraskier — the Turkish military commander-in-chief
- sewerlike — resembling a sewer
- shakerism — the beliefs and practices of the Shakers.
- sharklike — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- shickered — intoxicated; drunk.
- shipwreck — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- shrewlike — a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant.
- shrieking — a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
- shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
- shunpiker — a driver who takes a side road to avoid paying a turnpike toll
- sicknurse — someone who nurses a sick person
- sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- silk tree — a tree, Albizia julibrissin, of the legume family, native to Asia, having pinnate leaves and plumelike pink flowers and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- sitzkrieg — slow-moving warfare marked by repeated stalemate.
- skewering — a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
- skim-read — to read quickly and superficially, in order to pick up the important or significant details
- skin care — the cleansing, massaging, moisturizing, etc., of the skin, especially the face or hands.
- skip rope — A skip rope is a piece of rope, usually with handles at each end. You exercise or play with it by turning it around and around and jumping over it.
- skirtless — having, or wearing, no skirt
- skirtlike — resembling a skirt
- skittered — to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
- skybridge — Also called skywalk. a bridgelike structure for pedestrians built to link one building with another over a public alley or street.
- slickener — a tool used for slickening
- slickster — a crafty and opportunistic or deceitful person; hustler; swindler.
- snakebird — anhinga.
- snickered — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
- snickerer — someone who snickers
- sollicker — force; momentum.
- sooterkin — the mythical black afterbirth of Dutch women that was believed to result from their warming themselves on stoves