9-letter words containing k, s, e, r
- shellbark — the shagbark tree.
- shellwork — decorative work composed of seashells: an elaborate picture frame decorated with shellwork.
- shickered — intoxicated; drunk.
- shipwreck — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- shoe rack — shelving unit for storing footwear
- shoemaker — William Lee ("Willie") 1931–2003, U.S. jockey.
- shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
- shotmaker — a sports player delivering good shots
- 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.
- skagerrak — an arm of the North Sea, between Denmark and Norway. 150 miles (240 km) long; 80–90 miles (130–145 km) wide.
- skatepark — A skatepark is an area that is designed for people to practise skateboarding.
- skew arch — an arch, as at the entrance to a tunnel, having sides, or jambs, that are not at right angles with the face.
- 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.
- sky cover — the amount of the sky that is covered by clouds, fog, haze, smoke, or the like, usually expressed in tenths of the total sky.
- skybridge — Also called skywalk. a bridgelike structure for pedestrians built to link one building with another over a public alley or street.
- skylarker — a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
- skyrocket — a rocket firework that ascends into the air and explodes at a height, usually in a brilliant array of sparks of one or more colors.
- slackener — a person who, or something which, slackens
- slickener — a tool used for slickening
- slickster — a crafty and opportunistic or deceitful person; hustler; swindler.
- smackeroo — a hard slap or swat: He gave the ball a smackeroo.
- smoke-dry — to dry or cure (meat or other food) using smoke.
- snakebird — anhinga.
- snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
- sneakered — wearing sneakers
- snickered — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
- snickerer — someone who snickers
- snockered — drunk; intoxicated.
- snookered — a variety of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of colors other than red, in which a player must shoot one of the red balls, each with a point value of 1, into a pocket before shooting at one of the other balls, with point values of from 2 to 7.
- snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.
- soda jerk — a person who prepares and serves sodas and ice cream at a soda fountain.
- sokemanry — tenure of land subject to the soke of someone else.
- sollicker — force; momentum.
- sooterkin — the mythical black afterbirth of Dutch women that was believed to result from their warming themselves on stoves
- spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.
- spar deck — the upper deck of a vessel, extending from stem to stern.
- sparkless — having no spark