9-letter words containing k, s, t, a
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- outflanks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank.
- outskates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outskate.
- outspeaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspeak.
- pack shot — (in television advertising) a close-up of the product being advertised, usually so that the viewer can register its logo and packaging
- packsheet — a cloth used for packing goods
- packstaff — a long pole for carrying a pack
- pakistani — a native or inhabitant of Pakistan.
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- pasternak — Boris Leonidovich [bawr-is,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees lyi-uh-nyee-duh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis lyɪ ʌˈnyi də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1960, Russian poet, novelist, and translator: declined 1958 Nobel prize.
- periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
- photomask — an opaque image on a transparent plate that is used to filter light so the image can be transferred, used in photolithography applications
- pikestaff — the shaft of an infantry pike.
- piss-take — A piss-take is an act of making fun of someone or something.
- plasticky — made of or resembling plastic
- prankster — a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- psamtik i — king of Egypt 663–609 b.c. (son of Necho I).
- rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
- rat snake — any of several New and Old World colubrid snakes, of the genus Elaphe, that feed chiefly on small mammals and birds.
- redstreak — an English variety of apple which is streaked red and yellow and is used in cider making
- rib steak — club steak.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- risktaker — a person or corporation inclined to take risks: The management trainees were exhorted to become risktakers.
- rock salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rock star — a rock-'n'-roll star or celebrity.
- rock-salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rockshaft — an oscillating shaft.
- rootstalk — a rhizome.
- sack coat — a short coat or jacket with a straight back and no seam at the waist.
- sack suit — a man's suit that has a loose-fitting jacket.
- sack time — time spent sleeping.
- sackcloth — sacking.
- sakuntala — a Sanskrit drama written in the 6th century or earlier by Kalidasa.
- salt cake — an impure form of sodium sulfate, especially as obtained by the interaction of sulfuric acid and common salt in the synthesis of hydrochloric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of glass, ceramic glazes, soaps, and sodium salts.
- salt junk — salted beef or pork.
- salt lake — a body of water having no outlet to the sea and containing in solution a high concentration of salts, especially sodium chloride.
- salt lick — a place to which animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits.
- salt pork — pork cured with salt, especially the fat pork taken from the back, sides, and belly.
- saltchuck — the ocean.
- saltworks — (often used with a plural verb) a building or plant where salt is made.
- saskatoon — a city in S Saskatchewan, in SW Canada.
- satyaloka — the highest heaven, where Brahma and Sarasvati live with Brahmins.
- schematik — A NeXT front-end to MIT Scheme for the NeXT by Chris Kane and Max Hailperin <[email protected]>. Schematik provides syntax-knowledgeable text editing, graphics windows and a user-interface to an underlying MIT Scheme process. It comes with MIT Scheme 7.1.3 ready to install on the NeXT and requires NEXTSTEP. Version: 1.1.5.2.
- sea stack — a pillarlike mass of rock detached by wave action from a cliff-lined shore and surrounded by water.
- seat back — the part of a chair or seat that you rest your back against
- self-talk — motivational thoughts, affirmations
- shake out — If you shake out a cloth or a piece of clothing, you hold it by one of its edges and move it up and down one or more times, in order to open it out, make it flat, or remove dust.
- shark net — a net for catching sharks
- shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.