8-letter words containing n, k, o, s
- osipenko — former name of Berdyansk.
- ostrakon — ostracon.
- outranks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrank.
- panofsky — Erwin, 1892–1968, U.S. art historian, born in Germany.
- penstock — a pipe conducting water from a head gate to a waterwheel.
- polanski — Roman. born 1933, Polish film director with a taste for the macabre, as in Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968): later films include Tess (1980), Death and the Maiden (1995), and The Pianist (2002)
- ponyskin — the leather from a pony hide
- postpunk — of or related to a style of music that followed punk rock
- pyknosis — a process of thickening, esp. in the shrinking nucleus of a degenerating cell
- salonika — Also, Salonica [suh-lon-i-kuh, sal-uh-nee-kuh] /səˈlɒn ɪ kə, ˌsæl əˈni kə/ (Show IPA), Saloniki [Greek sah-law-nee-kee] /Greek ˌsɑ lɔˈni ki/ (Show IPA). Official name Thessalonike. Ancient Therma. a seaport in south-central Macedonia, in NE Greece, on the Gulf of Salonika.
- shamokin — a borough in E Pennsylvania.
- shocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shotokan — a popular system of karate based on the principles of Bushido and Zen
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- sikeston — a city in SE Missouri.
- sinkhole — a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
- skeleton — Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body.
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- skillion — a lean-to serving as a room or a shed.
- skin pop — to inject (a drug) under the skin rather than into a vein.
- skin-pop — to inject (a drug) under the skin rather than into a vein.
- skinfood — cosmetic cream for the skin
- skioring — the traditional sport of being dragged on skis behind an animal
- skokiaan — (in South Africa) a potent alcoholic beverage drunk by Black Africans in shebeens
- skyborne — airborne.
- skyrmion — a particle consisting of a magnetic field surrounding a group of atoms
- slipknot — a knot that slips easily along the cord or line around which it is made.
- smocking — a loose, lightweight overgarment worn to protect the clothing while working.
- smolensk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the upper Dnieper, SW of Moscow: Russians defeated by Napoleon 1812.
- snowbank — a mound of snow, as a snowdrift or snow shoveled from a road or sidewalk.
- snowpack — the accumulation of winter snowfall, especially in mountain or upland regions.
- soekarno — Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- songbook — a book of songs with words and music.
- steenbok — a small antelope, Raphicerus campestris, of grassy areas of eastern and southern Africa.
- steinbok — steenbok.
- stenlock — a coal fish, Merlangus carbonarius
- stick-on — a label, sticker, or the like, that has an adhesive backing.
- stinkpot — Also called stinkball. a jar containing combustibles or other materials that generate offensive and suffocating vapors, formerly used in warfare.
- stocking — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- stockman — U.S. and Australia. a person who raises livestock.
- stockton — Frank R (Francis Richard Stockton) 1834–1902, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- stonking — of exceptional size or quality
- stooking — shock2 (def 1).
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- stotinka — a minor coin of Bulgaria, the 100th part of a lev.
- stroking — an act or instance of stroking; a stroking movement.
- stuck on — simple past tense and past participle of stick2 .
- sunblock — a substance that provides a high degree of protection against sunburn, often preventing most tanning as well as burning, as by obstructing the penetration of ultraviolet rays.
- sunchoke — Jerusalem artichoke (def 2).
- tinworks — an establishment for the mining or processing of tin or for the making of tinware.