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9-letter words containing o, s, k, e

  • shake off — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
  • 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.
  • shakedown — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
  • shankbone — a large bone in the lower leg between the knee and the foot of an animal; the tibia
  • sheetrock — a trademark name for plasterboard or drywall, composed of gypsum enclosed by heavy sheets of paper and used for constructing interior walls and ceilings
  • sheikhdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
  • shellwork — decorative work composed of seashells: an elaborate picture frame decorated with shellwork.
  • shockwave — (tool)   A program from Macromedia for viewing files created with Macromedia Director. Shockwave is freely available as a plug-in for the Netscape Navigator web browser. "Shocked" pages that incorporate documents created in Director can usually only be enjoyed by users with an ISDN or faster connection.
  • shoe rack — shelving unit for storing footwear
  • shoeblack — bootblack.
  • 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
  • sick note — proof of illness
  • silkoline — a silk-like fabric
  • ski slope — snow-covered hill at ski resort
  • skiascope — retinoscope.
  • skimobile — snowmobile (def 1).
  • 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.
  • skip zone — a region surrounding a broadcasting station that cannot receive transmissions either directly or by reflection off the ionosphere
  • 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.
  • skylounge — a vehicle designed to be lifted by helicopter between an intown passenger terminal and an airport.
  • 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.
  • slovensko — Slovakia
  • smackeroo — a hard slap or swat: He gave the ball a smackeroo.
  • smoke out — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
  • smoke pot — a can of chemicals that produces a great quantity of smoke when ignited.
  • smoke-dry — to dry or cure (meat or other food) using smoke.
  • smokebush — a plant, Cotinus coggygria, with purple leaves and small flowers that turn grey-white before they fall
  • smokehood — a protective hood worn to keep out smoke in the event of a fire
  • smokejack — an apparatus for turning a roasting spit, set in motion by the current of ascending gases in a chimney.
  • smokeless — emitting, producing, or having little or no smoke.
  • smokelike — resembling smoke
  • smokiness — emitting smoke, especially in large amounts.
  • snake oil — any of various liquid concoctions of questionable medical value sold as an all-purpose curative, especially by traveling hucksters.
  • 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.
  • snakewood — the heavy, dark-red wood of a South American tree, Piratinera guianensis, used for decorative veneers, musical instrument bows, etc.
  • 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.
  • snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
  • snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.
  • soak test — the act or process of testing something, such as software or a component, over an extended period of time
  • socked in — to strike or hit hard.
  • soda jerk — a person who prepares and serves sodas and ice cream at a soda fountain.
  • soda lake — a salt lake that has a high content of sodium salts, esp chlorides and sulphates
  • sokemanry — tenure of land subject to the soke of someone else.
  • sollicker — force; momentum.
  • soopstake — sweeping up all stakes
  • sooterkin — the mythical black afterbirth of Dutch women that was believed to result from their warming themselves on stoves
  • sootflake — a smudge or speck of soot
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