9-letter words containing r, e, k, s
- preshrunk — of or relating to a fabric or garment that has been subjected to a shrinking process in order to reduce contraction when the apparel is washed or laundered.
- press kit — a packet of promotional materials, as background information, photographs, or samples, for distribution to the press, as at a press conference.
- pressmark — a symbol indicating the location of a book in the library.
- presswork — the working or management of a printing press.
- 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
- quakeress — a woman or girl who is a Quaker.
- quakerism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Quakers.
- quirkiest — Superlative form of quirky.
- rakeshame — a shamefully dissolute person; rogue
- ransacker — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- rat snake — any of several New and Old World colubrid snakes, of the genus Elaphe, that feed chiefly on small mammals and birds.
- red shank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- redstreak — an English variety of apple which is streaked red and yellow and is used in cider making
- refusenik — a Soviet citizen, usually Jewish, who was denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
- reshevsky — Samuel, 1911–92, U.S. chess player, born in Poland.
- 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
- sack race — a race in which each contestant jumps ahead while his or her legs are confined in a sack.
- sailmaker — a person who makes or repairs sails.
- sapsucker — any of several American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus that drill holes in maple, apple, hemlock, etc., drinking the sap and eating the insects that gather there.
- sarkiness — the quality of being sarcastic
- scalework — an ornamentation technique used to depict scales on fish or other creatures
- schlocker — something of poor quality; schlock
- schmecker — a heroin user
- schnorkel — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorkle — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- screaking — screeching or creaking
- sea wrack — seaweed or a growth of seaweed, especially of the larger kinds cast up on the shore.
- 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
- serpukhov — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- sevenbark — wild hydrangea.
- sewerlike — resembling a sewer
- shakerism — the beliefs and practices of the Shakers.
- shakspere — William ("the Bard"; "the Bard of Avon") 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.
- shark net — a net for catching sharks
- sharklike — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- 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
- sheldrake — any of several Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna, certain species of which have highly variegated plumage.