15-letter words containing s, i, l, k, t
- rusty blackbird — a North American blackbird, Euphagus carolinus, the male of which has plumage that is uniformly bluish-black in the spring and rusty-edged in the fall.
- saint-john-lake — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- salisbury steak — ground beef, sometimes mixed with other foods, shaped like a hamburger patty and broiled or fried, often garnished or served with a sauce.
- schrecklichkeit — frightfulness; horror.
- shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
- sidewalk artist — an artist who draws pictures on the sidewalk, especially with colored chalk, as a means of soliciting money from passers-by.
- skylight filter — a very slightly pink filter that absorbs ultraviolet light and reduces haze and excessive blueness
- slap and tickle — sexual play
- smoke pollution — pollution caused by fuels, etc, that produce smoke when burned
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- south milwaukee — a city in SE Wisconsin.
- sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
- spiral notebook — a notebook held together by a coil of wire passed through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages
- stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
- stalactite work — (in Islamic architecture) intricate decorative corbeling in the form of brackets, squinches, and portions of pointed vaults.
- starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- strike it lucky — to have some good luck
- strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
- striking circle — the semicircular area in front of each goal, which an attacking player must have entered before scoring a goal
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it
- tamarisk gerbil — gerbil (def 2).
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- to call in sick — If you call in sick, you telephone the place where you work to tell them you will not be coming to work because you are ill.
- tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
- track athletics — sporting activities, such as relay running or sprinting, which take place on a running track
- travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
- turk's-cap lily — either of two lilies, Lilum martagon or L. superbum, having nodding flowers with the perianth segments rolled backward.
- turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- unstatesmanlike — not resembling or befitting a political leader whose wisdom, integrity, etc win great respect
- walking catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.