11-letter words containing s, i, l, k
- larrikinism — (Australia, New Zealand) The behaviour of larrikins (hooligans); impertinent and disrespectful behaviour.
- lemon stick — a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- leschetizky — Theodor [tey-uh-dawr,, -dohr,, thee-] /ˈteɪ əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr,, ˈθi-/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Polish pianist and composer.
- leukoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leukotomies — Plural form of leukotomy.
- lickerishly — In a lickerish manner.
- lickspittle — a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.
- life skills — everyday coping strategies
- life's work — Someone's life's work or life work is the main activity that they have been involved in during their life, or their most important achievement.
- lightsticks — Plural form of lightstick.
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.
- likableness — The property of being likable, that which makes likable.
- like a shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- like blazes — with furious energy, speed, etc.
- likelihoods — Plural form of likelihood.
- linebackers — Plural form of linebacker.
- linked list — (programming) A data structure in which each element contains a pointer to the next element, thus forming a linear list. A doubly linked list contains pointers to both the next and previous elements.
- little sark — one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel E of Guernsey, connected to Sark by a natural causeway.
- littlenecks — Plural form of littleneck.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobsterlike — Resembling a lobster or some aspect of one.
- lock stitch — a sewing-machine stitch in which two threads are locked together at small intervals.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- luskishness — the state or condition of being luskish
- lutosławski — Witold (ˈvitɔlt). 1913–94, Polish composer, whose works frequently juxtapose aleatoric and notated writing
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- malt whisky — whisky, as Scotch, made entirely from malted barley.
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- mistakingly — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
- muleskinner — (slang)A mule driver.
- multistrike — (of a typewriter or printer ribbon) able to be struck several times in the same place before becoming unusable
- multitasked — Simple past tense and past participle of multitask.
- multitasker — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- muslin kail — barley broth or barley and vegetable soup.
- needlestick — Puncture of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object.
- non-skilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- nonsinkable — (of items designed to float on water) not liable to sink
- ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- palk strait — a strait in the Bay of Bengal between SE India and N Sri Lanka, to the N of Adam's Bridge. 40–85 miles (64–137 km) wide.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- pink salmon — a small Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, distinguished by its small scales and long anal fin and by the bright red spawning coloration of males, occurring from California to Alaska and in waters of Japan: fished commercially and for sport.
- plisetskaya — Maya (Mikhailovna) [mah-yuh myi-khahy-luh v-nuh] /ˈmɑ yə myɪˈxaɪ ləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1925–2015, Soviet ballet dancer.
- pool a risk — If an insurer pools a risk, it takes on a share of each risk underwritten by every other member in an association of insurers or reinsurers.
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- prusik loop — a loop formed with a sliding knot that locks under pressure in which a climber can place his foot in order to stand or ascend a rope
- pugil stick — a long pole or stick with padded ends used to carry out mock combat.
- quicksilver — the metallic element mercury.
- rail strike — a strike by railway workers
- reeled silk — a long strand made of silk reeled from a number of cocoons and not twisted or thrown. Compare spun silk (def 1).