13-letter words containing s, i, l, k
- ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
- east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- farkleberries — Plural form of farkleberry.
- fiddlesticks! — an expression of annoyance or disagreement
- flexible disk — a flexible removable magnetic disk that stores information and can be used to store data for use in a microprocessor
- floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
- folkloristics — folklore (def 2).
- game of skill — a game in which the outcome is determined by skill rather than by chance, as chess.
- gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
- hickory hills — a town in NE Illinois.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- huckleberries — Plural form of huckleberry.
- in-line skate — a roller skate with typically four hard-rubber wheels in a straight line resembling the blade of an ice skate.
- inline skates — a roller skate with typically four hard-rubber wheels in a straight line resembling the blade of an ice skate.
- insulin shock — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
- invisible ink — sympathetic ink.
- it looks like — it seems that there will be
- japanese silk — raw silk of usually high quality produced in Japan, used in the manufacture of such fabrics as shantung and habutai.
- john suckling — Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.
- kaleidoscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of kaleidoscope.
- kaleidoscopes — Plural form of kaleidoscope.
- kaleidoscopic — of, relating to, or created by a kaleidoscope.
- kapellmeister — a choirmaster.
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- kettle stitch — (in handsewing) a knot tied in the thread that links one section to the next.
- kettle-stitch — a stitch used in hand-sewn books, at the head and tail, to hold sheets or sections together
- killing frost — the occurrence of temperatures cold enough to kill all but the hardiest vegetation, especially the last such occurrence in spring and the first in fall, events that limit the agricultural growing season.
- killing spree — a series of murders that are committed
- kin selection — a form of natural selection that favors altruistic behavior toward close relatives resulting in an increase in the altruistic individual's genetic contribution to the next generation.
- kinesiologist — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
- king's yellow — a yellow or red crystalline substance, As 2 S 3 , occurring in nature as the mineral orpiment, and used as a pigment (king's yellow) and in pyrotechnics.
- kingsley amis — Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- kiss-and-tell — revealing sth private for money
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
- klipspringers — Plural form of klipspringer.
- kosher pickle — a garlic-flavored pickle, sold especially in Jewish delicatessens.
- kriss kringle — Santa Claus.
- kristallnacht — a Nazi pogrom throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9–10, 1938, during which Jews were killed and their property destroyed.
- kuril islands — a chain of 56 volcanic islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending for 1200 km (750 miles) from the S tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula to NE Hokkaido. Area: 14 990 sq km (6020 sq miles)
- kyrie eleison — (italics) the brief petition “Lord, have mercy,” used in various offices of the Greek Orthodox Church and of the Roman Catholic Church.
- lackadaisical — without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic: a lackadaisical attempt.
- lake district — a mountainous region in NW England containing many lakes: tourist center.
- lake superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- lake-superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- lane markings — white lines on the road that mark lanes
- lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- leptokurtosis — the state of being leptokurtic.