10-letter words containing s, i, n, k, l
- lions book — (publication) "Source Code and Commentary on Unix level 6", by John Lions. The two parts of this book contained the entire source listing of the Unix Version 6 kernel, and a commentary on the source discussing the algorithms. These were circulated internally at the University of New South Wales beginning 1976-77, and were, for years after, the *only* detailed kernel documentation available to anyone outside Bell Labs. Because Western Electric wished to maintain trade secret status on the kernel, the Lions book was never formally published and was only supposed to be distributed to affiliates of source licensees (it is still possible to get a Bell Labs reprint of the book by sending a copy of a V6 source licence to the right person at Bellcore, but *real* insiders have the UNSW edition). In spite of this, it soon spread by samizdat to a good many of the early Unix hackers. In 1996 it was reprinted as a "classic":
- lisichansk — a city in E Ukraine, on the Donets River, NE of Donetsk.
- lossmaking — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- malinowski — Bronislaw Kasper [bron-uh-slahf kas-per;; Polish braw-nee-slahf kahs-puh r] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɑf ˈkæs pər;; Polish brɔˈni slɑf ˈkɑs pər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1942, Polish anthropologist in the U.S.
- milk snake — a nonvenomous brown-and-grey North American colubrid snake Lampropeltis doliata, related to the king snakes
- mistakenly — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- pilliwinks — an old instrument of torture similar to the thumbscrew.
- pink slime — beef trimmings that have been ground and liquefied, used as a binder in minced beef and other meat products
- pluckiness — having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
- prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
- pricklings — tingly sensations of discomfort or euphoria
- raskolniki — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- sailmaking — the craft or profession of making of sails
- saint luke — a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
- seamanlike — like or befitting a seaman; showing good seamanship.
- sex-linked — (of a gene) located in a sex chromosome.
- shell pink — delicate whitish to yellow pink.
- shockingly — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- shylocking — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- sickliness — not strong; unhealthy; ailing.
- silk gland — any of several glands, as in various insects and spiders, that secrete a viscid protein substance which hardens into silk on contact with air.
- silkscreen — Also called silkscreen process. a printmaking technique in which a mesh cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden frame and the design, painted on the screen by tusche or affixed by stencil, is printed by having a squeegee force color through the pores of the material in areas not blocked out by a glue sizing.
- silverskin — the inner skin of a coffee bean
- sinkerball — sinker (def 5).
- skeletonic — resembling a skeleton
- skew lines — two or more lines that lie in different planes, are not parallel, and do not intersect
- skimmingly — by way of skimming; superficially
- skimpingly — in a manner marked by skimpiness
- skin alive — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- skin color — tone of complexion
- skin flick — a motion picture that features nudity and usually scenes of explicit sexual activity.
- skippingly — in the manner of a skip
- skulkingly — in the manner of a skulk
- skylarking — a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
- slackening — an act of becoming looser
- slammerkin — a woman's loose dress
- slide knot — a knot formed by making two half hitches on the standing part of the rope, the second hitch being next to the loop, which can be tightened.
- sling-back — Also called sling. a woman's shoe with an open back and a strap or sling encircling the heel of the foot to keep the shoe secure.
- slovenlike — slovenly
- snail kite — a bird of prey, Rostrhamus sociabilis, that travels in flocks in the American tropics and feeds on snails.
- snake lily — a Californian plant, Dichelostemma volubile, of the amaryllis family, having a twining stem and an umbel of rose-red or pink flowers.
- sneakingly — acting in a furtive or underhand way.
- sneakishly — in a stealthy or underhanded manner
- snorkeling — Also called, British, snort. a device permitting a submarine to remain submerged for prolonged periods, consisting of tubes extended above the surface of the water to take in air for the diesel engine and for general ventilation and to discharge exhaust gases and foul air.
- sock-liner — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- spankingly — in a spanking manner