16-letter words containing s, i, n, k, l
- oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
- philosopher king — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
- philosopher-king — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
- pigs in blankets — small frankfurters wrapped in dough and baked, served as an appetizer
- plain-spokenness — the quality or characteristic of being plain-spoken
- pleasure-seeking — always looking for pleasure
- pressure flaking — a method of manufacturing a flint tool by pressing flakes from a stone core with a pointed implement, usually of wood tipped with antler or copper.
- reckless driving — a serious traffic offence whereby the driver of a vehicle disregards the rules of the road, driving very dangerously, causing accidents or other damage
- scribbling block — scratch pad.
- security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
- shrinking violet — a shy, modest, or self-effacing person.
- silk-cotton tree — any of several spiny trees belonging to the genus Ceiba, of the bombax family, having palmately compound leaves and seeds surrounded by silk cotton, especially C. pentandra, from which kapok is obtained.
- slave-making ant — an ant of a species that raids the colonies of other ant species, carrying off larvae and pupae to be reared as slaves.
- sling one's hook — to leave
- smack one's lips — If you smack your lips, you open and close your mouth noisily, especially before or after eating, to show that you are eager to eat or enjoyed eating.
- smoke inhalation — poisoning of the lungs caused by inhaling large quantities of toxic fumes from a fire
- spanish mackerel — an American game fish, Scomberomorus maculatus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.
- sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
- spelling mistake — error in writing a word
- spring snowflake — a European amaryllidaceous plant, Leucojum vernum, with white nodding bell-shaped flowers
- sprinkler system — apparatus for automatically extinguishing fires in a building, consisting of a system of water pipes in or below the ceilings, with valves or sprinklers usually made to open automatically at a certain temperature.
- sticking plaster — an adhesive cloth or other material for covering and closing superficial wounds, holding bandages in place, etc.
- stock allocation — Stock allocation is the decisions made about how quantities held at a central point will be distributed amongst several outlets in a retail chain.
- streak lightning — lightning in which there is a sudden flash from what appears to be a single main line
- strike a balance — compromise
- the missing link — a hypothetical extinct animal or animal group, formerly thought to be intermediate between the anthropoid apes and man
- the weakest link — the person who is making the least contribution to the collective achievement of a group
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
- unskilled worker — a worker who does not have any special skill or training
- walking distance — distance that can easily be walked
- wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
- wishful thinking — interpretation of facts, actions, words, etc., as one would like them to be rather than as they really are; imagining as actual what is not.