10-letter words containing s, i, n, k
- spelunking — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- sphinxlike — like the Sphinx; enigmatic or inscrutable
- spillikins — a jackstraw.
- spoil bank — a bank of excavated refuse or waste earth, as of shale from surface coal mining.
- spookiness — like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks.
- springbuck — springbok.
- springlike — to rise, leap, move, or act suddenly and swiftly, as by a sudden dart or thrust forward or outward, or being suddenly released from a coiled or constrained position: to spring into the air; a tiger about to spring.
- springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- sprinkling — the act or an instance of sprinkling.
- spunkiness — plucky; spirited.
- sri lankan — an island republic in the Indian Ocean, S of India: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 25,332 sq. mi. (65,610 sq. km). Capital: Colombo.
- stick down — seal with an adhesive
- stickering — a person or thing that sticks.
- stickiness — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
- sticky bun — honey bun (def 1).
- sticky end — a single-stranded end of DNA or RNA having a nucleotide base sequence complementary to that of another strand, enabling the two strands to be connected by base pairing: produced in the laboratory with the use of restriction enzymes for genetic engineering purposes.
- stink ball — stinkpot (def 1).
- stink bomb — a small glass globe, used by practical jokers: it releases a liquid with an offensive smell when broken
- stink with — to emit a strong offensive smell.
- stinkstone — any of various limestones that emit an unpleasant odor when scratched or struck.
- stock unit — the tax basis for evaluating farmers' stock. Cattle, sheep, and deer are each given differing stock-unit values, the basic measure being the ewe equivalent
- stockiness — the quality of being stocky
- stockinged — a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
- stockinger — a person who knits on a stocking frame
- stravinsky — Igor Fëdorovich [ee-gawr fyaw-duh-roh-vich;; Russian ee-guh r fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˈi gɔr ˌfyɔ dəˈroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈi gər ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1971, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
- strickland — William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
- strikingly — attractive; impressive: a scene of striking beauty.
- stunt kite — a kite held by two hands and having two lines
- subkingdom — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
- sun-kissed — made warm by the sun
- swamp pink — a bog plant, Helonias bullata, of the lily family, native to the eastern U.S., having a dense spike of small, fragrant pink flowers.
- tajikistan — Tadzhikistan.
- ten-strike — Tenpins. a strike.
- the buskin — tragic drama
- thick skin — to have a...
- thumbikins — thumbscrews
- timoshenko — Semion Konstantinovich [syi-myawn ken-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /syɪˈmyɔn kɛn stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Russian general.
- transkeian — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- trickiness — given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
- triskelion — a symbolic figure consisting of three legs, arms, or branches radiating from a common center, as the device of Sicily and the Isle of Man.
- tskhinvali — an autonomous region of the Georgian Republic, in the N part. 1428 sq. mi. (3900 sq. km). Capital: Tskhinvali.
- turfskiing — the sport of skiing down grass slopes on skis outfitted with rollers.
- turkestani — of or relating to the central Asian region of Turkestan or its inhabitants
- twin peaks — a mountain in central Idaho: highest peak in the Salmon River Mountains. 10,340 feet (3154 meters).
- underskirt — a skirt, as a petticoat, worn under another skirt or a dress.
- unkindness — lacking in kindness or mercy; severe.
- unshocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- unsinkable — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- unskillful — not skillful; clumsy or bungling.
- unstacking — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.