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11-letter words containing s, i, n, k

  • peckishness — the state or condition of being peckish
  • persnickety — overparticular; fussy.
  • phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
  • pigsticking — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
  • pine siskin — a small, North American finch, Carduelis pinus, of coniferous forests, having yellow markings on the wings and tail.
  • 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.
  • pinkishness — a pinkish quality or colouring
  • puckishness — the state of being puckish
  • pumpkinseed — the seed of the pumpkin.
  • punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
  • pyrokinesis — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
  • ramakrishna — Sri [sree,, shree] /sri,, ʃri/ (Show IPA), 1836–86, Hindu religious reformer and mystic.
  • rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
  • re-skinning — to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of: The space shuttle had to be reskinned before returning to service.
  • rent strike — a temporary, organized refusal by tenants, as of an apartment building, to pay their rent, as in protest over inadequate services.
  • ringstraked — ring-streaked.
  • risk-taking — courting danger or loss
  • rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
  • sabine lake — a shallow lake on the boundary between Texas and Louisiana, formed by a widening of the Sabine River. About 17 miles (27 km) long; 7 miles (11 km) wide.
  • safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
  • saint kilda — a group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic, in the Outer Hebrides: uninhabited since 1930; bird sanctuary
  • saint kitts — one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 68 sq. mi. (176 sq. km).
  • salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
  • sandia peak — a mountain in N central New Mexico in the Sandia Mountains. 10,678 feet (3255 meters).
  • seasickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the rocking or swaying motion of a vessel in which one is traveling at sea.
  • self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
  • septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
  • serpentlike — resembling a serpent
  • sewing silk — finely twisted silk thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.
  • sex linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
  • sex-linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
  • shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
  • shark siren — a siren sounded to warn swimmers of the presence of sharks
  • shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
  • sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
  • shimonoseki — a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: treaty ending Sino-Japanese War signed 1895.
  • shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
  • shopkeeping — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
  • shriekingly — with shrieking
  • shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
  • shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
  • sick-making — making one feel jealous
  • sickishness — the state of being sickish
  • sicknursing — the nursing of the sick
  • sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
  • sienkiewicz — Henryk [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, Polish novelist: Nobel prize 1905.
  • signal book — a book containing the signals to be used for sending messages to other boats
  • silk cotton — the silky covering of the seeds of certain tropical trees of the bombax family, used for stuffing cushions, pillows, etc.
  • silk finish — the appearance of paint, fabric etc with regard to its smoothness and light reflecting quality
  • silk-screen — Silk-screen printing is a method of printing patterns onto cloth by forcing paint or dyes through silk or similar material.
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