15-letter words containing s, i, n, k
- sand-lime brick — a hard brick composed of silica sand and a lime of high calcium content, molded under high pressure and baked.
- sanitary napkin — a pad of absorbent material, as cotton, worn by women during menstruation to absorb the uterine flow.
- saskatchewanian — a native or inhabitant of Saskatchewan
- save one's skin — to avoid harm or injury; esp., to escape death
- saw-edged knife — a knife with a serrated edge
- senkaku islands — a group of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea; claimed by China and Japan
- shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
- shock resistant — not affected by impact
- shock-resistant — strong or resilient enough to sustain minor impacts without damage to the internal mechanism: a shock-resistant watch.
- shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
- shrink-wrapping — a flexible plastic wrapping designed to shrink about its contours to protect and seal something
- sibylline books — (in ancient Rome) a collection of prophetic sayings, supposedly bought from the Cumaean sibyl, bearing upon Roman policy and religion
- sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
- sinkiang uighur — an autonomous region in NW China, bordering Tibet, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, Pakistan, and India: formerly a province. 635,830 sq. mi. (1,646,800 sq. km). Capital: Ürümqi.
- sit-down strike — a strike during which workers occupy their place of employment and refuse to work or allow others to work until the strike is settled.
- situs picketing — common situs picketing.
- slap and tickle — sexual play
- smoke pollution — pollution caused by fuels, etc, that produce smoke when burned
- smoking-concert — a concert where smoking is allowed.
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- smoky mountains — Great Smoky Mountains
- social drinking — the practice of drinking alcohol occasionally and usually only in social situations
- social-drinking — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- south kingstown — a town in S central Rhode Island.
- spanish paprika — a cultivated pepper, Capsicum annuum, grown originally in Spain.
- sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
- speaking as sth — You can say 'speaking as a parent' or 'speaking as a teacher', for example, to indicate that the opinion you are giving is based on your experience as a parent or as a teacher.
- speaking of sth — You can say speaking of something that has just been mentioned as a way of introducing a new topic which has some connection with that thing.
- speeding ticket — notice of traffic violation
- spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
- spiral notebook — a notebook held together by a coil of wire passed through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages
- sprinkler dance — a celebratory dance in which participants extend one arm and shake it to imitate the action of a rotating water sprinkler
- squirrel monkey — either of two small, long-tailed monkeys, Saimiri oerstedii of Central America and S. sciureus of South America, having a small white face with black muzzle and gold, brown, or greenish fur: S. oerstedii is endangered.
- st. kitts-nevis — a twin-island state in the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies, consisting of the islands of St. Kitts and Nevis: formerly a British colony and member of the West Indies Associated States; gained independence 1983. 104 sq. mi. (269 sq. km). Capital: Basseterre.
- stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
- starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
- stephen hawking — Stephen William, born 1942, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.
- sticky-fingered — given to thieving
- stiffneckedness — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- stocking stitch — stockinette (def 2).
- stoke newington — former metropolitan borough of London, now part of Hackney
- striking circle — the semicircular area in front of each goal, which an attacking player must have entered before scoring a goal
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- suck it and see — to try something to find out what it is, what it is like, or how it works
- swainson's hawk — a migratory hawk, Buteo swainsoni, of western North America, that winters in southern South America.
- swimming trunks — men's swimsuit shorts
- sympathetic ink — a fluid for producing writing that is invisible until brought out by heat, chemicals, etc.; invisible ink.
- take a shine to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.