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14-letter words containing s, k, e, i

  • unknightliness — the quality or condition of being unknightly
  • vegetable silk — a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.
  • vickers number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Vickers test) in which the sample is indented under a known pressure by the point of a diamond and the surface area of the indentation is divided into the amount of pressure applied.
  • walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
  • walking papers — notice of dismissal
  • west berkshire — a unitary authority in S England, in Berkshire. Pop: 144 200 (2003 est). Area: 705 sq km (272 sq miles)
  • west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
  • whitetip shark — Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
  • wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
  • windsor rocker — a Windsor chair on rockers
  • winkle-pickers — shoes or boots with very pointed narrow toes, popular in the mid-20th century
  • winning streak — several consecutive wins
  • working papers — documents permitting employment
  • writer's block — a usually temporary condition in which a writer finds it impossible to proceed with the writing of a novel, play, or other work.
  • yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.
  • yenisei ostyak — Ket.
  • yorkshire bond — flying bond.
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