15-letter words containing s, k, e, i
- pinkster flower — a wild azalea, Rhododendron periclymenoides, of the U.S., having pink or purplish flowers.
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- planet-stricken — believed to be adversely affected mentally or physically by the planets
- play kissy-face — to engage in kissing, caressing, etc., esp. overtly or publicly
- plunket society — the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children
- poikilothermism — the state or quality of being cold-blooded, as fishes and reptiles.
- police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
- public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
- quickwittedness — The state or condition of being quickwitted.
- raw milk cheese — cheese or a cheese made with unpasteurized milk
- reckless driver — sb who drives dangerously
- red-back spider — a venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, of Australia and New Zealand, related to the black widow spider and having a bright red stripe on the back.
- regulatory risk — a risk to which private companies are subject, arising from the possibility of legislation or regulations that will affect business being adopted by a government
- rendering works — (used with a singular verb) a factory or plant that renders and processes livestock carcasses into tallow, hides, fertilizer, etc.
- reworked fossil — a fossil eroded from sediment and redeposited in younger sediment
- rib-eye (steak) — a beefsteak cut from the rib section, with the bone removed
- rigel kentaurus — Alpha Centauri.
- rigil kentaurus — Astronomy. Alpha Centauri.
- risk assessment — the evaluation of the possible risks in a product,situation, activity or course of action
- risk management — the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.
- risk one's neck — to take a great risk
- rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose.
- rumpelstiltskin — a dwarf in a German folktale who spins flax into gold for a young woman to meet the demands of the prince she has married, on the condition that she give him her first child or else guess his name: she guesses his name and he vanishes or destroys himself in a rage.
- sahitya akademi — a body set up by the Government of India for cultivating literature in Indian languages and in English
- saint-john-lake — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- salisbury steak — ground beef, sometimes mixed with other foods, shaped like a hamburger patty and broiled or fried, often garnished or served with a sauce.
- sand-lime brick — a hard brick composed of silica sand and a lime of high calcium content, molded under high pressure and baked.
- 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
- schrecklichkeit — frightfulness; horror.
- senkaku islands — a group of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea; claimed by China and Japan
- sharm al-sheikh — a village and military post in E Egypt, on the Sinai Peninsula, guarding the Gulf of Suez.
- sharm el-sheikh — a city in Egypt on the southern point of the Sinai Peninsula on the Red Sea; a major holiday resort. Pop: 73 000 (2015 est)
- shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- 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
- sibylline books — (in ancient Rome) a collection of prophetic sayings, supposedly bought from the Cumaean sibyl, bearing upon Roman policy and religion
- sidewalk artist — an artist who draws pictures on the sidewalk, especially with colored chalk, as a means of soliciting money from passers-by.
- sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
- 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.
- skimble-scamble — rambling; confused; nonsensical: a skimble-scamble explanation.
- skylight filter — a very slightly pink filter that absorbs ultraviolet light and reduces haze and excessive blueness
- 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
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.