10-letter words containing s, k, e, u
- mesokurtic — (of a frequency distribution or its graphical representation) having the same kurtosis as the normal distribution.
- miccosukee — a member of an American Indian people, formerly part of the Creek Confederacy and surviving chiefly as one of the two branches of the Muskogean family represented among the Florida Seminoles.
- mossbunker — the menhaden.
- muckrakers — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- muckspread — to muckrake
- mudskipper — any of several gobies of the genera Periophthalmus and Boleophthalmus, of tropical seas from Africa to the East Indies and Japan, noted for the habit of remaining out of water on mud flats for certain periods and jumping about when disturbed.
- musketeers — Plural form of musketeer.
- muskmelons — Plural form of muskmelon.
- numskulled — Alternative form of numbskulled.
- out-basket — out-box.
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- outspeckle — a spectacle
- overstruck — to stamp a new device, value, or inscription on (a coin).
- peak hours — prime time, busiest period
- pennsauken — a township in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- pluckiness — having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
- quicksteps — Plural form of quickstep.
- quirkiness — having or full of quirks.
- rump steak — Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.
- rustbucket — an old, run-down freighter, especially one whose hull is covered with rust.
- saint luke — a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
- sandsucker — the flatfish Platessa limandoides
- saucerlike — resembling a saucer
- sauerkraut — cabbage cut fine, salted, and allowed to ferment until sour.
- seersucker — a plainwoven cotton, rayon, or linen fabric: traditionally a striped cotton with alternate stripes crinkled in the weaving.
- shock tube — an apparatus in which a gas is heated to very high temperatures by means of a shock wave, usually for spectroscopic investigation of the natures and reactions of the resulting radicals and excited molecules
- sketch out — describe briefly
- skeuomorph — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- smoked out — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- smokehouse — a building or place in which meat, fish, etc., are cured with smoke.
- snakemouth — rose pogonia.
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- sourcebook — a book which contains sources of information on a particular subject
- space junk — objects such as artificial satellites, material discarded from space stations, etc that remain in space after use
- spelunking — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- spike-rush — any perennial plant of the temperate cyperaceous genus Eleocharis, occurring esp by ponds, and having underground stems, narrow leaves, and small flowers
- spunkiness — plucky; spirited.
- squirelike — like a squire, or like the behaviour of a squire
- starfucker — a person who seeks to have sexual relations with celebrities; groupie
- steakhouse — a restaurant specializing in beefsteak.
- steam-punk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- stock cube — bouillon cube used for gravy, etc.
- stockroute — a public trail having right of way across private properties and over which cattle and sheep may be herded to grazing grounds or to market.
- strike out — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- stuck pipe — Stuck pipe happens when part of the drillpipe cannot be turned or moved up or down.
- stud poker — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
- studebaker — Clement, 1831–1901, U.S. wagon maker and pioneer automobile designer.
- stunt kite — a kite held by two hands and having two lines
- suckerfish — remora.
- summerlike — like or characteristic of summer; summery: a spell of summerlike showers.