15-letter words containing s, k, e
- family skeleton — a closely guarded family secret
- farmers' market — a market or group of stalls and booths where farmers and sometimes other vendors sell their products directly to consumers.
- finders keepers — whoever finds something has the right to keep it
- fireless cooker — an insulated container that seals in heat to cook food.
- fischer-dieskau — Dietrich [dee-trik;; German dee-trikh] /ˈdi trɪk;; German ˈdi trɪx/ (Show IPA), 1925–2012, German baritone.
- fitness tracker — a wearable electronic device or a software application that monitors one's physical fitness and daily physical activity.
- fly honeysuckle — either of two honeysuckle shrubs, Lonicera canadensis, of eastern North America, or L. xylosteum, of Eurasia, having paired yellowish flowers tinged with red.
- for pity's sake — You can say for pity's sake to add emphasis to what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed or upset.
- for the sake of — for the good of
- forecastle deck — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; topgallant forecastle.
- frankensteinian — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
- franklin square — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- frederick soddy — Frederick, 1877–1956, English chemist: Nobel prize 1921.
- french knickers — women's wide-legged underpants
- french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
- french-speaking — able to speak French
- funny handshake — an elaborate handshake, indicating that someone belongs to a certain social group, etc
- garboard strake — the first strake on each side of a keel.
- gaudier-brzeska — Henri (ɑ̃ri), original name Henri Gaudier. 1891–1915, French vorticist sculptor
- german-speaking — able to speak German
- gesamtkunstwerk — total art work; an artistic creation, as the music dramas of Richard Wagner, that synthesizes the elements of music, drama, spectacle, dance, etc.
- give a monkey's — to care about or regard as important
- give sb a break — You can say 'give me a break' to show that you are annoyed by what someone has said or done.
- glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
- goldilocks zone — a zone around a star having temperatures and other conditions that can support life on planets: Mars is thought to lie on the outer edge of the sun's Goldilocks zone.
- great salt lake — a shallow salt lake in NW Utah. 2300 sq. mi. (5950 sq. km); 80 miles (130 km) long; maximum depth 60 feet (18 meters).
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- hard disk drive — (storage) (HDD) A disk drive used to read and write hard disks.
- harlequin snake — the E American coral snake (Micrurus fulvius)
- have a smack at — to attempt
- have one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
- heartbrokenness — The state or quality of being heartbroken.
- hog-nosed skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
- horror-stricken — Horror-stricken means the same as horror-struck.
- hyperanakinesia — abnormally active mechanical movement, especially of the stomach or intestine.
- in one's pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- in one's tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- investment bank — a financial institution that deals chiefly in the underwriting of new securities.
- jackass penguin — any of several boldly marked black and white penguins of the genus Spheniscus, especially S. demersus, of southern Africa, with a call resembling a donkey's bray.
- jayhawker state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
- jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
- just the ticket — If you say that something is just the ticket, you mean that it is exactly what is needed.
- kaffeeklatscher — a person who participates, especially regularly, in a kaffee klatsch.
- kaffeeklatsches — Plural form of kaffeeklatsch.
- kaibab squirrel — a nearly extinct tree squirrel, Sciurus kaibabensis, found only in a small area north of the Grand Canyon.
- kaleidoscopical — Alternative form of kaleidoscopic.
- kaleyard school — a group of writers who depicted the sentimental and homely aspects of life in the Scottish Lowlands from about 1880 to 1914. The best known contributor to the school was J. M. Barrie
- kamensk-uralski — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains.
- keeling islands — Cocos Islands
- keep one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.