8-letter words containing s, k, e
- nakasone — Yasuhiro [yah-soo-hee-raw] /ˈyɑ sʊˈhi rɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1918, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1982–87.
- namesake — a person named after another.
- neatniks — Plural form of neatnik.
- nebraska — a state in the central United States. 77,237 sq. mi. (200,044 sq. km). Capital: Lincoln. Abbreviation: NE (for use with zip code), Nebr., Neb.
- neckless — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- necklets — Plural form of necklet.
- neckshot — a shot in the neck of an animal
- neckties — Plural form of necktie.
- nekrasov — Nikolai Alekseyevich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1821–77, Russian poet, who wrote chiefly about the sufferings of the peasantry
- net silk — raw silk that has been reeled and twisted into yarn.
- netbacks — Plural form of netback.
- netspeak — internet jargon
- networks — Plural form of network.
- newsdesk — the department of a newspaper, television, etc., that writes, edits, or releases news, especially late-breaking news or important bulletins.
- newshawk — a newspaper reporter, especially one who is energetic and aggressive.
- newspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”.
- noisenik — a rock musician who performs loud harsh music
- non-sked — a nonscheduled airline or plane: He got his training with the nonskeds.
- nonskier — a person who does not ski
- oatcakes — Plural form of oatcake.
- obelisks — Plural form of obelisk.
- ockerism — the conduct or actions that are characteristic of an ocker
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- olykoeks — doughnut.
- osipenko — former name of Berdyansk.
- outskate — (ice hockey, skating) To skate better than another skater.
- outsmoke — to smoke more than
- outspeak — to outdo or excel in speaking.
- outspoke — Simple past form of outspeak.
- outtakes — Plural form of outtake.
- oversick — too sick
- overskip — to skip over
- oversoak — to soak too much
- overtask — to impose too heavy a task upon
- pay desk — the counter in a shop where customers pay for goods
- peakless — having no peak, without a peak
- peckings — to strike or indent with the beak, as a bird does, or with some pointed instrument, especially with quick, repeated movements.
- pekinese — A pekinese is a type of small dog with long hair, short legs, and a short, flat nose.
- penstock — a pipe conducting water from a head gate to a waterwheel.
- pickiest — extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
- pinkster — Whitsuntide.
- pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
- pre-soak — to soak something (such as washing) beforehand
- pusslike — resembling a puss
- quickens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicken.
- quickest — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- quickies — Plural form of quickie.
- quickset — a plant or cutting, especially of hawthorn, set to grow, as in a hedge.
- rankless — a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- rankness — growing with excessive luxuriance; vigorous and tall of growth: tall rank weeds.