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

  • kindred spirit — likeminded person
  • king-sized bed — A king-sized bed is a bed that is the largest size available.
  • kissing bridge — a covered bridge.
  • landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
  • like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
  • likemindedness — Alternative spelling of like-mindedness.
  • lovingkindness — kindness or affectionate behavior resulting from or expressing love
  • norfolk island — an island in the S Pacific between New Caledonia and New Zealand: a territory of Australia. 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
  • ordinary stock — British. common stock.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • palisades park — a borough in NE New Jersey.
  • peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
  • pick's disease — a condition characterized by progressive deterioration of the brain with atrophy of the cerebral cortex, esp. the frontal lobes, and evidenced in loss of memory and emotional instability
  • pickled onions — onions which have been preserved in vinegar or brine
  • placido's disk — a device marked with concentric black rings, used to detect corneal irregularities.
  • reception desk — the front desk in a hotel where guests can books rooms or ask questions
  • removable disk — removable hard disk
  • roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
  • roanoke rapids — a city in NE North Carolina.
  • ryukyu islands — a chain of 55 islands in the W Pacific, extending almost 650 km (400 miles) from S Japan to N Taiwan: an ancient kingdom, under Chinese rule from the late 14th century, invaded by Japan in the early 17th century, under full Japanese sovereignty from 1879 to 1945, and US control from 1945 to 1972; now part of Japan again. They are subject to frequent typhoons. Chief town: Naha (on Okinawa). Pop: 1 318 220 (2000). Area: 2196 sq km (849 sq miles)
  • shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
  • sheffield lake — a town in N Ohio.
  • shield cricket — the interstate cricket competition held for the Sheffield Shield
  • shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
  • sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
  • skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • skin and bones — a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation: Anorexia had reduced her to skin and bones.
  • skinny-dipping — to swim in the nude.
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
  • sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
  • spick and span — spotlessly clean and neat: a spick-and-span kitchen.
  • spick-and-span — spotlessly clean and neat: a spick-and-span kitchen.
  • spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
  • stadium jacket — an insulated, parkalike jacket that reaches to the mid thigh or the knees and often has a drawstring around the bottom edge, worn outdoors in cold weather.
  • stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
  • stock dividend — a form of dividend collected by a stockholder in extra shares of the corporation's stock rather than in cash.
  • stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
  • stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
  • stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
  • sucking diesel — doing very well; successful
  • suicide attack — a terrorist attack which someone undertakes knowing that he or she will die in the attack
  • swamp milkweed — a coarse milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, growing in swampy places from eastern North America to Colorado, having ball-like clusters of rose-purple flowers.
  • take a dislike — If you take a dislike to someone or something, you decide that you do not like them.
  • take in stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • thick and fast — If things happen thick and fast, they happen very quickly and in large numbers.
  • to strike gold — If you strike gold, you find, do, or produce something that brings you a lot of money or success.
  • tokara islands — a group of Japanese islands in the W Pacific Ocean, in the N Ryukyu Islands.
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