11-letter words containing s, k, i, n, e, a
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- mawkishness — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
- misspeaking — (obsolete) Speaking ill; defamation, slander.
- night snake — a nocturnal, mildly venomous New World snake, Hypsiglena torquata, having a gray or yellowish body marked with dark brown spots.
- nizhnekamsk — a city in the E Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Kazan.
- noisemakers — Plural form of noisemaker.
- noisemaking — The production of noise.
- nonsinkable — (of items designed to float on water) not liable to sink
- nonspeaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- ringstraked — ring-streaked.
- sabine lake — a shallow lake on the boundary between Texas and Louisiana, formed by a widening of the Sabine River. About 17 miles (27 km) long; 7 miles (11 km) wide.
- safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- sandia peak — a mountain in N central New Mexico in the Sandia Mountains. 10,678 feet (3255 meters).
- seasickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the rocking or swaying motion of a vessel in which one is traveling at sea.
- self-making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.
- septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
- sex linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
- sex-linkage — an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
- shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
- shark siren — a siren sounded to warn swimmers of the presence of sharks
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
- sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
- simnel cake — any of several kinds of rich fruitcake covered with almond paste.
- singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- skin cancer — melanoma: malignant tumour
- skin-search — strip-search.
- snake juice — any strong alcoholic drink, esp when home-made
- snake river — a river flowing from NW Wyoming through S Idaho into the Columbia River in SE Washington: Shoshone Falls. 1038 miles (1670 km) long.
- snakishness — the state or quality of being like a snake
- sneak thief — a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.
- sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
- spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
- squeakingly — in a squeaking manner
- stalin peak — former name of Communism Peak.
- steak diane — a steak served in a rich sauce
- steak knife — a sharp dinner knife the blade of which is made of steel and usually serrated, used in cutting meat.
- steelmaking — the manufacture of steel.
- stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
- taking lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
- thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
- tiger snake — either of two highly venomous snakes, Notechis scutatus and N. ater, of Australia and Tasmania, that grow to a length of 5 feet (1.5 meters).
- visbreaking — Visbreaking is thermal cracking, when the vacuum residue is less viscous and it can then be used to produce valuable products.
- wake island — an island in the N Pacific, belonging to the U.S.: air base. 3 sq. mi. (8 sq. km).
- warlikeness — the state of being warlike
- waterskiing — Alternative spelling of water skiing.
- whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers