8-letter words containing s, k, i, n
- misknown — Past participle of misknow.
- misknows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misknow.
- mistaken — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- misthink — to think incorrectly or unfavorably.
- moleskin — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
- monikers — Plural form of moniker.
- monkfish — angler (def 3).
- mousekin — a little mouse
- nagasaki — a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan: second military use of the atomic bomb August 9, 1945.
- nagurski — Bronislaw [bron-uh-slof] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɒf/ (Show IPA), ("Bronko") 1908–1990, U.S. football player, born in Canada.
- nainsook — a fine, soft-finished cotton fabric, usually white, used for lingerie and infants' wear.
- nastalik — a Persian cursive script
- neatniks — Plural form of neatnik.
- neckties — Plural form of necktie.
- net silk — raw silk that has been reeled and twisted into yarn.
- niblicks — Plural form of niblick.
- nicklaus — Jack (William) born 1940, U.S. golfer.
- nijinsky — Vaslav or Waslaw [vah-sluh f] /ˈvɑ sləf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1950, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer.
- no-stick — nonstick: a no-stick skillet.
- noisenik — a rock musician who performs loud harsh music
- nonskier — a person who does not ski
- nonstick — having or providing a finish designed to prevent food from sticking during cooking or baking: a nonstick saucepan; a nonstick cooking spray.
- nutpicks — Plural form of nutpick.
- oilskins — A waterproof garment, made from oilskin, used especially at sea.
- oriskany — a village in central New York, near Utica: battle 1777.
- osipenko — former name of Berdyansk.
- pakistan — Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947–71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 310,403 sq. mi. (803,881 sq. km). Capital: Islamabad.
- panstick — a cosmetic in stick form
- 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.
- pickings — the act of a person or thing that picks.
- pinkster — Whitsuntide.
- pitikins — a mild oath (esp in the phrase ods pitikins)
- polanski — Roman. born 1933, Polish film director with a taste for the macabre, as in Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968): later films include Tess (1980), Death and the Maiden (1995), and The Pianist (2002)
- ponyskin — the leather from a pony hide
- prankish — of the nature of a prank: a prankish plan.
- pyknosis — a process of thickening, esp. in the shrinking nucleus of a degenerating cell
- quickens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicken.
- rankings — the official list of the best players in a particular sport
- rinkhals — ringhals.
- sakhalin — an island of the Russian Federation in the Sea of Okhotsk, N of Japan: formerly (1905-45) divided between the Soviet Union and Japan. 29,100 sq. mi. (75,369 sq. km).
- salonika — Also, Salonica [suh-lon-i-kuh, sal-uh-nee-kuh] /səˈlɒn ɪ kə, ˌsæl əˈni kə/ (Show IPA), Saloniki [Greek sah-law-nee-kee] /Greek ˌsɑ lɔˈni ki/ (Show IPA). Official name Thessalonike. Ancient Therma. a seaport in south-central Macedonia, in NE Greece, on the Gulf of Salonika.
- sanskrit — an Indo-European, Indic language, in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India. Abbreviation: Skt.
- scandisk — (operating system, storage) An MS-DOS command to check for faults on a disk and provide a graphical representation the results. Scandisk was introduced with MS-DOS version 6 to replace CHKDSK.
- sculking — to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thief skulked in the shadows.
- sea king — one of the piratical Scandinavian chiefs who ravaged the coasts of medieval Europe.
- sea pink — thrift (def 3).
- sealskin — the skin of a seal.
- selznick — David O(liver) 1902–65, U.S. motion-picture producer.
- shamokin — a borough in E Pennsylvania.