9-letter words containing s, k, i, r
- drumstick — a stick for beating a drum.
- ekphrasis — (rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or pictorial description of an object, especially of an artwork.
- eskişehir — an industrial city in NW Turkey: founded around hot springs in Byzantine times. Pop: 519 000 (2005 est)
- fair oaks — Also called Seven Pines. a locality in E Virginia, near Richmond: battle 1862.
- fairbanks — Charles Warren, 1852–1918, political leader: vice president of the U.S. 1905–09.
- fire risk — sth which increases chance of a fire
- firebacks — Plural form of fireback.
- firelocks — Plural form of firelock.
- firestick — A poker used to arrange coals etc in a fire.
- fireworks — Often, fireworks. a combustible or explosive device for producing a striking display of light or a loud noise, used for signaling or as part of a celebration.
- fish fork — a small fork having usually three tines, used for eating fish at table.
- flystrike — myiasis.
- for kicks — If you say that someone does something for kicks, you mean that they do it because they think it will be exciting.
- foreskins — Plural form of foreskin.
- foreskirt — the front skirt of an article of clothing (as opposed to the train)
- forestick — the front log in a wood fire, as in a fireplace.
- forjaskit — exhausted
- forkiness — the state of being forky
- forklifts — Plural form of forklift.
- forsaking — Present participle of forsake.
- forskolin — (biochemistry) A labdane diterpene produced by the plant Coleus forskohlii; commonly used in the study and research of cell physiology.
- fossicker — Someone who fossicks.
- freakiest — Superlative form of freaky.
- gearstick — The lever used to change gear in a vehicle.
- gimcracks — Plural form of gimcrack.
- grandkids — grandchild.
- grasslike — That has the characteristics of grass.
- grunitsky — Nicolas, 1913–69, African statesman: president of the Republic of Togo 1963–67.
- hackerish — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (technically skilled computer enthusiast).
- hard disk — magnetic disk (def 1).
- heartsick — extremely depressed or unhappy.
- heartsink — a patient who repeatedly visits his or her doctor's surgery, often with multiple or non-specific symptoms, and whose complaints are impossible to treat
- hendricks — a male given name, form of Henry.
- hickories — Plural form of hickory.
- high-risk — very dangerous
- hijackers — Plural form of hijacker.
- hiratsuka — a city in central Honshu, Japan, near Yokohama.
- hissarlik — the modern name of the site of ancient Troy.
- hookerish — Lb slang Resembling or befitting a prostitute.
- horselike — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- hunkerism — a member of the conservative faction in the Democratic Party in New York State, 1845–48.
- hydro-ski — a hydrofoil attached to a seaplane to aid in takeoffs and landings.
- icemakers — Plural form of icemaker.
- innsbruck — an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- intertask — Between tasks.
- irish elk — an extinct deerlike mammal of the genus Megaceros (Megaloceros), of the Pleistocene Epoch, having in the male extremely large, broad antlers.
- irksomely — In an irksome manner; tediously.
- iron mask — an iron covering for the face, supposedly used in the past to conceal the identity of a well-known prisoner
- iron-sick — noting a wooden hull, fastened with iron, in which chemical interaction between the iron and the wood has resulted in the decay of both; nail-sick.
- ironworks — an establishment where iron is smelted or where it is cast or wrought.