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9-letter words containing s, k, i, r

  • semiworks — a manufacturing plant equipped to develop and manufacture a new product in small quantities prior to full-scale manufacture
  • seraskier — the Turkish military commander-in-chief
  • sewerlike — resembling a sewer
  • shakerism — the beliefs and practices of the Shakers.
  • sharklike — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
  • sharkskin — a smooth fabric of acetate or rayon with a dull or chalklike appearance, for apparel.
  • shickered — intoxicated; drunk.
  • shiftwork — a system of employment where an individual's normal hours of work are, in part, outside the period of normal day working and may follow a different pattern in consecutive periods of weeks
  • shipwreck — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
  • shrewlike — a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant.
  • shrieking — a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
  • shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
  • shrinking — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
  • shunpiker — a driver who takes a side road to avoid paying a turnpike toll
  • sicknurse — someone who nurses a sick person
  • sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
  • silk road — ancient trade route extending from China to the Mediterranean
  • silk tree — a tree, Albizia julibrissin, of the legume family, native to Asia, having pinnate leaves and plumelike pink flowers and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
  • sitzkrieg — slow-moving warfare marked by repeated stalemate.
  • skewering — a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
  • skiagraph — a radiograph.
  • skid mark — a mark left on the road by tyres after a vehicle has skidded
  • skid road — an area of cheap barrooms and run-down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants.
  • skidproof — preventing or resistant to skidding, as certain road surfaces or vehicle tires.
  • skijoring — a sport in which a skier is pulled over snow or ice, generally by a horse.
  • skim-read — to read quickly and superficially, in order to pick up the important or significant details
  • skimboard — a type of short, rounded surfboard used for riding in shallow water.
  • skin care — the cleansing, massaging, moisturizing, etc., of the skin, especially the face or hands.
  • skip rope — A skip rope is a piece of rope, usually with handles at each end. You exercise or play with it by turning it around and around and jumping over it.
  • skirtings — fabric for making skirts.
  • skirtless — having, or wearing, no skirt
  • skirtlike — resembling a skirt
  • skittered — to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
  • skunkbird — a North American songbird with a black-and-white striped back, also known as a bobolink
  • sky train — elevated railway system
  • skybridge — Also called skywalk. a bridgelike structure for pedestrians built to link one building with another over a public alley or street.
  • slickener — a tool used for slickening
  • slickrock — rock or a rock formation that is smooth and slippery.
  • slickster — a crafty and opportunistic or deceitful person; hustler; swindler.
  • snakebird — anhinga.
  • snickered — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
  • snickerer — someone who snickers
  • sollicker — force; momentum.
  • sooterkin — the mythical black afterbirth of Dutch women that was believed to result from their warming themselves on stoves
  • sour milk — milk that has spoiled
  • sparkling — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
  • spearlike — resembling a spear
  • speranski — Mikhail Mikhailovich (mixɑˈil). 1772–1839, Russian statesman, chief adviser (1807–12) to Alexander I. His greatest achievement was the codification of Russian law (begun 1826)
  • spikenard — an aromatic, Indian plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of the valerian family, believed to be the nard of the ancients.
  • spinnaker — a large, usually triangular sail carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind or when the wind is abaft the beam.
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