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.