8-letter words containing s, o, a, k
- oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- oriskany — a village in central New York, near Utica: battle 1777.
- ostmarks — Plural form of ostmark.
- ostrakon — ostracon.
- outranks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrank.
- outskate — (ice hockey, skating) To skate better than another skater.
- outspeak — to outdo or excel in speaking.
- outtakes — Plural form of outtake.
- oversoak — to soak too much
- overtask — to impose too heavy a task upon
- panofsky — Erwin, 1892–1968, U.S. art historian, born in Germany.
- passbook — a bankbook.
- 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)
- post oak — any of several American oaks, especially Quercus stellata, the wood of which is used for posts.
- postmark — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- pre-soak — to soak something (such as washing) beforehand
- ratatosk — An SLR parser generator written in Gofer (a Haskell variant) by Torben AEgidius Mogensen <[email protected]>. Ratatosk generates purely functional backtracking LR0 grammar parsers (also in Gofer). Even though the sematic value of a production is a function of the attributes of its right-hand side (and thus apparently purely synthesised), inherited attributes are easily simulated by using higher-order functions.
- sack out — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- sakharov — Andrei (Dmitrievich) [ahn-drey di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian uhn-dryey dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /ˈɑn dreɪ dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌnˈdryeɪ ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1921–1989, Russian nuclear physicist and human-rights advocate: Nobel Peace Prize 1975.
- 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.
- saltwork — place where salt is refined
- seatwork — work that can be done by a child at his or her seat in school without supervision.
- shaddock — pomelo.
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- shamokin — a borough in E Pennsylvania.
- shamrock — any of several trifoliate plants, as the wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, or a small, pink-flowered clover, Trifolium repens minus, but especially Trifolium procumbens, a small, yellow-flowered clover: the national emblem of Ireland.
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- shotokan — a popular system of karate based on the principles of Bushido and Zen
- sigatoka — a disease of bananas, characterized by discolored spots on the leaves, caused by a fungus, Mycosphaerella musicola.
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- silk oak — any of several Australian trees of the genus Grevillea, especially G. robusta, having feathery, fernlike leaves and showy orange or yellow flowers, grown as a street tree in Florida and California.
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- skokiaan — (in South Africa) a potent alcoholic beverage drunk by Black Africans in shebeens
- skyboard — a sport that is similar to skydiving but uses a special lightweight board (skyboard) attached to the feet and usually equipped with a parachute.
- slotback — an offensive back who lines up about one yard behind the gap in the line between a tackle and an end stationed a distance outside of the tackle.
- slovakia — a republic in central Europe: formerly a part of Czechoslovakia; under German protection 1939–45; independent since 1993. 18,931 sq. mi. (49,035 sq. km). Capital: Bratislava.
- slowback — a laggard, idler or lazy person
- smokable — suitable for being smoked.
- snowbank — a mound of snow, as a snowdrift or snow shoveled from a road or sidewalk.
- snowpack — the accumulation of winter snowfall, especially in mountain or upland regions.
- soak out — to draw out (dirt, etc.) by or as by soaking
- soakaway — a pit filled with rubble, etc, into which rain or waste water drains
- soapbark — a Chilean tree, Quillaja saponaria, of the rose family, having evergreen leaves and small, white flowers.
- soekarno — Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- softback — paperback book
- souvlaki — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- speak to — talk or converse with
- speakout — a firm or brave statement of one's beliefs