9-letter words containing s, o, k
- shot silk — silk woven to give a changing colour effect
- shotmaker — a sports player delivering good shots
- sick note — proof of illness
- silk road — ancient trade route extending from China to the Mediterranean
- silkoline — a silk-like fabric
- silky oak — any of several trees of the Australian genus Grevillea, esp G. robusta, having divided leaves, smooth glossy wood, and showy clusters of orange, red, or white flowers: cultivated in the tropics as shade trees: family Proteaceae
- skanky-ho — a promiscuous woman
- ski slope — snow-covered hill at ski resort
- skiascope — retinoscope.
- skiascopy — retinoscope.
- 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.
- skimboard — a type of short, rounded surfboard used for riding in shallow water.
- skimobile — snowmobile (def 1).
- skin food — a cosmetic cream for keeping the skin in good condition
- 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.
- skip zone — a region surrounding a broadcasting station that cannot receive transmissions either directly or by reflection off the ionosphere
- skip-bomb — to attack (a target) by skip bombing.
- sky cover — the amount of the sky that is covered by clouds, fog, haze, smoke, or the like, usually expressed in tenths of the total sky.
- sky pilot — a member of the clergy, especially a chaplain of the armed forces.
- sky-pilot — a member of the clergy, especially a chaplain of the armed forces.
- skylounge — a vehicle designed to be lifted by helicopter between an intown passenger terminal and an airport.
- skyrocket — a rocket firework that ascends into the air and explodes at a height, usually in a brilliant array of sparks of one or more colors.
- slack off — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- slickrock — rock or a rock formation that is smooth and slippery.
- slip hook — pelican hook.
- slop sink — a deep sink for emptying slop pails and the like.
- slovakian — 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.
- slovensko — Slovakia
- smackdown — a severe rebuke or criticism: his amazing smackdown of the protesters.
- smackeroo — a hard slap or swat: He gave the ball a smackeroo.
- smoke out — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- smoke pot — a can of chemicals that produces a great quantity of smoke when ignited.
- smoke-dry — to dry or cure (meat or other food) using smoke.
- smokebush — a plant, Cotinus coggygria, with purple leaves and small flowers that turn grey-white before they fall
- smokehood — a protective hood worn to keep out smoke in the event of a fire
- smokejack — an apparatus for turning a roasting spit, set in motion by the current of ascending gases in a chimney.
- smokeless — emitting, producing, or having little or no smoke.
- smokelike — resembling smoke
- smokiness — emitting smoke, especially in large amounts.
- snake oil — any of various liquid concoctions of questionable medical value sold as an all-purpose curative, especially by traveling hucksters.
- snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
- snakewood — the heavy, dark-red wood of a South American tree, Piratinera guianensis, used for decorative veneers, musical instrument bows, etc.
- snockered — drunk; intoxicated.
- snookered — a variety of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of colors other than red, in which a player must shoot one of the red balls, each with a point value of 1, into a pocket before shooting at one of the other balls, with point values of from 2 to 7.
- snow bank — a long raised mass of fallen snow
- snowblink — a white luminosity on the underside of clouds, caused by the reflection of light from a snow surface.
- snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
- snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.