13-letter words containing s, u, l, k
- niklaus wirth — (person) The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
- norwalk virus — a norovirus.
- opossum block — (in New Zealand) a block of bush allocated to a licensed opossum trapper
- outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
- planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
- platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
- plunket nurse — a child-care nurse appointed by the Plunket Society
- quaker-ladies — bluet (def 1).
- quick-release — (of part of a device, etc) capable of being detached quickly and easily
- rock squirrel — a large, gray ground squirrel, Spermophilus variegatus, inhabiting rocky areas of the southwestern U.S.
- san luis peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,014 feet (4271 meters).
- sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
- shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
- shulhan arukh — an authoritative code of Jewish law and custom compiled by the Talmudic scholar Joseph Caro (1488–1575), the original edition published in Vienna in 1565 emphasizing the practices of Sephardic Jews.
- silk industry — the industry that is involved with the breeding of silkworms and the manufacture of the silk they produce into thread and fabric
- skeletogenous — forming a skeleton, or parts of one
- skill-fulness — having or exercising skill: a skillful juggler.
- skull session — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
- sky-blue pink — a jocular name for a nonexistent, unknown, or unimportant colour
- sparking plug — spark plug (def 1).
- speak volumes — a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
- squeaky clean — If you say that someone is squeaky clean, you mean that they live a very moral life and have never done anything wrong.
- squeaky-clean — scrupulously clean.
- sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
- suffolk punch — a breed of draught horse with a chestnut coat and short legs
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
- truck bolster — the upper transverse member of a car truck that holds the truck center plate and receives the car's weight.
- tubular skate — a type of ice skate consisting of a steel blade set into an aluminum tube and connected to the shoe by tubular supports, used for both hockey and racing skates.
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- unimak island — an island in SW Alaska, in the E part of the Aleutian Islands: largest and easternmost of the Aleutian Islands. About 70 miles (110 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) wide.
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- unshrinkingly — in an unshrinking manner
- unsoldierlike — not befitting a soldier
- volksdeutsche — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- works council — an elected body of employee representatives that deals with management regarding grievances, working conditions, wages, etc.