11-letter words containing s, y, k
- shcharansky — (Natan) Anatoly [nah-tahn an-uh-toh-lee;; Russian uh-nuh-taw-lyee] /nɑˈtɑn ˌæn əˈtoʊ li;; Russian ʌ nʌˈtɔ lyi/ (Show IPA), born 1948, Soviet mathematician and human-rights activist, in Israel since 1986.
- shriekingly — with shrieking
- skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- skulduddery — (of people) adultery
- skulduggery — dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery: bribery, graft, and other such skulduggery.
- sky cavalry — air cavalry.
- sky compass — a device for taking a bearing by means of polarized sunlight when the sun is invisible.
- sky marshal — an armed plainclothes federal marshal riding on an airliner to protect against skyjacking.
- skyrocketed — 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.
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- smokelessly — in a smokeless manner, without smoke
- smokerlyzer — a device for estimating the amount of carbon monoxide in the breath: used in testing whether or not people, esp schoolchildren, have been smoking
- smokey bear — an officer or officers of a state highway patrol.
- smoky river — a river in W central Alberta, Canada, flowing N to the Peace River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- smoky topaz — smoky quartz used as a gemstone: not a true topaz.
- snakeblenny — any of several pricklebacks of the genus Lumpenus.
- sneaky pete — a homemade or inferior liquor or wine.
- sock cymbal — high-hat
- sparklessly — in a sparkless manner
- sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
- spray skirt — a piece of waterproof material that fits around the paddler and opening of a kayak to keep water out of the craft.
- squeakingly — in a squeaking manner
- stary oskol — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Voronezh.
- stick style — a style in mid-Victorian American wooden architecture characterized by the use of vertical board siding with battens or grids of boards over horizontal siding to express the framing beneath.
- sticky tape — adhesive strip
- stony brook — a town in N Long Island, in SE New York.
- stony-broke — completely without money; penniless
- stroke play — medal play.
- struck jury — a jury obtained by special agreement between the opposing attorneys, each taking turns in eliminating a member of the impaneled group until 12 members remain.
- sunday week — a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
- system disk — the disk from which a computer boots up
- szymanowski — Karol [kah-rawl] /ˈkɑ rɔl/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1937, Polish composer.
- tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
- thelytokous — pertaining to or produced by thelytoky.
- tiddlywinks — a game played on a flat surface, in which players attempt to snap small plastic disks into a cup by pressing the edges of the disks with larger ones.
- tsiolkovsky — Konstantin Eduardovich [kon-stuh n-teen ed-wahr-duh-vich;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen e-doo-ahr-duh-vyich] /ˈkɒn stən tin ɛdˈwɑr də vɪtʃ;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin ɛ duˈɑr də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1935, Russian inventor and rocket expert.
- turkey nest — a small earth dam adjacent to, and higher than, a larger earth dam, to feed water by gravity to a cattle trough, etc
- unspeakably — not speakable; that may not be spoken.
- ust sysolsk — former name of Syktyvkar.
- voznesensky — Andrei (Andreievich) (anˈdrjej).1933–2010, Russian poet, noted for his experimental style
- weak safety — a member of a secondary, usually the deepest-playing defender, with no specific assignment at the snap of the ball, but often covering the area of the field across from the weak side of the opponent's offensive line against runs and long pass plays.
- whiskeyfied — (of a person, voice, etc) affected by excessive whisky drinking
- whiskeyjack — (US) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
- yakuza boss — a criminal who is a boss in the Yakuza
- yastrzemski — Carl Michael ("Yaz") born 1939, U.S. baseball player.
- yeşil irmak — a river in N Turkey, flowing northwest to the Black Sea. Length: 418 km (260 miles)
- yevtushenko — Yevgeny Alexandrovich [yiv-gye-nyee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /yɪvˈgyɛ nyi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1933, Russian poet.
- yiddishkeit — Jewish tradition, culture, character, or heritage.
- yoshkar-ola — a city in and the capital of the Mari Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Kazan.
- youskevitch — Igor [ee-gawr] /ˈi gɔr/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, U.S. ballet dancer, born in Russia.