9-letter words containing u, s, k
- outskirts — Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
- outspeaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspeak.
- outspoken — uttered or expressed with frankness or without reserve: outspoken criticism.
- outstrike — (transitive) To strike faster than.
- outstroke — a stroke in an outward direction.
- outstruck — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- pilsudski — Józef [yoo-zef] /ˈyu zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1867–1935, Polish marshal and statesman: president 1918–22; premier 1926–28, 1930.
- pipsqueak — a contemptibly small or unimportant person; a twerp.
- piłsudski — Józef (ˈjuzɛf). 1867–1935, Polish nationalist leader and statesman; president (1918–21) and premier (1926–28; 1930)
- plus tick — uptick (def 2).
- preshrunk — of or relating to a fabric or garment that has been subjected to a shrinking process in order to reduce contraction when the apparel is washed or laundered.
- prickspur — a spur having a single sharp goad or point.
- puckishly — in a puckish manner
- purselike — resembling a purse
- push back — force to retreat
- push bike — A push bike is a bicycle which you move by turning the pedals with your feet.
- push-bike — a standard bicycle, operated by pedals rather than a motor.
- quakeress — a woman or girl who is a Quaker.
- quakerism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Quakers.
- quickness — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- quicksand — a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface.
- quicksets — Plural form of quickset.
- quicksort — A sorting algorithm with O(n log n) average time complexity. One element, x of the list to be sorted is chosen and the other elements are split into those elements less than x and those greater than or equal to x. These two lists are then sorted recursively using the same algorithm until there is only one element in each list, at which point the sublists are recursively recombined in order yielding the sorted list. This can be written in Haskell:
- quickstep — (formerly) a lively step used in marching.
- quirkiest — Superlative form of quirky.
- refusenik — a Soviet citizen, usually Jewish, who was denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
- rock dust — a crushed limestone sprayed on surfaces in mines to make coal dust incombustible in case of a gas explosion.
- rubtsovsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia.
- rush-work — the handicraft of making objects woven of rushes.
- sack suit — a man's suit that has a loose-fitting jacket.
- sakuntala — a Sanskrit drama written in the 6th century or earlier by Kalidasa.
- sakyamuni — one of the names of Buddha.
- salt junk — salted beef or pork.
- saltchuck — the ocean.
- sapsucker — any of several American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus that drill holes in maple, apple, hemlock, etc., drinking the sap and eating the insects that gather there.
- scrub oak — any of several oaks, as Quercus ilicifolia and Q. prinoides, characterized by a scrubby manner of growth, usually found in dry, rocky soil.
- scut work — work that is regarded as tedious and routine or menial
- semitruck — tractor-trailer.
- serpukhov — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- shake out — If you shake out a cloth or a piece of clothing, you hold it by one of its edges and move it up and down one or more times, in order to open it out, make it flat, or remove dust.
- shubunkin — a multicoloured goldfish, Carassius auratus, with black spots and red patches
- shunpiker — a driver who takes a side road to avoid paying a turnpike toll
- sicknurse — someone who nurses a sick person
- sink unit — a fitted unit that consists of a sink, draining board and cupboards underneath
- sinuslike — like the sinus
- skean dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- skean-dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- skene dhu — skean dhu.
- ski bunny — a female who greatly enjoys skiing