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9-letter words containing u, s, k

  • skull cap — A skull cap is a small close-fitting cap.
  • skull-cap — a small, brimless close-fitting cap, often made of silk or velvet, worn on the crown of the head, as for religious functions.
  • skunkbird — a North American songbird with a black-and-white striped back, also known as a bobolink
  • skunkweed — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor, as the skunk cabbage.
  • skylounge — a vehicle designed to be lifted by helicopter between an intown passenger terminal and an airport.
  • slam dunk — basketball: score from above rim
  • slam-dunk — Basketball. to dunk (the ball) with great force.
  • 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.
  • smokebush — a plant, Cotinus coggygria, with purple leaves and small flowers that turn grey-white before they fall
  • soul cake — a round, sweet bun or small, oval cake, traditionally made to celebrate All Souls' Day.
  • soul kiss — French kiss
  • soul-kiss — to give (someone) a soul kiss.
  • sour dock — any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius (bitter dock) or R. acetosa (sour dock) having long taproots.
  • sour milk — milk that has spoiled
  • southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
  • souvlakia — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
  • sparkplug — to lead, inspire, or animate something or someone.
  • speak out — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
  • spelunked — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
  • spelunker — a person who explores caves, especially as a hobby.
  • spun silk — yarn produced by spinning silk waste and short, broken filaments from which the sericin has been removed. Compare reeled silk.
  • sputnik 1 — an unmanned Soviet satellite launched in 1957, the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth
  • squawking — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
  • squeak by — a short, sharp, shrill cry; a sharp, high-pitched sound.
  • squeakery — a squeaking quality, manner, or action
  • stake out — a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
  • stake-out — a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
  • starquake — a rapid change in the mass distribution or shape of a pulsar, resulting in a fluctuation of the pulsar's pulse rate or radiation intensity.
  • steampunk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
  • stenokous — able to live or survive only within a limited range of environments
  • stick out — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stink bug — any of numerous broad, flat bugs of the family Pentatomidae, that emit a disagreeable odor.
  • stink out — to emit a strong offensive smell.
  • strike up — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • strikeout — an out made by a batter to whom three strikes have been charged, or as recorded by the pitcher who accomplishes this.
  • stud book — A stud book is a written record of the breeding of a particular horse, especially a racehorse.
  • stumpwork — a type of embroidery popular in the 17th century, consisting of intricate, colorful designs padded with horsehair to make them stand out in relief.
  • sub-stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
  • submarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
  • suck face — to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
  • suka wena — an expression of dismissal or rejection; go away
  • sulkiness — marked by or given to sulking; sullen.
  • sun block — a substance that provides a high degree of protection against sunburn, often preventing most tanning as well as burning, as by obstructing the penetration of ultraviolet rays.
  • sun-baked — Sun-baked land or earth has been made hard and dry by the sun shining on it.
  • sungkiang — Older Spelling. Songjiang.
  • sunk cost — A sunk cost is an expense that you have already paid for or committed to and which you cannot change.
  • sunseeker — a person who travels to a warm and sunny climate, especially during cold months.
  • sunstroke — a sudden and sometimes fatal affection due to exposure to the sun's rays or to excessive heat, marked by prostration with or without fever, convulsion, and coma.
  • sunstruck — affected with sunstroke.
  • superbank — a bank that owns other banks; an overarching banking organization
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