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10-letter words containing sk

  • ski resort — place with skiing facilities
  • ski troops — a body of soldiers trained to fight on skis.
  • skid a rig — If you skid a rig, you slide it from one well hole to another.
  • skid chain — a chain fitting over the tire of a car, truck, or other vehicle, to increase traction and prevent skidding on roads covered with ice or snow.
  • skill-less — without skill; unskilled or unskillful.
  • skillfully — having or exercising skill: a skillful juggler.
  • skimmerton — shivaree (def 1).
  • skimmingly — by way of skimming; superficially
  • skimpingly — in a manner marked by skimpiness
  • skin alive — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
  • skin color — tone of complexion
  • skin diver — person who explores underwater
  • skin flick — a motion picture that features nudity and usually scenes of explicit sexual activity.
  • skin graft — skin used for transplanting in skin grafting.
  • skin patch — an adhesive patch stuck to the skin to slowly and steadily release medicine into the bloodstream
  • skin-tight — fitting almost as tightly as skin: skintight trousers.
  • skinnerian — a psychologist who follows behaviorist theories developed by B. F. Skinner.
  • skinny-dip — to swim in the nude.
  • skippering — the master or captain of a vessel, especially of a small trading or fishing vessel.
  • skippingly — in the manner of a skip
  • skittering — to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
  • skulkingly — in the manner of a skulk
  • sky diving — the sport of jumping from an airplane and executing free-fall maneuvers before opening the parachute, often at the last possible moment
  • sky marker — a parachute flare dropped to mark a target area
  • skyjacking — an act or instance of hijacking an aircraft.
  • skylarking — a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
  • skylighted — having or illuminated by a skylight.
  • skyscraper — a relatively tall building of many stories, especially one for office or commercial use.
  • skysurfing — a sport that is similar to skydiving but uses a special lightweight board (skyboard) attached to the feet and usually equipped with a parachute.
  • skytrooper — a paratrooper.
  • skywriting — the act or technique of writing against the sky with chemically produced smoke released from a maneuvering airplane.
  • skywritten — created by the process of skywriting
  • slit skirt — a tight skirt with a narrow opening in it at either the back, side or front, in order to aid movement
  • stravinsky — Igor Fëdorovich [ee-gawr fyaw-duh-roh-vich;; Russian ee-guh r fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˈi gɔr ˌfyɔ dəˈroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈi gər ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1971, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
  • sverdlovsk — former name (1924–91) of Ekaterinburg.
  • szymborska — Wislawa [vis-lah-vah] /vɪsˈlɑ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2012, Polish poet: Nobel prize 1996.
  • task force — Navy, Military. a temporary grouping of units under one commander, formed for the purpose of carrying out a specific operation or mission.
  • taskmaster — a person whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
  • tea basket — a lunch basket or picnic hamper.
  • the buskin — tragic drama
  • thick skin — to have a...
  • transkeian — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
  • triskelion — a symbolic figure consisting of three legs, arms, or branches radiating from a common center, as the device of Sicily and the Isle of Man.
  • trotskyism — the form of Communism advocated by Leon Trotsky, based on an immediate, worldwide revolution by the proletariat.
  • trotskyist — A Trotskyist is someone who supports the revolutionary left-wing ideas of Leon Trotsky.
  • trotskyite — a supporter of Trotsky or Trotskyism.
  • tskhinvali — an autonomous region of the Georgian Republic, in the N part. 1428 sq. mi. (3900 sq. km). Capital: Tskhinvali.
  • turfskiing — the sport of skiing down grass slopes on skis outfitted with rollers.
  • tusk shell — tooth shell.
  • underskirt — a skirt, as a petticoat, worn under another skirt or a dress.
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