8-letter words containing sk
- skewbald — (especially of horses) having patches of brown and white.
- skewered — a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
- skewness — asymmetry in a frequency distribution.
- ski boot — a heavy, thick-soled, ankle-high shoe for skiing, often having padding and extra supporting straps and laces around the ankle, with grooves at the back of the heel for binding to a ski.
- ski jump — a snow-covered chute or slide at the side of a hill or built up on top of the hill, the base of the chute having a horizontal ramp that enables a skier to speed down the chute, take off at the end of the ramp, and land further down the hill.
- ski lift — a conveyance that carries skiers up the side of a slope, consisting typically of a series of chairs suspended from an endless cable driven by motors.
- ski mask — a one-piece pullover covering for the head and face, generally of knitted material with holes for the eyes, the mouth, and sometimes the nose, originally worn by skiers and used to protect the face against cold and wind.
- ski pass — a ticket or pass authorizing the holder to ski in a certain place, resort, etc
- ski pole — a slender pole or stick, usually with a metal point at one end, a loop for the hand at the other, and a disk near the lower end to prevent its sinking into snow, used in skiing to gain momentum, maintain balance, execute certain jumps, etc.
- ski rack — a rack for holding skis, as one that can be attached to the roof of a car or set up outside a ski lodge.
- ski suit — a warm, lightweight outer garment for skiing and other outdoor winter activities, usually consisting of a short, zippered jacket and close-fitting trousers.
- ski-rack — a piece of equipment for the roof a car, which holds skis
- ski-suit — a warm padded suit covering the whole body, used when skiing
- ski-wear — clothes that are intended for skiing
- skiagram — a picture made by outlining and shading a subject's shadow.
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- skid fin — an upright projection or fin, positioned from leading edge to trailing edge in the center of the upper wing of some early airplanes and used to retard skidding.
- skid row — an area of cheap barrooms and run-down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants.
- skidding — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- skil saw — a portable electric saw
- skilfish — a sablefish, Erilepsis zonifer, of the North Pacific.
- skilless — without skill; unskilled or unskillful.
- skillful — having or exercising skill: a skillful juggler.
- skilling — skillion.
- skillion — a lean-to serving as a room or a shed.
- skim off — to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
- skimming — an act or instance of skimming.
- skimpily — lacking in size, fullness, etc.; scanty: a skimpy hem; a skimpy dinner.
- skin pop — to inject (a drug) under the skin rather than into a vein.
- skin-pop — to inject (a drug) under the skin rather than into a vein.
- skincare — use of toiletries on the skin
- skinfood — cosmetic cream for the skin
- skinhead — a baldheaded man.
- skinking — (of liquor, soup, etc.) watery; diluted or thin.
- skinless — deprived of skin: a skinless carcass.
- skinnery — a place where skins are prepared, as for the market.
- skinnier — very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
- skinning — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- skinsuit — a skintight one-piece garment worn by cyclists and athletes to reduce friction
- skioring — the traditional sport of being dragged on skis behind an animal
- skip car — an open car for charging a blast furnace.
- skip it! — it doesn't matter!
- skip off — to leave work, school, etc, early or without authorization
- skip out — leave, flee
- skipdent — an open-weave effect in fabric, produced by purposely omitting specific warp ends in the drawing-in process.
- skipjack — any of various fishes that leap above the surface of the water, as a tuna, Euthynnus pelamis, or the bonito.
- skiplane — an airplane equipped with skis to enable it to land on and take off from snow.
- skipping — to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
- skirling — the sound of a bagpipe.
- skirmish — Military. a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.