8-letter words containing sk
- friskets — Plural form of frisket.
- friskful — frolicsome; lively
- friskily — In a frisky manner.
- frisking — Present participle of frisk.
- gas mask — a masklike device containing or attached to a component that filters the air inhaled by the wearer through charcoal and chemicals, for protecting the face and lungs against noxious gases and fumes, as in warfare or in certain industrial processes.
- gavaskar — Sunil Manohar (ˈsʊnɪl ˈmænəʊhɑː). born 1949, Indian cricketer: played in 125 test matches (1971–87), 47 as captain; first batsman to score more than 10,000 test runs
- goatskin — the skin or hide of a goat.
- godowsky — Leopold, 1870–1938, U.S. composer and pianist, born in Poland.
- haskalah — an 18th–19th-century movement among central and eastern European Jews, begun in Germany under the leadership of Moses Mendelssohn, designed to make Jews and Judaism more cosmopolitan in character by promoting knowledge of and contributions to the secular arts and sciences and encouraging adoption of the dress, customs, and language of the general population.
- headdesk — An expression of frustration or irritated disbelief, from the tendency of annoyed or irritated people to want to repeatedly bang their heads against their desk.
- helpdesk — Alternative spelling of help desk.
- hipflask — Alternative spelling of hip flask.
- hit-skip — hit-and-run (defs 1, 2).
- hot-desk — If employees hot-desk, they are not assigned particular desks and work at any desk that is available.
- hrvatska — Croatian name of Croatia.
- humoresk — humorous musical composition
- hydroski — a hydrofoil attached to a seaplane to aid in takeoffs and landings.
- imbosked — Simple past tense and past participle of imbosk.
- kazatsky — kazachok.
- kerenski — Aleksandr Feodorovich [uh-lyi-ksahn-dr fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1970, Russian revolutionary leader: premier 1917; in the U.S. after 1946.
- kerensky — ˌAlekˈsanˌdr Feodoˈrovich (ˌɑljɛkˈsɑnˌdəʀ fjɔdɔˈrɔvɪtʃ) ; äˌlyeksänˈdər fy^ōˌd^ōr^ōˈvich) 1881-1970; Russ. revolutionary leader: prime minister of Russia (July-Nov., 1917), overthrown by the Bolshevik Revolution: in the U.S. after 1940
- khaskovo — a city in S Bulgaria.
- khuskhus — vetiver (def 2).
- kiskadee — any of several American flycatchers of the genus Pitangus, especially P. sulphuratus (great kiskadee) ranging from the southwest U.S. to Argentina and noted for their loud calls and aggressive nature.
- kolinski — Alt form kolinsky.
- kolinsky — an Asian mink, Mustela sibirica, having buff or tawny fur.
- komensky — Jan Amos [Czech yahn ah-maws] /Czech yɑn ˈɑ mɔs/ (Show IPA), Comenius, John Amos.
- kosinski — Jerzy [jur-zee,, yezh-ee] /ˈdʒɜr zi,, ˈyɛʒ i/ (Show IPA), 1933–91, U.S. novelist, born in Poland.
- kromesky — a croquette consisting of a piece of bacon wrapped round minced meat or fish
- kuznetsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe.
- lambskin — the skin of a lamb, especially when dressed with its wool, and used for clothing.
- landskip — landscape.
- lentisks — Plural form of lentisk.
- loo mask — a half-mask worn during the 18th century for masquerades, etc
- low-risk — A low-risk customer, risk, occupation, or property is not very likely to be exposed to a danger.
- lutefisk — dried cod tenderized by soaking in lye, which is rinsed out before cooking.
- maskable — capable of being masked
- maskings — Plural form of masking.
- masklike — a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
- mini-ski — a ski that is shorter than standard size, esp used by learners
- misknown — Past participle of misknow.
- misknows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misknow.
- modjeska — Helena [huh-ley-nuh] /həˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), (Helena Opid Modrzejewska) 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.
- moleskin — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
- mollusks — any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
- monotask — to perform one task at a time
- murmansk — an ice-free seaport and railroad terminus in the NW Russian Federation, on the Murman Coast.
- musk bag — the musk-secreting gland of a male musk deer.
- musk hog — the collared peccary. See under peccary.
- muskegon — a port in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.