| skittish |
easily startled or excited. [3 definitions] |
| skive |
(chiefly British; informal) to be absent from school or work without having permission (often fol. by "off"); play hooky. [2 definitions] |
| skoal |
to your health! (used as a drinking toast). |
| Skopje |
the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia. |
| SKU |
an abbreviation for stock keeping unit. |
| skua |
a large brown and white gull-like predatory bird, found in cold seas. |
| skulduggery |
wicked cunning and deception. [2 definitions] |
| skulk |
to hide or wait in hiding; lurk. [3 definitions] |
| skull |
the bony framework of the head and face in vertebrates. [3 definitions] |
| skull and crossbones |
a representation of a human skull with two long bones crossed beneath it, formerly used on pirates' flags and now used as a warning sign, as on poisons. |
| skullcap |
a small, round, soft, brimless cap worn on the crown of the head; yarmulke. |
| skunk |
a small, meat-eating North American mammal with black fur, a bushy tail, and a broad white stripe down its back, noted for the foul smell of the fluid it ejects when alarmed. [3 definitions] |
| skunk cabbage |
a perennial eastern North American plant with large cabbagelike leaves, bearing a cluster of small flowers in a purple hooded covering, and having an unpleasant smell, or a related plant of western North America. |
| sky |
the upper atmosphere, esp. as it appears to arch over the earth. [4 definitions] |
| sky blue |
a color like that of a clear daytime sky; light to pale blue; azure. |
| skycap |
a baggage porter at an airline terminal. |
| skydive |
to jump or dive from an airplane and perform various acrobatic stunts before opening one's parachute, done as a sport or for exhibition. |
| skydiving |
the sport of jumping from an airplane and performing body maneuvers before opening the parachute. |
| sky-high |
extremely or extravagantly high. [2 definitions] |
| skyjack |
to take control of (an airplane), esp. in flight, by force or threats, usu. to coerce the pilot to fly to an unscheduled destination; hijack. |
| skylark |
either of two larks, found in Europe and Asia, that are known for singing in flight. [2 definitions] |