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] |
skylight |
a window in a roof or ceiling, used to admit light. |
skyline |
the line formed by the apparent boundary between the earth and the sky; horizon. [2 definitions] |
sky marshal |
a federal law enforcement officer assigned to prevent the hijacking of commercial airliners. |
skyrocket |
a firework that shoots high in the air before exploding in a shower of brilliant, colored sparks. [2 definitions] |
skysail |
the uppermost sail on the mainmast of a square-rigged ship. |
skyscraper |
an extremely tall building. |
skyward |
to or toward the sky. [2 definitions] |
skyway |
a route for travel by air; air lane. [3 definitions] |
skywrite |
to perform skywriting. [2 definitions] |
skywriting |
the act, process, or method of tracing words or designs in the sky with a visible chemical vapor released from an airplane in flight. [2 definitions] |
slab |
a flat, usu. wide and thick piece of some solid, such as rock or food. [3 definitions] |