| skydiving | (noun) performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute | - |
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| skyhook | (noun) a hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky | - |
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| (noun) helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects | - |
| skylark | (noun) brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height | Synonyms: Alauda arvensis |
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| skylight | (noun) a window in a roof to admit daylight | Synonyms: fanlight |
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| skyline | (noun) the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet | Synonyms: apparent horizon, horizon, sensible horizon, visible horizon |
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| (noun) the outline of objects seen against the sky | - |
| skyrocket | (noun) sends a firework display high into the sky | Synonyms: rocket |
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| (noun) propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon | Synonyms: rocket |
| skysail | (noun) the sail above the royal on a square-rigger | - |
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| skyscraper | (noun) a very tall building with many stories | - |
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| skywalk | (noun) an elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed) | - |
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| skyway | (noun) a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another | Synonyms: air lane, airway, flight path |
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| skywriting | (noun) writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane | - |
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| speedskater | (noun) an ice-skater who races competitively; usually around an oval course | Synonyms: speed skater |
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| tamarisk | (noun) any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil | - |
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| task | (noun) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | Synonyms: chore, job |
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| (noun) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted | Synonyms: labor, labour, project, undertaking |
| taskmaster | (noun) someone who imposes hard or continuous work | - |
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| taskmistress | (noun) a woman taskmaster | - |
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| tetraskele | (noun) a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center | Synonyms: tetraskelion |
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| tetraskelion | (noun) a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center | Synonyms: tetraskele |
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| torsk | (noun) large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod | Synonyms: Brosme brosme, cusk |
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| triskaidekaphobia | (noun) a morbid fear of the number 13 | - |
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| triskele | (noun) a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center | Synonyms: triskelion |
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| triskelion | (noun) a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center | Synonyms: triskele |
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| tsatske | (noun) (Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket | Synonyms: chachka, tchotchke, tshatshke |
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| (noun) (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman | Synonyms: chachka, tchotchke, tchotchkeleh, tshatshke |
| tusk | (noun) a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog | - |
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| (noun) a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses | Synonyms: ivory |
| tusker | (noun) any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar) | - |
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| underskirt | (noun) undergarment worn under a skirt | Synonyms: half-slip, petticoat |
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| unmasking | (noun) the exposure of an impostor or a fraud | Synonyms: expose |
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| unskillfulness | (noun) a lack of cognitive skill | - |
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| videodisk | (noun) a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set | Synonyms: DVD, videodisc |
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| wastebasket | (noun) a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish | Synonyms: circular file, waste-paper basket, waste basket, wastepaper basket |
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| waterskin | (noun) a container of skin for holding water | Synonyms: water skin |
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| whisk | (noun) a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes | Synonyms: whisk broom |
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| (noun) a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream | - |
| whisker | (noun) a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat | Synonyms: sensory hair, vibrissa |
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| (noun) a very small distance or space | Synonyms: hair's-breadth, hair, hairsbreadth |
| whiskers | (noun) the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face | Synonyms: beard, face fungus |
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| whiskey | (noun) a liquor made from fermented mash of grain | Synonyms: whisky |
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| whisky | (noun) a liquor made from fermented mash of grain | Synonyms: whiskey |
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| wineskin | (noun) an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine | - |
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| workbasket | (noun) container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing) | Synonyms: workbag, workbox |
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