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Skookumchuck Narrows
Skookumchuck Narrows (stl'ikwu), a tidal narrows near Egmont, BC, joins Sechelt Inlet to Jervis Inlet; its Sechelt Rapids run up to 16–17 knots over a 5 m sill, moving 200 billion gallons per three-metre tide.
Skool Luv Affair
Skool Luv Affair is BTS's second mini album, released February 12, 2014 by Big Hit Entertainment; it closed the school trilogy with the single Boy In Luv, peaked at No. 3 on Billboard World Albums, and re-entered the Billboard 200 at No. 12 in 2020.
Skoonheid
Skoonheid (Beauty), 2011 drama by Oliver Hermanus, first Afrikaans film at Cannes (Un Certain Regard), Queer Palm winner, about a closeted Afrikaner man's obsession ending in violence.
Skopelos
Skopelos (Σκόπελος) is the second largest island of Greece's Northern Sporades, covered in pine forest and known as the main filming location of Mamma Mia! (2008).
Skopin-Shuisky's campaign and death
Skopin-Shuisky's campaign and death covers Prince Mikhail Vasilyevich Skopin-Shuisky's 1609–1610 expedition that broke the siege of Moscow and his death weeks later, widely attributed to poison.
Skopje (Скопје)
Skopje (Скопје), capital and largest city of North Macedonia on the Vardar river; rebuilt after the 1963 earthquake under Kenzo Tange's UN plan, reshaped by the Skopje 2014 project, and home to a third of the country's population.
Skopje Jazz Festival
The Skopje Jazz Festival is a non-profit jazz festival held every autumn in Skopje, North Macedonia. Founded in 1982, it has hosted Ray Charles, Ornette Coleman, and Herbie Hancock.
Skopje Zoo
Skopje Zoo (Зоолошка градина Скопје), founded 1926 under Dr. Stanko Karaman, is the public zoo of Skopje, North Macedonia, in City Park on about 12 hectares with over 500 animals; EAZA candidate member.
Skoptsy (скопцы)
Skoptsy (скопцы), or White Doves, were a Russian religious sect that emerged in the 1770s from the Khlysty and practiced ritual self-castration, surviving persecution until destroyed under Soviet rule.
Skorokhod integral
The Skorokhod integral, also called the Hitsuda–Skorokhod integral, is a stochastic integral extending the Itô integral to non-adapted integrands, introduced by A. V. Skorokhod in 1975.
Škorpion
The Škorpion, also known as the Vz 61 Skorpion, is a Czechoslovak machine pistol designed by Miroslav Rybář, produced at Česká zbrojovka in Uherský Brod from 1963.
Skorpios
Skorpios (Σκορπιός) is a private Ionian island east of Lefkada, Greece, bought by Aristotle Onassis in 1962, site of his 1968 wedding to Jackie Kennedy, sold in 2013 for €117 million to the Rybolovlev family and now being turned into a resort.
Skotoussa (Thessaly)
Skotoussa (Σκοτοῦσσα), ancient city of Pelasgiotis in Thessaly near Agia Triada; known from the 197–185 BC fortification inscription SEG 43.311 and excavations since 2014; distinct from the Macedonian Skotoussa on the Strymon.
Skouriotissa
Skouriotissa (Σκουριώτισσα) is a copper mine in the Solea Valley of Cyprus, worked since at least the ninth century BC and the island's only active copper mine today.
SKP1
SKP1 (S-phase kinase-associated protein 1, aliases OCP2, p19A, TCEB1L) is a human gene at 5q31.1 encoding a 163-amino-acid adaptor that links F-box proteins to CUL1 in SCF ubiquitin ligases.
SKP2
SKP2 (S-phase kinase-associated protein 2) is an F-box protein substrate receptor of the SCF^SKP2 E3 ubiquitin ligase that degrades p27 and p21; an oncogene overexpressed in many cancers and a developing drug target (C1, SZL-P1-41, pevonedistat, SKPer1).
Skradin
Skradin (ancient Scardona) is a small Croatian town on the Krka River in Dalmatia, 19 km north of Šibenik, a former Liburnian port, Roman municipium, bishopric, and Šubić seat, now the gateway to Krka National Park.
Skræling
Skræling (Old Norse skrælingi) is the derogatory Norse term for the indigenous peoples of Vínland and Greenland, first written in the Íslendingabók (c. 1122–33), possibly from skrá 'dry skin', later meaning weak or wretched person in Norwegian.
Skrewdriver
Skrewdriver was an English band formed in Blackpool in 1976 by Ian Stuart Donaldson; originally a punk act on Chiswick, it re-formed in 1982 as the leading white power, Rock Against Communism band tied to the National Front and Blood & Honour, ending with Donaldson's 1993 death.
Skrill
Skrill, formerly Moneybookers, is a digital wallet and e-money service founded in 2001, owned by Paysafe since 2015, and best known for online gambling and forex payments.
Skrilla
Skrilla is Philadelphia rapper Jemille Edwards (born 1999) of Kensington, a "Philly Drill" artist whose 2025 single "Doot Doot (6 7)" spawned the viral "6 7" meme; albums Underworld and Zombie Love Kensington Paradise.
Skrillex
Skrillex is the stage name of Sonny John Moore (born 1988, Los Angeles), American electronic producer and former From First to Last frontman; known for Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, OWSLA label, three 2012 Grammys, and albums Recess, Quest for Fire, and SOMA.
Skrillex b2b Four Tet
Skrillex b2b Four Tet, also known as Skrillex and Four Tet, is the back-to-back DJ pairing of American producer Skrillex and British producer Four Tet, formed in early 2023.
Skrillex discography
Skrillex discography: Sonny Moore's releases as Skrillex, from the 2010 free EP My Name Is Skrillex and Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites through Recess (2014), the Jack Ü album (2015), the 2023 double Quest for Fire/Don't Get Too Close, F*CK U SKRILLEX... (2025), and SOMA (2026).
Skript
Skript is a 1981/1982 word deduction board game by Henri Sala, published by Jumbo, for 2-4 players. Players pick dictionary words and deduce opponents' words via hint cards; it won the 1982 Spiel des Jahres Sonderpreis Schönes Spiel.
Skrull
The Skrulls are a fictional race of green-skinned, shapeshifting aliens in Marvel Comics, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, who debuted in Fantastic Four #2 in 1962.
SKS (Самозарядный карабин системы Симонова)
The SKS, or Simonov self-loading carbine, is a Soviet semi-automatic carbine adopted in 1949, chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge, soon replaced by the AK-47 and widely copied, notably as China's Type 56.
Skua
Skua (Stercorariidae): seven gull-like predatory seabirds in one genus, Stercorarius; northern species called jaegers. Known for kleptoparasitism, penguin-egg predation, recent Southern Hemisphere colonization, and HPAI-driven Great Skua declines.
Skuf
Skuf (скуф) is Russian internet slang, since about 2018, for an unkempt, passive middle-aged man; it derives from Dvach moderator Aleksei Skuf'in, spawned derivatives like skufidon and oskufit'sya, and placed second in the 2024 word-of-year results.
Skuld (crater on Callisto)
Skuld is a 91.8 km impact crater on Callisto at 10.0°N, 37.9°W, named in 1979 after the Norse maiden near Yggdrasill who governed human fate; 13th largest Callisto crater.