8-letter words containing a, i, k, e, n
- kidnaped — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnapee — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- kinglake — Alexander William, 1809–91, English historian.
- kinsella — W(illiam) P(atrick) born 1935, U.S. novelist and short-story writer, born in Canada.
- kistvaen — cist2 .
- kleinian — referring to the theories formulated by Austrian child psychiatrist Melanie Klein (1882–1960).
- kneading — Present participle of knead.
- knifejaw — Any of the family Oplegnathidae of perciform marine fish.
- knifeman — A knifeman is someone who has attacked or killed someone with a knife.
- knitwear — clothing made of knitted fabric.
- kweiyang — Guiyang.
- kyanized — Simple past tense and past participle of kyanize.
- laniakea — a huge supercluster of many thousands of galaxies: the Milky Way is included in one of its three component parts.
- lawnlike — Resembling or characteristic of a lawn.
- linkages — Plural form of linkage.
- mafeking — a town in N Republic of South Africa: former administrative seat of Bechuanaland; besieged for 217 days by Boers 1899–1900.
- mafikeng — a town in N South Africa: besieged by the Boers for 217 days (1899–1900) during the second Boer War: administrative headquarters of the British protectorate of Bechuanaland until 1965, although outside its borders. Pop: 23 650 (2001)
- maidanek — a Nazi concentration camp in eastern Poland, near Lublin.
- medibank — the national health-insurance program instituted in Australia.
- mistaken — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- neatniks — Plural form of neatnik.
- nickname — a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity: He has always loathed his nickname of “Whizzer.”.
- ninebark — any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Physocarpus, of the rose family, having bark that separates into thin layers.
- novalike — Resembling a nova or some aspect of one.
- panicked — a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- peacenik — an activist or demonstrator who opposes war and military intervention; pacifist.
- pink tea — a formal tea or reception.
- sea king — one of the piratical Scandinavian chiefs who ravaged the coasts of medieval Europe.
- sea pink — thrift (def 3).
- sealskin — the skin of a seal.
- shekinah — the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.
- sinkable — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- skincare — use of toiletries on the skin
- skinhead — a baldheaded man.
- skiplane — an airplane equipped with skis to enable it to land on and take off from snow.
- snakebit — bitten by a snake.
- snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
- sneakily — like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
- sneaking — acting in a furtive or underhand way.
- sneakish — (of a person or action) somewhat or rather sneaky
- speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- taker-in — licker-in.
- transkei — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- tweaking — to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist: to tweak someone's ear; to tweak someone's nose.
- wakening — awakening.
- weakling — a person who is physically or morally weak.
- winnetka — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- wreaking — to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.): They wreaked havoc on the enemy.