5-letter words containing a, i, k
- kazin — Alfred, 1915–98, U.S. literary critic.
- keita — Modibo [maw-dee-baw] /mɔˈdi bɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–77, African statesman: president of Mali 1960–68.
- kesia — a female given name: from an African word meaning “favorite.”.
- khadi — a handloomed plain-weave cotton fabric produced in India.
- khaki — dull yellowish brown.
- khasi — an Austroasiatic language of Assam, in northeast India.
- khazi — (British, slang) A toilet.
- khiva — a former Asian khanate along the Amu Darya River, S of the Aral Sea: now divided between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
- kiaat — a tropical African leguminous tree, Pterocarpus angolensis
- kiack — Alternative form of kayak.
- kiang — a wild ass, Equus kiang, of Tibet and Mongolia.
- kiasi — (Singapore, colloquial, derogatory) A coward.
- kiasu — self-serving, competitive, or greedy: parents who are kiasu about their children’s education.
- kiawe — a thorny tree, Prosopis juliflora, of the legume family, native to South America and widely naturalized in Hawaii.
- kibla — the point toward which Muslims turn to pray, especially the Kaʿba, or House of God, at Mecca.
- kinas — Plural form of kina.
- kinda — kind of; rather: The movie was kinda boring.
- kioga — Lake, a lake in central Uganda. About 1000 sq. mi. (2600 sq. km).
- kiowa — a member of a Plains Indian people of the southwestern U.S.
- kippa — a skullcap worn by orthodox male Jews at all times and by others for prayer, esp a crocheted one worn by those with a specifically religious Zionist affiliation
- kisan — (in India) a peasant.
- kiska — an island in extreme SW Alaska, in Rat group, in the W Aleutian Islands: Attu lies to its W.
- kitaj — R. B. 1932–2007, US painter working in Britain, noted for such large figurative works as If Not, Not (1976)
- kivas — Plural form of kiva.
- kiyas — judgment of an act or belief by application of established principles governing some analogous act or belief.
- kohai — Junior member of a group in Japanese arts; mentee.
- konia — a city in S Turkey, S of Ankara.
- korai — Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- krait — any of several large, usually banded, placid but highly venomous snakes constituting the genus Bungarus, of the cobra family, common in southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago.
- kriya — (Yoga) a technique or practice within a yoga discipline, also the outward physical manifestations of awakened kundalini.
- kunai — A Japanese tool and weapon, possibly derived from the masonry trowel, used as a weapon by ninja (or samurai).
- laika — a small Russian, Siberian or Nordic hunting dog, or any dog belonging to one of the breeds developed from this
- lakin — Obsolete. ladykin.
- lasik — a surgical procedure to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism in which a laser is used to remove inner layers of corneal tissue.
- laski — Harold Joseph, 1893–1950, English political scientist and writer.
- maiko — an apprentice geisha
- makai — toward or by the sea; seaward: He agreed to purchase the land makai of Diamond Head Road.
- makin — (Wearside) present participle of mak.
- makis — Plural form of maki.
- malik — Adam, 1917–84, Indonesian politician and diplomat.
- nasik — a city in W Maharashtra, in W central India: pilgrimage city of the Hindus.
- nikah — a marriage contract
- nikau — Rhopalostylis sapida, a palm tree of New Zealand.
- okapi — an African mammal, Okapia johnstoni, closely related to and resembling the giraffe, but smaller and with a much shorter neck.
- okina — The Hawaiian apostrophe-like letter (\u02bb) used to indicate the glottal stop consonant.
- palki — a palanquin; sedan chair.
- pikau — a pack, knapsack, or rucksack
- rakia — a strong fruit-based sprit, distilled in the Balkans
- rieka — a seaport in W Croatia, on the Adriatic.
- sakai — a member of a tribal people of Malaya.