8-letter words containing a, k, i
- kaieteur — a waterfall in central Guyana, on a tributary of the Essequibo River. 741 feet (226 meters) high.
- kailyard — a kitchen garden.
- kaimakam — a deputy governor or lieutenant
- kaingang — Caingang.
- kairouan — a city in NE Tunisia: a holy city of Islam.
- kaiserin — the wife of a Kaiser
- kaitiaki — (NZ) The M\u0101ori concept of guardianship of the natural environment.
- kakariki — any of various green-feathered New Zealand parrots of the genus Cyanoramphus
- kakiemon — a Japanese porcelain design credited to Kakiemon Sakaida, first produced in the 17th century and widely collected and imitated in the West
- kakinada — a port city in Andhra Pradesh state, SE India.
- kalahari — a desert region in SW Africa, largely in Botswana. 100,000 sq. mi. (259,000 sq. km).
- kalewife — a female vegetable or cabbage seller
- kalidasa — flourished 5th century a.d, Hindu dramatist and poet.
- kalifate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- kalimbas — Plural form of kalimba.
- kalinite — a mineral, hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, chemically similar to alum.
- kalispel — a Salishan language used by the Flathead Indians of Montana and by some neighboring tribes in Idaho and the western part of Washington.
- kaliyuga — the fourth and present age of the world, full of conflict and sin.
- kallidin — a peptide in blood plasma that dilates blood vessels and causes contraction of smooth muscles
- kallikak — the fictitious name of an actual family that was the focus of a sociological study: one branch of feeble-minded descendants were mostly social degenerates, while another branch with descendants of normal intelligence were mostly successful.
- kalliope — calliope (def 2).
- kallisto — Callisto (def 1).
- kalmykia — an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the NW shore of the Caspian Sea. 75,900 sq. mi. (196,581 sq. km). Capital: Elista.
- kalumpit — a fruit tree of the genus Terminalia, with small yellow flowers, native to the Philippines
- kamaaina — a longtime resident of Hawaii.
- kamacite — a nickel-iron alloy found in meteorites.
- kamikaze — (during World War II) a member of a special corps in the Japanese air force charged with the suicidal mission of crashing an aircraft laden with explosives into an enemy target, especially a warship.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- kantikoy — a ceremonial dance of some Native American tribes, often involving sacrifices
- kaoliang — a variety of grain sorghum.
- karachai — a member of a people living mainly in the Karachai-Cherkess Republic, closely related to the Balkar.
- karadzic — Radovan [rah-duh-vahn] /ˈrɑ dəˌvɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1945, Bosnian Serb political leader, indicted as a war criminal 1995.
- karaklis — former name of Kirovakan.
- karelian — of or relating to Karelia, its people, or their language.
- karoline — a female given name.
- karstify — to become or cause to become karstic
- karyotin — chromatin
- kashmiri — a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
- katahdin — Mount, the highest peak in Maine, in the central part. 5273 feet (1607 meters).
- kathisma — one of the 20 divisions of the Psalter in the Greek rite.
- katowice — a city in S Poland.
- katydids — Plural form of katydid.
- kawasaki — a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, SW of Tokyo.
- kayaking — an Eskimo canoe with a skin cover on a light framework, made watertight by flexible closure around the waist of the occupant and propelled with a double-bladed paddle.
- kazooing — Present participle of kazoo.
- keewatin — a district in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 228,160 sq. mi. (590,935 sq. km).
- keflavik — a town in SW Iceland, on the S shore of Faxa Bay: site of international airport.
- kehillah — the organization of the Jewish population of a community that deals with charities and other communal affairs.
- keloidal — Of or pertaining to keloids.
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.