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8-letter words containing a, k, i

  • keramics — ceramics.
  • keratoid — resembling horn; horny.
  • ketamine — a synthetic nonbarbiturate general anesthetic, C 13 H 16 ClNO, used to induce anesthesia, alone or in combination, in surgical or diagnostic procedures of short duration; extensively used in veterinary medicine.
  • keychain — A chain or ring to which a key may be attached.
  • khadijah — 554–619 ad, the first wife of the Prophet Mohammed, regarded as the first convert to Islam
  • khalasis — Plural form of khalasi.
  • khalifah — Dated form of caliph.
  • khamenei — Ayatollah Mohammed Ali, born 1939, chief Islamic leader of Iran since 1989.
  • khichadi — Alternative form of khichdi.
  • kia kaha — be strong!
  • kiabooca — padouk.
  • kiamichi — a river in SE Oklahoma, flowing SW and SE to the Red River. 165 miles (266 km) long.
  • kiamusze — Jiamusi.
  • kiaochow — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
  • kiasuism — self-serving, competitive, or greedy: parents who are kiasu about their children’s education.
  • kibitkas — Plural form of kibitka.
  • kick ass — strikingly or overwhelmingly tough, aggressive, powerful, or effective: He finally built himself a kick-ass computer.
  • kick-ass — strikingly or overwhelmingly tough, aggressive, powerful, or effective: He finally built himself a kick-ass computer.
  • kickable — Capable, or deserving of being kicked.
  • kickapoo — a river in SW Wisconsin, flowing SSW to the Wisconsin River. 130 miles (210 km) long.
  • kickback — a percentage of income given to a person in a position of power or influence as payment for having made the income possible: usually considered improper or unethical.
  • kickball — a children's game, similar to baseball, in which a large inflated ball, as a soccer ball, is kicked instead of being batted.
  • kickshaw — a tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre.
  • kicktail — The upwards-bent tip of the deck of a skateboard.
  • 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.
  • kielbasa — a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.
  • kielbasy — a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.
  • killable — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
  • killadar — a fort commander or governor
  • kilobase — (in expressing the lengths of nucleic acid molecules) 1,000 bases.
  • kilobaud — (unit)   1000 baud.
  • kilogram — a unit of mass equal to 1000 grams: the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in Sèvres, France. Abbreviation: kg.
  • kilogray — one thousand grays
  • kilowatt — a unit of power, equal to 1000 watts. Abbreviation: kW, kw.
  • kinabalu — a mountain in N Sabah, in Malaysia: highest peak on the island of Borneo. 13,455 feet (4101 meters).
  • kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
  • kinglake — Alexander William, 1809–91, English historian.
  • kingsman — (military) The lowest enlisted rank in the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment of the British Army, equivalent to private in the rest of the British Army.
  • kingwana — a language of the Democratic Republic of Congo in W Africa, closely related to Swahili and used as a lingua franca
  • kinkajou — a brownish, arboreal mammal, Potos flavus, of Central and South America, having a prehensile tail, related to the raccoon and coati.
  • kinsella — W(illiam) P(atrick) born 1935, U.S. novelist and short-story writer, born in Canada.
  • kinshasa — People's Republic of the, a republic in central Africa, W of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly an overseas territory in French Equatorial Africa; now an independent member of the French Community. 132,046 sq. mi. (341,999 sq. km). Capital: Brazzaville. Formerly French Congo, Middle Congo.
  • kir moab — ancient name of Kerak.
  • kiribati — a republic in the central Pacific Ocean, on the equator, comprising 33 islands. 263 sq. mi. (681 sq. km). Capital: Tarawa.
  • kirigami — the Japanese art or technique of cutting and folding paper into objects or designs.
  • kirkland — Jack, 1901–69, U.S. writer and playwright.
  • kirkwall — a town on Pomona island, NE of Scotland in the Orkney Islands: administrative center of the Orkney Islands.
  • kirkward — towards the church
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