8-letter words containing a, s, k, i
- kiskadee — any of several American flycatchers of the genus Pitangus, especially P. sulphuratus (great kiskadee) ranging from the southwest U.S. to Argentina and noted for their loud calls and aggressive nature.
- kiss ass — to touch or press with the lips slightly pursed, and then often to part them and to emit a smacking sound, in an expression of affection, love, greeting, reverence, etc.: He kissed his son on the cheek.
- kiss-ass — to touch or press with the lips slightly pursed, and then often to part them and to emit a smacking sound, in an expression of affection, love, greeting, reverence, etc.: He kissed his son on the cheek.
- kissable — inviting kissing through being lovable or physically attractive.
- kissably — in a kissable way
- kistvaen — cist2 .
- kitasato — Shibasaburo [shee-bah-sah-boo-raw] /ʃiˈbɑ sɑˈbu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1852–1931, Japanese bacteriologist.
- kitharas — a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of an elaborate wooden soundbox having two arms connected by a yoke to which the upper ends of the strings are attached.
- knackish — cunning or artful
- kopiykas — Plural form of kopiyka.
- kristeva — Julia, born 1941, French literary theorist, critic, and psychoanalyst, born in Bulgaria.
- kristina — a female given name, form of Christina.
- kustanai — a city in N Kazakhstan, on the Tobol river.
- lakeside — located on the side of a lake: a lakeside resort.
- lambkins — Plural form of lambkin.
- lambskin — the skin of a lamb, especially when dressed with its wool, and used for clothing.
- landskip — landscape.
- leakiest — Superlative form of leaky.
- linkages — Plural form of linkage.
- linksman — a person who plays golf; golfer.
- linkspan — a hinged bridge on a quay, used to move vehicles on or off a vessel
- lisptalk — "Concurrent Programming Language Lisptalk", C. Li, SIGPLAN Notices 23(4):71-80 (Apr 1988).
- maitakes — Plural form of maitake.
- manakins — Plural form of manakin.
- manikins — Plural form of manikin.
- markings — Plural form of marking.
- maskings — Plural form of masking.
- masklike — a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
- mikasuki — a member of an American Indian people, formerly part of the Creek Confederacy and surviving chiefly as one of the two branches of the Muskogean family represented among the Florida Seminoles.
- misspeak — Express oneself insufficiently clearly or accurately.
- mistaken — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- mistaker — One who mistakes.
- mistakes — Plural form of mistake.
- mistrack — To track incorrectly.
- nagasaki — a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan: second military use of the atomic bomb August 9, 1945.
- nagurski — Bronislaw [bron-uh-slof] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɒf/ (Show IPA), ("Bronko") 1908–1990, U.S. football player, born in Canada.
- nainsook — a fine, soft-finished cotton fabric, usually white, used for lingerie and infants' wear.
- nastalik — a Persian cursive script
- neatniks — Plural form of neatnik.
- nicklaus — Jack (William) born 1940, U.S. golfer.
- oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
- oriskany — a village in central New York, near Utica: battle 1777.
- pakistan — Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947–71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 310,403 sq. mi. (803,881 sq. km). Capital: Islamabad.
- panstick — a cosmetic in stick form
- pashalik — the territory governed by a pasha.
- polanski — Roman. born 1933, Polish film director with a taste for the macabre, as in Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968): later films include Tess (1980), Death and the Maiden (1995), and The Pianist (2002)
- prankish — of the nature of a prank: a prankish plan.
- quackish — a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
- ram disk — (operating system, storage) A memory-resident program which mimics a hard disk drive. It uses part of computer's RAM to store data which can be accessed as files. Unlike a real disk drive, this drive forgets all stored data when the computer is turned off.
- rankings — the official list of the best players in a particular sport