8-letter words containing e, k, i, t
- goatlike — any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- heatsink — Alternative spelling of heat sink.
- heiltsuk — a member of a coastal Native Canadian people living in British Columbia
- hellkite — a fiendishly cruel and wicked person.
- heraklit — (language) A distributed object-oriented language.
- heretick — Obsolete form of heretic.
- hicksite — a member of the liberal body of Quakers in the U.S., who asserted the sufficiency of the Inner Light in religious life.
- hike out — to lean backwards over the side of a light sailing boat in order to carry the centre of gravity as far to windward as possible to reduce heeling
- hocktide — a former festival celebrated on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter
- ilkeston — a town in N central England, in SE Derbyshire. Pop: 37 270 (2001)
- impocket — to put in a pocket
- inkstone — a slab of stone used in Chinese calligraphy and painting to grind dry ink and mix it with water.
- instroke — a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- jirkinet — a jacket or bodice worn by women
- jutelike — resembling jute
- kabinett — cabinet (def 10).
- kaieteur — a waterfall in central Guyana, on a tributary of the Essequibo River. 741 feet (226 meters) high.
- kalifate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- kalinite — a mineral, hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, chemically similar to alum.
- kamacite — a nickel-iron alloy found in meteorites.
- katowice — a city in S Poland.
- keep fit — do physical exercise
- keep nit — to keep watch, esp during illegal activity
- keep-fit — Keep-fit is the activity of keeping your body in good condition by doing special exercises.
- keewatin — a district in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 228,160 sq. mi. (590,935 sq. km).
- keiretsu — (especially in Japan) a loose coalition of business groups.
- keisters — Plural form of keister.
- 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.
- ketching — Present participle of ketch.
- ketimine — (organic chemistry) An imine derived from a ketone; general formula R2C=NR.
- ketoxime — (organic chemistry) Any oxime derived from an ketone; general formula R2C=NOH.
- kibibyte — (computing) Strictly, 210 (1,024) bytes, as opposed to a kilobyte.
- kibitzed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibitz.
- kibitzer — a spectator at a card game who looks at the players' cards over their shoulders, especially one who gives unsolicited advice.
- kibitzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kibitz.
- kilobyte — 1024 (2 10) bytes.
- kinetics — the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses.
- kinglets — Plural form of kinglet.
- kinkiest — full of kinks; closely twisted: a kinky wire.
- kirstein — Lincoln, 1907–96, U.S. dance authority and writer.
- kistvaen — cist2 .
- kitchens — Plural form of kitchen.
- kitelike — Resembling a kite (toy carried on the wind) or some aspect of one.
- kitemark — (British) A certification symbol placed on products by the British Standards Institute, based on the letters BS.
- kitesurf — To take part in kitesurfing.
- kithless — (obsolete) Not knowing anyone; having no acquaintances or family.
- kittened — Simple past tense and past participle of kitten.
- klephtic — (historical) Relating to the klephts.
- knighted — a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages.