8-letter words containing i, l, k, a
- hairlike — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- halakhic — (often lowercase) the entire body of Jewish law and tradition comprising the laws of the Bible, the oral law as transcribed in the legal portion of the Talmud, and subsequent legal codes amending or modifying traditional precepts to conform to contemporary conditions.
- halolike — resembling a halo.
- handlike — Resembling a hand.
- hawkbill — hawksbill turtle.
- hawklike — any of numerous birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, having a short, hooked beak, broad wings, and curved talons, often seen circling or swooping at low altitudes.
- hawkling — A small, young, or immature hawk.
- headlike — Having the form of a head or a skull.
- heraklit — (language) A distributed object-oriented language.
- hickwall — any of certain European woodpeckers, especially the green woodpecker.
- hickymal — a titmouse
- hipflask — Alternative spelling of hip flask.
- hrdlicka — Aleš [ah-lesh] /ˈɑ lɛʃ/ (Show IPA), 1869–1943, U.S. anthropologist, born in Austria-Hungary.
- in baulk — inside one of these spaces
- ink ball — one of a pair of heavy pads of horsehair and cotton covered with sheepskin or buckskin and equipped with a handle, used before the invention of the ink roller for dabbing ink on type for printing.
- iraklion — a seaport in N Crete.
- jackling — the winning of the ball, by the defender's team, after a tackle and before a ruck has formed
- jazzlike — (music) Resembling jazz.
- kablooie — (colloquial) A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.
- kailyard — a kitchen garden.
- 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
- kaoliang — a variety of grain sorghum.
- karaklis — former name of Kirovakan.
- karelian — of or relating to Karelia, its people, or their language.
- karoline — a female given name.
- 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.
- khalasis — Plural form of khalasi.
- khalifah — Dated form of caliph.
- kickable — Capable, or deserving of being kicked.
- kickball — a children's game, similar to baseball, in which a large inflated ball, as a soccer ball, is kicked instead of being batted.
- kicktail — The upwards-bent tip of the deck of a skateboard.
- 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.