8-letter words containing i, n, k, l
- novalike — Resembling a nova or some aspect of one.
- oerlikon — a trade term that denotes a type of artillery and its accoutrements, in particular a type of cannon
- oil tank — any tank for containing or storing oil such as a very large oil storage container at a refinery; a large oil storage area on an oil tanker; or a smaller container for the storage of heating oil at a property
- oilskins — A waterproof garment, made from oilskin, used especially at sea.
- old nick — the devil; Satan.
- ovenlike — Resembling an oven, especially in shape.
- pickling — a cucumber that has been preserved in brine, vinegar, or the like.
- planking — a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
- plinking — to shoot, as with a rifle, at targets selected at whim: to plink at coins tossed in the air.
- plonking — foolish, clumsy, or inept
- 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)
- porkling — a young pig; piglet
- purelink — An incremental linker from Pure Software.
- rankling — (of unpleasant feelings, experiences, etc.) to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.
- rekindle — to excite, stir up, or rouse anew: efforts to rekindle their romance; comments that rekindled her anger.
- ringlike — shaped like a ring or circle
- rinkhals — ringhals.
- rockling — any of several small cods of the genera Enchalyopus and Gaidropsarus, found in the North Atlantic.
- runelike — resembling a rune or runes
- sakhalin — an island of the Russian Federation in the Sea of Okhotsk, N of Japan: formerly (1905-45) divided between the Soviet Union and Japan. 29,100 sq. mi. (75,369 sq. km).
- salonika — Also, Salonica [suh-lon-i-kuh, sal-uh-nee-kuh] /səˈlɒn ɪ kə, ˌsæl əˈni kə/ (Show IPA), Saloniki [Greek sah-law-nee-kee] /Greek ˌsɑ lɔˈni ki/ (Show IPA). Official name Thessalonike. Ancient Therma. a seaport in south-central Macedonia, in NE Greece, on the Gulf of Salonika.
- sculking — to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thief skulked in the shadows.
- sealskin — the skin of a seal.
- selznick — David O(liver) 1902–65, U.S. motion-picture producer.
- sinkable — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- sinkhole — a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
- sinkless — unsinkable, as a ship.
- skilling — skillion.
- skillion — a lean-to serving as a room or a shed.
- skinless — deprived of skin: a skinless carcass.
- skiplane — an airplane equipped with skis to enable it to land on and take off from snow.
- skirling — the sound of a bagpipe.
- skulking — to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thief skulked in the shadows.
- slacking — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- slinking — to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
- slipknot — a knot that slips easily along the cord or line around which it is made.
- snarkily — in an irritable or snarky manner
- sneakily — like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
- sprinkle — to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled powder on the baby.
- stalinsk — former name of Novokuznetsk.
- stalking — an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
- suckling — Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.
- swelinck — Jan Pieters [yahn pee-tuh rs] /yɑn ˈpi tərs/ (Show IPA), or Jan Pieterszoon [yahn pee-tuh r-sohn] /yɑn ˈpi tərˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA), 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer.
- tackling — equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing: fishing tackle.
- tickling — light touching
- tinkling — to give forth or make a succession of short, light, ringing sounds, as a small bell.
- unkindly — not kindly; unkind; ill-natured.
- unkingly — not appropriate to a king
- unlicked — not licked.
- unlikely — not likely to be or occur; improbable; marked by doubt.