7-letter words containing i, o, s
- joshing — good-natured banter.
- joskins — Plural form of joskin.
- jubious — Eye dialect dubious.
- judogis — Plural form of judogi.
- judoist — A person who does judo.
- juniors — Plural form of junior.
- karoshi — (in Japan) death caused by overwork
- keloids — Plural form of keloid.
- kenosis — the doctrine that Christ relinquished His divine attributes so as to experience human suffering.
- ketosis — the accumulation of excessive ketones in the body, as in diabetic acidosis.
- khoisan — a family of languages found chiefly in southern Africa and including the languages of the San and the Khoikhoi.
- kiddoes — Informal. (used as a familiar form of address.)
- kimonos — Plural form of kimono.
- kinross — a historic county in E Scotland.
- kinston — a city in E North Carolina.
- kissoff — Alternative spelling of kiss-off.
- klismos — an ancient Greek chair, having a deep top rail curving forward from the back, and having legs curving upward and inward: imitated during various classical revivals, especially in the early 19th century.
- kokeshi — A Japanese wooden doll with a spherical head having simple painted-on features, and a limbless, cylindrical body, typically featuring a painted-on floral design.
- kolbasi — kielbasa
- kopeisk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia, near the Urals.
- kosygin — Aleksei Nikolayevich [uh-lek-sey nik-uh-lah-yuh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /əˈlɛk seɪ ˌnɪk əˈlɑ yə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1904–80, Russian politician: premier of the U.S.S.R. 1964–80.
- koumiss — A drink made from fermented mare's milk, used also as a medicine by Asian nomads.
- kushiro — a city in SE Hokkaido, Japan.
- latigos — Plural form of latigo.
- latinos — Plural form of latino.
- legions — Plural form of legion.
- leonids — the meteor showers visible annually about November 16: they appear to radiate from the constellation Leo
- lesions — Plural form of lesion.
- liaison — the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- liberos — Plural form of libero.
- libidos — Plural form of libido.
- lictors — Plural form of lictor.
- lienors — Plural form of lienor.
- lignose — an explosive compound composed of nitroglycerin and wood fibre
- limbous — with slightly overlapping edges
- limoges — a department in central France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Limoges.
- limosis — an excessive hunger or appetite caused by disease
- lingoes — Plural form of lingo.
- lintols — a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- lioness — a female lion.
- lionise — to treat (a person) as a celebrity: to lionize the visiting poet.
- lionism — a lion-like appearance of the skin on the face, caused by leprosy
- lipomas — Plural form of lipoma.
- liquors — Plural form of liquor.
- lissome — lithesome or lithe, especially of body; supple; flexible.
- lithops — living stones.
- litotes — understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”.
- lobbies — Plural form of lobby.
- locoism — a disease chiefly of sheep, horses, and cattle, caused by the eating of locoweed and characterized by weakness, impaired vision, irregular behavior, and paralysis.
- loessic — relating to or consisting of loess