10-letter words containing k, a, l, i, s
- katholikos — catholicos.
- ki-swahili — Swahili (def 2).
- killstreak — (video games) An unbroken streak (continuous series) of kills.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kilopascal — one thousand pascals
- klebsiella — any of several rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Klebsiella, certain species of which, as K. pneumoniae, are found in the respiratory, intestinal, and genitourinary tracts of humans and animals and are sometimes pathogenic.
- klinotaxis — a wavering side-to-side motion of the head occurring as an organism moves forward in response to a source of stimulation, caused by the alternating reaction of sensory receptors on either side of the body.
- kohlrabies — Plural form of kohlrabi.
- lackadaisy — alas
- lagerkvist — Pär [par] /pær/ (Show IPA), 1891–1974, Swedish novelist, poet, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1951.
- lamarckism — the Lamarckian theory that characteristics acquired by habit, use, or disuse may be passed on to future generations through inheritance.
- laser disk — Computers, Television. optical disk.
- like lambs — If you say that people do something like lambs or like lambs to the slaughter, you mean that they do what someone wants them to do without complaining or fighting.
- lisichansk — a city in E Ukraine, on the Donets River, NE of Donetsk.
- lookalikes — Plural form of lookalike.
- lossmaking — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- malinowski — Bronislaw Kasper [bron-uh-slahf kas-per;; Polish braw-nee-slahf kahs-puh r] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɑf ˈkæs pər;; Polish brɔˈni slɑf ˈkɑs pər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1942, Polish anthropologist in the U.S.
- milk glass — an opaque white glass.
- milk shake — a frothy drink made of cold milk, flavoring, and usually ice cream, shaken together or blended in a mixer.
- milk snake — a nonvenomous brown-and-grey North American colubrid snake Lampropeltis doliata, related to the king snakes
- milk sugar — lactose.
- milk-toast — easily dominated; extremely mild; ineffectual; namby-pamby; wishy-washy.
- milkshakes — Plural form of milkshake.
- mistakable — capable of being or liable to be mistaken or misunderstood.
- mistakably — In a mistakable manner.
- mistakenly — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- mosaiclike — (arts) Resembling a mosaic, particularly in composition.
- multipacks — Plural form of multipack.
- prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
- quackishly — In a quackish manner.
- quillbacks — Plural form of quillback.
- raskolniki — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- sail maker — someone whose occupation is to make and repair sails for boats
- sailmaking — the craft or profession of making of sails
- sailorlike — resembling a sailor
- saint luke — a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
- salt stick — a crusty bread roll sprinkled with salt crystals, made in the shape of a cylinder.
- saucerlike — resembling a saucer
- seamanlike — like or befitting a seaman; showing good seamanship.
- shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- sick leave — leave from duty, work, or the like, granted because of illness.
- sickle bar — cutter bar (def 1).
- sicklemias — the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia.
- silk gland — any of several glands, as in various insects and spiders, that secrete a viscid protein substance which hardens into silk on contact with air.
- silk paper — paper that contains silk fibers and is sometimes used for printing postage stamps and revenue stamps.
- silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
- sinkerball — sinker (def 5).
- skaithless — without injury or damage