9-letter words containing k, a, o, l, i
- silky oak — any of several trees of the Australian genus Grevillea, esp G. robusta, having divided leaves, smooth glossy wood, and showy clusters of orange, red, or white flowers: cultivated in the tropics as shade trees: family Proteaceae
- slovakian — a republic in central Europe: formerly a part of Czechoslovakia; under German protection 1939–45; independent since 1993. 18,931 sq. mi. (49,035 sq. km). Capital: Bratislava.
- snake oil — any of various liquid concoctions of questionable medical value sold as an all-purpose curative, especially by traveling hucksters.
- soakingly — so as to saturate or soak
- soil bank — a plan providing cash payments to farmers who cut production of certain surplus crops in favor of soil-enriching ones.
- souvlakia — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- tailstock — a movable or sliding support for the dead center of a lathe or grinder.
- talk into — persuade
- tangolike — resembling or characteristic of tango music or dance
- thylakoid — a flattened sac or vesicle lined with a pigmented membrane that is the site of photosynthesis, in plants and algae occurring in interconnected stacks constituting a granum of the chloroplast, and in other photosynthesizing organisms occurring either singly or as part of the cell membrane or other structure.
- walk into — If you walk into an unpleasant situation, you become involved in it without expecting to, especially because you have been careless.
- womanlike — like a woman; womanly.
- workalike — (computing) A computer capable of running software designed for another.