9-letter words containing k, i, c
- jack shit — anything at all; the least thing (usually used in the negative): He doesn't know jack shit.
- jacketing — Present participle of jacket.
- jackfruit — a large, tropical, milky-juiced tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the mulberry family, having stiff and glossy green leaves, cultivated for its very large, edible fruit and seeds.
- jackknife — a large pocketknife.
- jacklight — a portable cresset, oil-burning lantern, or electric light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night.
- jacksmith — a smith who makes devices that enable the turning of meat while being roasted
- jacksnipe — Also called half snipe. a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.
- jim clark — Dr. James H. Clark
- jock itch — a fungal infection of the skin in the groin area, occurring most commonly in males, especially in warm climates, characterized by itchy and often scaly lesions; tinea cruris.
- jockeying — a person who rides horses professionally in races.
- jockeyish — resembling a jockey
- jockeyism — the skills and practices of jockeys
- joy-stick — Informal. the control stick of an airplane, tank, or other vehicle.
- joysticks — Plural form of joystick.
- kachcheri — The government department that administrates a district in Sri Lanka.
- kaczynski — Lech. 1949–2010, Polish politician, president of Poland (2005–10)
- kadaitcha — Alternative form of kurdaitcha.
- kanamycin — An aminoglycoside antibiotic marketed under the trade name Kantrex.
- katabatic — (of a wind or air current) moving downward or down a slope. Compare anabatic (def 1).
- katabolic — Alternative form of catabolic.
- kawaguchi — a city on SE Honshu, in central Japan, N of Tokyo.
- kennewick — a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- kerchiefs — Plural form of kerchief.
- ketchikan — a seaport in SE Alaska: transportation and communications center.
- ketogenic — the production of ketone bodies in the body, as in diabetes mellitus or low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets.
- ketolytic — the breaking down of ketones.
- keyclicks — Plural form of keyclick.
- kick back — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kick down — vehicle: lower gear
- kick over — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kick turn — a turn from a stationary position in which a skier lifts one ski to a point where the heel is nearly at right angles to the snow, then faces the ski outward, sets it down in the direction to be turned, and swings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- kickabout — An informal amateur game of football/soccer.
- kickbacks — Plural form of kickback.
- kickboard — a buoyant, usually small board that is used to support the arms of a swimmer, used chiefly in practicing kicking movements.
- kickboxer — someone who practises kickboxing
- kickshaws — Plural form of kickshaw.
- kickstand — a device for supporting a bicycle or motorcycle when not in use, pivoted to the rear axle in such a way that it can be kicked down below the rear wheel.
- kickstart — a starter, as of a motorcycle, that operates by a downward kick on a pedal.
- kickwheel — a potter's wheel rotated by kicking.
- kilocurie — a unit of radioactivity, equal to 1000 curies. Abbreviation: kCi, kc.
- kilocycle — a unit equal to 1000 cycles: used especially in radio as 1000 cycles per second for expressing the frequency of electromagnetic waves; kilohertz. The term kilohertz is now preferred in technical use. Abbreviation: kc.
- kinematic — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kinescope — a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.
- king clam — geoduck.
- king crab — horseshoe crab.
- kingcraft — the art of ruling as king; royal statesmanship.
- kirchhoff — Gustav Robert [goo s-tahf roh-bert] /ˈgʊs tɑf ˈroʊ bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1824–87, German physicist.
- kirkcaldy — a city in SE Fife, in E Scotland, on the Firth of Forth.
- kiss curl — lock of hair curled on forehead