8-letter words containing k, i, e, s
- snickery — of, pertaining to, or resembling a snicker
- sobieski — John, John III (def 2).
- souplike — resembling or characteristic of soup
- sparlike — resembling a spar
- speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- specking — a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies: Specks of soot on the window sill.
- spike up — a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 inches (7.6 to 30.5 cm) long and proportionately thicker than a common nail, for fastening together heavy timbers or railroad track.
- spikelet — a small or secondary spike in grasses; one of the flower clusters, the unit of inflorescence, consisting of two or more flowers and subtended by one or more glumes variously disposed around a common axis.
- sprinkle — to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled powder on the baby.
- spruiker — to make or give a speech, especially extensively or elaborately; spiel; orate.
- starlike — of the shape of or like a star.
- steinbok — steenbok.
- steplike — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- stickler — a person who insists on something unyieldingly (usually followed by for): a stickler for ceremony.
- stickley — Gustav [guhs-tahv,, goo s-tahf] /ˈgʌs tɑv,, ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. furniture designer, architect, and leader of the Arts and Craft Movement in America.
- stinkier — foul smelling; stinking.
- stokesia — an American perennial plant, Stokesia laevis, known for its blue or purple flowers
- stricken — a past participle of strike.
- strickle — a straightedge used for sweeping off heaped-up grain to the level of the rim of a measure.
- suchlike — of any such kind; similar.
- suckiest — disagreeable; unpleasant.
- 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.
- the sick — sick or ill people collectively
- thickest — having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice.
- thickset — set thickly or in close arrangement; dense: a thickset hedge.
- tickseed — any of various plants having seeds resembling ticks, as a coreopsis or the bugseed.
- tokenism — the practice or policy of making no more than a token effort or gesture, as in offering opportunities to minorities equal to those of the majority.
- trackies — loose-fitting trousers with elasticated cuffs, designed to be worn as part of a tracksuit
- transkei — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- triskele — a symbolic figure consisting of three legs, arms, or branches radiating from a common center, as the device of Sicily and the Isle of Man.
- unkissed — not kissed
- unsicker — unsafe; untrustworthy.
- vaselike — like or resembling a vase
- viselike — any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- wackiest — Superlative form of wacky.
- wasplike — any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
- waterski — Each of a pair of skis enabling the wearer to skim the surface of the water when towed by a motorboat.
- weakfish — any food fish of the genus Cynoscion, as C. regalis, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
- weakside — the side of the court away from the ball
- weeklies — Plural form of weekly.
- whiskers — whiskers, a beard.
- whiskery — whiskers, a beard.
- whiskeys — Plural form of whiskey.
- wickless — a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned.
- wineskin — a bag, usually of goatskin, for carrying wine and having a spigot from which one drinks.
- wisplike — a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.
- wonkiest — Superlative form of wonky.
- worksite — a location used for work, especially construction or manual labor: industrial worksites; tobacco-free worksites.
- workwise — In terms of work.
- wrinkles — Plural form of wrinkle.