8-letter words containing k, i, n, e
- cronkite — Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.
- cytokine — any of various proteins, secreted by cells, that carry signals to neighbouring cells. Cytokines include interferon
- dawnlike — the first appearance of daylight in the morning: Dawn broke over the valley.
- deckings — Plural form of decking.
- dedekind — (Julius Wilhelm) Richard (ˈjuːlɪʊs ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈrixɑːt). 1831–1916, German mathematician, who devised a way (the Dedekind cut) of according irrational and rational numbers the same status
- deerskin — the hide of a deer
- delinked — to make independent; dissociate; separate: The administration has delinked human rights from economic aid to underdeveloped nations.
- devilkin — a small devil; a devil inferior to 'the' devil
- diketone — a compound containing two C=O groups, as CH 3 COCOCH 3 .
- dinkiest — Superlative form of dinky.
- disliken — to render dissimilar to
- donicker — bathroom; toilet.
- downlike — having the quality or characteristics of feathers or down
- drinkers — Plural form of drinker.
- drinkery — barroom; tavern.
- drinketh — Archaic third-person singular form of drink.
- dukeling — an inferior or minor duke
- dunelike — Resembling a dune or some aspect of one.
- ektexine — the outer of the two layers that make up the exine
- eniwetok — an atoll in the W Pacific Ocean, in the NW Marshall Islands: taken by the US from Japan in 1944; became a naval base and later a testing ground for atomic weapons. Pop: 820 (1999 est)
- enkindle — Set on fire.
- eriksson — Sven-Goran (ˈsfɛnˈɡɜːrən). born 1948, Swedish football manager; honours as a club manager include the UEFA Cup (1982) with Gothenburg, three Portuguese league titles with Benfica (1983, 1984, 1990), and the Italian league with Lazio (2000); head coach of the England national team (2001–06)
- eximbank — a U.S. government agency that aids in the exporting of U.S. goods and services by making or guaranteeing loans to foreign buyers of U.S. exports
- eyeblink — An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.
- fanglike — Resembling a fang.
- fernlike — Resembling a fern.
- fin keel — a finlike projection extending downward from the keel of a sailboat, serving to prevent lateral motion and acting as additional ballast.
- finnesko — A boot of tanned reindeer skin with the hair on the outside.
- firepink — a herbaceous wildflower with scarlet flowers, Silene virginica, belonging to the pink family and native to the Eastern US
- fleaking — (UK, dialect, obsolete) A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatched houses.
- flecking — a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.
- flinkite — a greenish brown transparent mineral of the anhydrous phosphate group, with chemical formula Mn2+2Mn3+(AsO4)(OH)4
- flunkies — Plural form of flunkey (Alternative spelling of flunkeys).
- foreking — A preceding king.
- foreskin — the prepuce of the penis.
- freaking — a fleck or streak of color.
- frecking — Present participle of freck.
- gherkins — Plural form of gherkin.
- ginkgoes — Plural form of ginkgo.
- gleeking — to make a joke; jest.
- greeking — greek
- handlike — Resembling a hand.
- heatsink — Alternative spelling of heat sink.
- heckling — to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
- helsinki — Finnish Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Capital: Helsinki.
- hendrick — a male given name, form of Henry.
- hinckley — a town in central England, in Leicestershire. Pop: 43 246 (2001)
- hokiness — The state or condition of being hoky.
- hornlike — Projecting like a horn.
- hymnlike — Resembling a hymn in form or sound.