8-letter words containing k, i, n, e
- linkages — Plural form of linkage.
- lionlike — a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- mafeking — a town in N Republic of South Africa: former administrative seat of Bechuanaland; besieged for 217 days by Boers 1899–1900.
- mafikeng — a town in N South Africa: besieged by the Boers for 217 days (1899–1900) during the second Boer War: administrative headquarters of the British protectorate of Bechuanaland until 1965, although outside its borders. Pop: 23 650 (2001)
- maidanek — a Nazi concentration camp in eastern Poland, near Lublin.
- mckenzie — Robert Tait [teyt] /teɪt/ (Show IPA), 1867–1938, Canadian physician, educator, and sculptor.
- mckinley — William, 1843–1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897–1901.
- mckinney — a city in NE Texas.
- medibank — the national health-insurance program instituted in Australia.
- methinks — It seems to me.
- minibike — a small, lightweight motorcycle with a low frame and designed generally for off-highway use.
- mininuke — a low-powered nuclear device.
- mistaken — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- moleskin — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
- monicker — a person's name, especially a nickname or alias.
- monikers — Plural form of moniker.
- monokine — any substance secreted by a monocyte or macrophage and affecting the function of other cells.
- moonlike — Resembling the Moon, or a moon.
- mousekin — a little mouse
- mulliken — Robert Sanderson [san-der-suh n] /ˈsæn dər sən/ (Show IPA), 1896–1986, U.S. chemist and physicist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1966.
- neatniks — Plural form of neatnik.
- necklike — Resembling a neck or some aspect of one.
- neckline — the opening at the neck of a garment, especially of a woman's garment, with reference to its shape or its position on the body: a V-neckline; a high neckline.
- neckties — Plural form of necktie.
- nektonic — the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water, able to move independently of water currents.
- net silk — raw silk that has been reeled and twisted into yarn.
- nickeled — Simple past tense and past participle of nickel.
- nickelic — of or containing nickel, especially in the trivalent state.
- nickered — neigh.
- nickname — a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity: He has always loathed his nickname of “Whizzer.”.
- ninebark — any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Physocarpus, of the rose family, having bark that separates into thin layers.
- noisenik — a rock musician who performs loud harsh music
- nonskier — a person who does not ski
- nooklike — resembling a nook
- novalike — Resembling a nova or some aspect of one.
- oerlikon — a trade term that denotes a type of artillery and its accoutrements, in particular a type of cannon
- osipenko — former name of Berdyansk.
- ovenlike — Resembling an oven, especially in shape.
- overkind — too kind
- overking — a supreme king
- panicked — a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- peacenik — an activist or demonstrator who opposes war and military intervention; pacifist.
- peckings — to strike or indent with the beak, as a bird does, or with some pointed instrument, especially with quick, repeated movements.
- pekinese — A pekinese is a type of small dog with long hair, short legs, and a short, flat nose.
- penknife — a small pocketknife, formerly one used for making and sharpening quill pens.
- pincheck — a very small check woven into fabric, much used in the manufacture of men's and women's suits.
- pinckney — Charles, 1757–1824, American Revolutionary leader and politician: senator 1798–1801.
- pink tea — a formal tea or reception.
- pink-eye — a contagious, epidemic form of acute conjunctivitis occurring in humans and certain animals: so called from the color of the inflamed eye.
- pinkened — to grow or turn pink.