12-letter words containing k, i, n, s
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- kitchen-sink — marked by an indiscriminate and omnivorous use of elements: a kitchen-sink approach to moviemaking.
- kitchenettes — Plural form of kitchenette.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- klipspringer — a small, agile African antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus, of mountainous regions from the Cape of Good Hope to Ethiopia.
- kneeling bus — a bus that can lower its body or entrance door to facilitate boarding by the elderly or people with disabilities.
- knick-knacks — Knick-knacks are small objects which people keep as ornaments or toys, rather than for a particular use.
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- knightliness — Knightly behaviour; chivalry.
- korsakoffian — relating to or suffering from Korsakoff's psychosis
- kristiansand — a seaport in S Norway.
- kristianstad — a town in S Sweden: founded in 1614 as a Danish fortress, it was finally acquired by Sweden in 1678. Pop: 75 590 (2004 est)
- ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
- lake station — a town in NW Indiana.
- lansker line — (in Pembrokeshire) the linguistic and ethnic division between the Welsh-speaking north and the English-speaking south
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lepenski vir — the site of an advanced Mesolithic fishing culture on the banks of the Danube in Serbia, characterized by trapezoidal buildings and large stone sculptures of human heads and torsos.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- lifelikeness — Quality of being lifelike.
- likeableness — Likeability.
- linen basket — a basket or container with a lid in which you put your dirty clothes before washing them
- linked verse — a Japanese verse form in which stanzas of three lines alternating with stanzas of two lines are composed by two or more poets in alternation.
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- loosely-knit — associated or linked in a loose way
- lovesickness — Quality or property of being lovesick.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- make a noise — to talk a great deal or complain
- make friends — get to know people
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- marksmanship — a person who is skilled in shooting at a mark; a person who shoots well.
- marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
- milking shed — a building in which a herd of cows is milked
- minidiskette — Alternative spelling of mini-diskette.
- minute steak — a thin slice of beefsteak that is prepared by sautéeing quickly on each side.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- missing link — a hypothetical form of animal assumed to have constituted a connecting link between the anthropoid apes and humans, identified by some authorities as constituting the genus Australopithecus.
- mistakenness — The state or condition of being mistaken.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mogul skiing — a skiing event in which skiers descend a slope which is covered in mounds of snow, making two jumps during the descent
- monkeyshines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
- moonstricken — Moonstruck.
- mule skinner — a muleteer.
- muleskinners — Plural form of muleskinner.