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13-letter words containing k, i, o

  • hook-swinging — a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
  • hopkinsianism — a modified Calvinism taught by Samuel Hopkins (1721–1803), that emphasized the sovereignty of God, the importance of His decrees, and the necessity of submitting to His will, accepting even damnation, if required, for His glory, and holding that ethics is merely disinterested benevolence.
  • house cricket — a dark brown cricket, Acheta domesticus, having a light-colored head with dark crossbands, commonly occurring throughout North America and Europe, where it may be an indoor pest.
  • housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
  • housing stock — the total number of houses, flats, etc, in an area
  • how's tricks? — how are you?
  • hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
  • hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
  • i don't think — a phrase added to an ironical statement
  • if you ask me — You can say 'if you ask me' to emphasize that you are stating your personal opinion.
  • in one's book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
  • in the pocket — (of a fly half) in an attacking position slightly further back from play than normal, making himself available for a drop goal attempt
  • insulin shock — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
  • invoice clerk — a worker, esp in an office, who deals with invoices
  • it looks like — it seems that there will be
  • jack robinson — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
  • john sobieski — John, John III (def 2).
  • john suckling — Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.
  • kaleidoscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of kaleidoscope.
  • kaleidoscopes — Plural form of kaleidoscope.
  • kaleidoscopic — of, relating to, or created by a kaleidoscope.
  • kangaroo vine — an Australian vine, Cissus antarctica, of the grape family, having shiny, leathery leaves.
  • karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
  • kathenotheism — Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
  • keep in touch — stay in contact
  • kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
  • keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
  • keratomycosis — Fungal infection of the cornea.
  • kidney stones — an abnormal stone, or concretion, composed primarily of oxalates and phosphates, found in the kidney.
  • killing frost — the occurrence of temperatures cold enough to kill all but the hardiest vegetation, especially the last such occurrence in spring and the first in fall, events that limit the agricultural growing season.
  • kilomegacycle — a unit of frequency, equal to 10 9 cycles per second. Abbreviation: kMc.
  • kilowatt-hour — a unit of energy, equivalent to the energy transferred or expended in one hour by one kilowatt of power; approximately 1.34 horsepower-hours. Abbreviation: kWh, K.W.H., kwhr.
  • kim young sam — born 1927, president of South Korea 1993–98.
  • kin selection — a form of natural selection that favors altruistic behavior toward close relatives resulting in an increase in the altruistic individual's genetic contribution to the next generation.
  • kinematograph — cinematograph.
  • kinesiologist — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
  • king of kings — Christ; Jesus.
  • king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
  • king's ransom — an extremely large amount of money: The painting was sold for a king's ransom.
  • king's yellow — a yellow or red crystalline substance, As 2 S 3 , occurring in nature as the mineral orpiment, and used as a pigment (king's yellow) and in pyrotechnics.
  • kinross-shire — a former county of E central Scotland: became part of Tayside region in 1975 and part of Perth and Kinross in 1996
  • kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
  • kiss of peace — (in certain Christian churches) a ceremonial greeting or embrace given as a token of Christian love and unity.
  • kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
  • knickerbocker — a descendant of the Dutch settlers of New York.
  • knitting wool — wool used for knitting
  • knobcone pine — a pine, Pinus attenuata, of the Pacific coast of the U.S., bearing cones with knoblike scales.
  • knocking copy — advertising or publicity material designed to denigrate a competing product
  • know by sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
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