9-letter words containing k, i, s, e, t
- klephtism — the activities or life of klephts
- kniferest — something upon which to rest a knife when it is not being used.
- knottiest — Superlative form of knotty.
- kunstlied — an art song, especially as distinguished from a folk song.
- like this — You weren't supposed to follow that link, it was just an example of what a link looks like.
- likeliest — probably or apparently destined (usually followed by an infinitive): something not likely to happen.
- livestock — the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.
- lorikeets — Plural form of lorikeet.
- majestick — Archaic spelling of majestic.
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- marketise — Alternative spelling of marketize.
- metestick — a measuring rod
- misstrike — a coin having the design stamped off center.
- no-strike — of, relating to, or containing a provision that workers are not permitted to strike under certain terms and conditions: a no-strike clause in a labor contract.
- on strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- ossietzky — Carl von [kahrl fuh n] /kɑrl fən/ (Show IPA), 1889–1938, German pacifist: Nobel Peace Prize 1935.
- outstrike — (transitive) To strike faster than.
- overskirt — an outer skirt.
- overstink — to stink more than (something else)
- periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
- pikestaff — the shaft of an infantry pike.
- piss-take — A piss-take is an act of making fun of someone or something.
- press kit — a packet of promotional materials, as background information, photographs, or samples, for distribution to the press, as at a press conference.
- prestrike — of the period before a strike
- prestwick — international airport in W Scotland.
- quicksets — Plural form of quickset.
- quickstep — (formerly) a lively step used in marching.
- quirkiest — Superlative form of quirky.
- rib steak — club steak.
- risktaker — a person or corporation inclined to take risks: The management trainees were exhorted to become risktakers.
- sack time — time spent sleeping.
- schematik — A NeXT front-end to MIT Scheme for the NeXT by Chris Kane and Max Hailperin <[email protected]>. Schematik provides syntax-knowledgeable text editing, graphics windows and a user-interface to an underlying MIT Scheme process. It comes with MIT Scheme 7.1.3 ready to install on the NeXT and requires NEXTSTEP. Version: 1.1.5.2.
- schnittke — Alfred, 1934–1998, Russian composer.
- seed tick — the six-legged nymphal form of a tick, somewhat resembling a seed.
- semitruck — tractor-trailer.
- sheeptick — a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
- sheetlike — resembling a sheet
- shift key — a typewriter key that determines whether characters are printed in upper or lower case and controls the printing of numbers and symbols.
- sick note — proof of illness
- sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- silk tree — a tree, Albizia julibrissin, of the legume family, native to Asia, having pinnate leaves and plumelike pink flowers and widely cultivated as an ornamental.
- sitzkrieg — slow-moving warfare marked by repeated stalemate.
- skate-ski — to glide over snow on skate skis.
- skeptical — doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
- sketch in — If you sketch in details about something, you tell them to people.
- sketching — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- skill set — a particular combination of skills that a person has developed, especially ones that can be used in a job: She doesn't have the proper skill set to be an effective manager.
- skin test — a test in which a substance is introduced into the skin, as by application to a purposely abraded area or by injection, for the detection of allergic sensitivity to a specific pollen, protein, etc., or of the presence of a disease.
- skirtless — having, or wearing, no skirt
- skirtlike — resembling a skirt