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9-letter words containing k, i, s, o

  • moleskins — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
  • monkeyish — Like a monkey.
  • monkeyism — the practice of copying or behaving like a monkey
  • moosemilk — homemade or bootleg whiskey.
  • mosaicked — a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
  • moss pink — a phlox, Phlox subulata, of the eastern U.S., having showy pink to purple flowers.
  • mouselike — any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
  • mykerinos — Mycerinus.
  • nickelous — containing bivalent nickel.
  • 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.
  • non-stick — Non-stick saucepans, frying pans, or baking tins have a special coating on the inside which prevents food from sticking to them.
  • nonshrink — (of construction materials, such as cement or grout) not liable to contract
  • nonsticky — not sticky
  • oil sheik — a sheik who is involved in or who controls the supply of petroleum from Arab countries to other countries
  • oil slick — a smooth area on the surface of water caused by the presence of oil.
  • on strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • onionskin — a thin, lightweight, translucent, glazed paper, used especially for making carbon copies.
  • ookinesis — the series of nuclear changes occurring in the ovum during maturation and fertilization.
  • ossietzky — Carl von [kahrl fuh n] /kɑrl fən/ (Show IPA), 1889–1938, German pacifist: Nobel Peace Prize 1935.
  • outdrinks — Plural form of outdrink.
  • outskirts — Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
  • outstrike — (transitive) To strike faster than.
  • overskirt — an outer skirt.
  • overstink — to stink more than (something else)
  • parkinson — a common neurologic disease believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain cells that produce dopamine, occurring primarily after the age of 60, characterized by tremors, especially of the fingers and hands, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression.
  • 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
  • perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
  • photodisk — a disk for use in a computer that contains photographs or can have photographs stored on it in a digitally coded manner
  • proselike — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
  • quicksort — A sorting algorithm with O(n log n) average time complexity. One element, x of the list to be sorted is chosen and the other elements are split into those elements less than x and those greater than or equal to x. These two lists are then sorted recursively using the same algorithm until there is only one element in each list, at which point the sublists are recursively recombined in order yielding the sorted list. This can be written in Haskell:
  • raskolnik — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
  • rockiness — the state or condition of a person who is shaky or unsteady, as from drinking, fatigue, or illness.
  • rockslide — a fall of rocks down a hillside
  • rodzinski — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1958, U.S. orchestra conductor.
  • rose pink — a light pinkish red color.
  • schoolkid — a child who attends school
  • semiworks — a manufacturing plant equipped to develop and manufacture a new product in small quantities prior to full-scale manufacture
  • sheikhdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
  • shiftwork — a system of employment where an individual's normal hours of work are, in part, outside the period of normal day working and may follow a different pattern in consecutive periods of weeks
  • shot silk — silk woven to give a changing colour effect
  • sick note — proof of illness
  • silk road — ancient trade route extending from China to the Mediterranean
  • silkoline — a silk-like fabric
  • silky oak — any of several trees of the Australian genus Grevillea, esp G. robusta, having divided leaves, smooth glossy wood, and showy clusters of orange, red, or white flowers: cultivated in the tropics as shade trees: family Proteaceae
  • ski slope — snow-covered hill at ski resort
  • skiascope — retinoscope.
  • skiascopy — retinoscope.
  • skid road — an area of cheap barrooms and run-down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants.
  • skidproof — preventing or resistant to skidding, as certain road surfaces or vehicle tires.
  • skijoring — a sport in which a skier is pulled over snow or ice, generally by a horse.
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