8-letter words containing k, i, s
- karaklis — former name of Kirovakan.
- karstify — to become or cause to become karstic
- kashmiri — a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
- kathisma — one of the 20 divisions of the Psalter in the Greek rite.
- katydids — Plural form of katydid.
- kawasaki — a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, SW of Tokyo.
- keiretsu — (especially in Japan) a loose coalition of business groups.
- keisters — Plural form of keister.
- kelpfish — any of several blennies that are common among kelp. Compare kelp greenling.
- kennings — Plural form of kenning.
- keramics — ceramics.
- kerbside — a side of a pavement or street bordered by a curb.
- kerenski — Aleksandr Feodorovich [uh-lyi-ksahn-dr fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1970, Russian revolutionary leader: premier 1917; in the U.S. after 1946.
- kermises — Plural form of kermis.
- kerosine — Alternative spelling of kerosene.
- khalasis — Plural form of khalasi.
- kiamusze — Jiamusi.
- kiasuism — self-serving, competitive, or greedy: parents who are kiasu about their children’s education.
- kibitkas — Plural form of kibitka.
- kibitzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kibitz.
- kiboshed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibosh.
- kick ass — strikingly or overwhelmingly tough, aggressive, powerful, or effective: He finally built himself a kick-ass computer.
- kick-ass — strikingly or overwhelmingly tough, aggressive, powerful, or effective: He finally built himself a kick-ass computer.
- kickoffs — Plural form of kickoff.
- kickshaw — a tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre.
- kielbasa — a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.
- kielbasy — a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.
- killings — Plural form of killing.
- killjoys — Plural form of killjoy.
- kilobase — (in expressing the lengths of nucleic acid molecules) 1,000 bases.
- kilobits — Plural form of kilobit.
- kilotons — Plural form of kiloton.
- kinboshi — (sumo) an honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.
- kindless — lacking kindness; unkind; unsympathetic.
- kindness — the state or quality of being kind: kindness to animals.
- kindreds — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- kindship — The state, condition, or essence of being kind; kindness.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- kinesics — the study of body movements, gestures, facial expressions, etc., as a means of communication.
- kinetics — the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses.
- kinfolks — Plural form of kinfolk.
- kingcups — Plural form of kingcup.
- kingdoms — Plural form of kingdom.
- kingfish — any of several marine food fishes of the drum family, especially of the genus Menticirrhus, found off the E coast of the U.S.
- kingless — Without a king.
- kinglets — Plural form of kinglet.
- kingpins — Plural form of kingpin.
- kingpost — vertical post connecting the apex of a triangular roof truss to the tie beam
- kingship — the state, office, or dignity of a king.
- kingside — the side of the board on which the king is positioned at the start of the game, left for black and right for white.