12-letter words containing k, i, t
- katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
- kath and kim — a personification of the White population of middle Australia
- kavir desert — Dasht-e-Kavir.
- keep in with — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- keep it real — avoid affectation
- keep up with — go as fast
- keitai tanka — a 31-syllable Japanese poem, composed and distributed using a mobile phone
- kentish fire — prolonged clapping by an audience, especially in unison, indicating impatience or disapproval.
- keratinocyte — An epidermal cell that produces keratin.
- keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
- keratotomies — Plural form of keratotomy.
- ketch-rigged — rigged in the manner of a ketch.
- ketoacidosis — (pathology) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- khachaturian — Aram Ilich [ar-uh m il-yich;; Russian uh-rahm ee-lyeech] /ˈær əm ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian ʌˈrɑm iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–78, Armenian composer.
- kick against — If you kick against a situation you dislike but cannot control, you react against it in a violent, sudden, or extreme way.
- kick starter — a starter, as of a motorcycle, that operates by a downward kick on a pedal.
- kidney stone — an abnormal stone, or concretion, composed primarily of oxalates and phosphates, found in the kidney.
- kidney vetch — an Old World plant, Anthyllis vulneraria, of the legume family, formerly used as a remedy for kidney diseases.
- kinaesthesia — kinesthesia.
- kinaesthesis — kinesthesia.
- kinaesthetic — Alternative form of kinesthetic.
- kind hearted — having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.
- kind-hearted — having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.
- kindergarten — a school or class for young children between the ages of four and six years.
- kinesiatrics — the treatment of disease by the use of gymnastics or muscle exercises
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kinesthetics — The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body. Referred by some people as the sixth sense.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- king vulture — a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
- king's scout — (in Great Britain) a boy scout who has achieved the highest level of scouting: similar to the U.S. eagle scout.
- king-whiting — northern kingfish.
- kintergarden — Misspelling of kindergarten.
- kissing gate — a gate hung in a narrow enclosure having the shape of a U or a V , allowing only one person to pass at a time.
- kit-cat club — a club of Whig wits, painters, politicians, and men of letters, including Robert Walpole, John Vanbrugh, William Congreve, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Godfrey Kneller, that flourished in London between 1703 and 1720.
- kit-kat club — a club of Whig wits, painters, politicians, and men of letters, including Robert Walpole, John Vanbrugh, William Congreve, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Godfrey Kneller, that flourished in London between 1703 and 1720.
- kitchen foil — aluminium foil used in cooking or storing food
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- kitchen sink — basin in kitchen
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- kitchen unit — a piece of a fitted kitchen, such as a cupboard or sink unit
- 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.
- kite balloon — a barrage balloon intended for use in information-gathering and observation; it is usually tethered to the ground and has lobes to keep it stable and pointing into the wind
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- kith and kin — friends and family
- kittikachorn — Thanom [thah-nom] /θɑˈnɒm/ (Show IPA), 1911–2004, Thai army officer and statesman: premier 1963–73.