7-letter words containing k, o, s, i
- miskito — a member of an American Indian people of northeastern Nicaragua and adjacent areas of Honduras.
- misknow — to fail to understand or recognize; misunderstand: to misknow the problem.
- miskolc — a city in N Hungary.
- mislook — (intransitive) To sin by looking.
- mistook — simple past tense of mistake.
- misyoke — To join or yoke improperly.
- monkish — of, relating to, or resembling a monk: a monkish manner.
- monoski — A single broad ski attached to both feet.
- moujiks — Plural form of moujik.
- no risk — an expression of assent
- noginsk — a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, E of Moscow.
- nonskid — designed or constructed to prevent or reduce skidding: nonskid tires; nonskid driveways and sidewalks.
- norilsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Asia, near the mouth of the Yenisei River.
- oaklisp — (language) A portable object-oriented Scheme by K. Lang and Barak Perlmutter of Yale. Oaklisp uses a superset of Scheme syntax. It is based on generic operations rather than functions, and features anonymous classes, multiple inheritance, a strong error system, setters and locators for operations and a facility for dynamic binding. Version 1.2 includes an interface, bytecode compiler, run-time system and documentation.
- obelisk — a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex.
- odalisk — a female slave or concubine in a harem, especially in that of the sultan of Turkey.
- oilskin — a cotton fabric made waterproof by treatment with oil and used for rain gear and fishermen's clothing.
- outkiss — to exceed in kissing
- pockies — woollen mittens
- rockies — Rocky Mountains.
- rookish — resembling a rook
- sekondi — a port in SW Ghana, 8 km (5 miles) northeast of Takoradi: linked administratively with Takoradi in 1946. Pop (with Takoradi): 335 000 (2005 est)
- shikoku — an island in SW Japan, S of Honshu: the smallest of the main islands of Japan. 7249 sq. mi. (18,775 sq. km).
- sialkot — a city in NE Pakistan: military station.
- sickout — an organized absence from work by employees on the pretext of sickness, as to avoid the legal problems or antistrike clauses that would be invoked in the case of a formal strike.
- sillock — a young coalfish
- ski tow — Also called rope tow. a type of ski lift in which skiers are hauled up a slope while grasping a looped, endless rope driven by a motor.
- skiddoo — to go away; get out.
- skipton — a market town in N England, in North Yorkshire: 11th-century castle. Pop: 14 313 (2001)
- smokies — Great Smoky Mountains
- smoking — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- soaking — to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- sock in — to strike or hit hard.
- sokaiya — (in Japan) an extortionist
- sorokin — Pitirim Alexandrovitch [pi-ti-reem al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian pyi-tyi-ryeem uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /pɪ tɪˈrim ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian pyɪ tyɪˈryim ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1889–1968, U.S. sociologist, born in Russia.
- souslik — suslik.
- soyinka — Wole [woh-ley] /ˈwoʊ leɪ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Nigerian playwright, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1986.
- soymilk — a milk substitute made from soya
- spoking — a simple past tense of speak.
- stoking — to poke, stir up, and feed (a fire).
- stookie — stucco
- winsock — Windows sockets
- wonkish — a student who spends much time studying and has little or no social life; grind.
- yorkist — an adherent or member of the royal family of York, especially in the Wars of the Roses.