8-letter words containing k, r, i, e
- icemaker — an appliance for making ice, especially ice cubes: Some refrigerators have built-in icemakers.
- inkberry — Also called gallberry. a shrub, Ilex glabra, having leathery, evergreen leaves and black berries.
- inkerman — a town in S Crimea, in S Ukraine: Russian defeat by the English and French 1854.
- instroke — a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- invokers — Plural form of invoker.
- ironlike — Resembling iron or some aspect of it.
- jerkings — Plural form of jerking.
- jirkinet — a jacket or bodice worn by women
- k-series — one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- kaieteur — a waterfall in central Guyana, on a tributary of the Essequibo River. 741 feet (226 meters) high.
- kaiserin — the wife of a Kaiser
- karelian — of or relating to Karelia, its people, or their language.
- karoline — a female given name.
- keiretsu — (especially in Japan) a loose coalition of business groups.
- keisters — Plural form of keister.
- keramics — ceramics.
- keratoid — resembling horn; horny.
- kerbside — a side of a pavement or street bordered by a curb.
- kerchief — a woman's square scarf worn as a covering for the head or sometimes the shoulders.
- kerching — (onomatopoeia, informal, humorous) Said to indicate that someone is obtaining money, especially a comparatively large amount.
- 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.
- key grip — the chief stagehand on a movie set.
- key ring — a ring, usually of metal, for holding keys.
- kibitzer — a spectator at a card game who looks at the players' cards over their shoulders, especially one who gives unsolicited advice.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- killdeer — an American plover, Charadrius vociferus, having two black bands around the upper breast.
- kimberly — a city in E Cape of Good Hope province, in the central Republic of South Africa: diamond mines.
- kindlier — Comparative form of kindly.
- kindreds — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- kinglier — Comparative form of kingly.
- kippered — a fish, especially a herring, that has been cured by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.
- kipperer — One who kippers fish.
- kirchner — Ernst Ludwig, 1880–1938, German expressionist artist.
- kirkenes — a seaport in NE Norway held by Germans in World War II.
- kirklees — a unitary authority in N England, in West Yorkshire. Pop: 391 400 (2003 est). Area: 410 sq km (158 sq miles)
- kirstein — Lincoln, 1907–96, U.S. dance authority and writer.
- kitemark — (British) A certification symbol placed on products by the British Standards Institute, based on the letters BS.
- kitesurf — To take part in kitesurfing.
- knickers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
- knitwear — clothing made of knitted fabric.
- kompiler — (language) An early system on the IBM 701. Versions: KOMPILER 2 for IBM 701, KOMPILER 3 for IBM 704.
- kreisler — Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1875–1962, Austrian violinist and composer in the U.S.
- kremlins — Plural form of kremlin.
- kringles — Plural form of kringle.
- kristeva — Julia, born 1941, French literary theorist, critic, and psychoanalyst, born in Bulgaria.
- kyrielle — a verse form of French origin characterized by repeated lines or words
- lifework — the complete or principal work, labor, or task of a lifetime.
- likelier — probably or apparently destined (usually followed by an infinitive): something not likely to happen.