4-letter words containing k, s
- kids — Informal. a child or young person.
- kins — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- kips — Also called kip-up [kip-uhp] /ˈkɪpˌʌp/ (Show IPA), kick-up. an acrobatic movement in which a person moves from a position lying on the back to a standing position with a vigorous swing of both legs coordinated with a launching push of the arms.
- kish — an ancient Sumerian and Akkadian city: its site is 8 miles (13 km) east of the site of Babylon in S Iraq.
- kiss — to touch or press with the lips slightly pursed, and then often to part them and to emit a smacking sound, in an expression of affection, love, greeting, reverence, etc.: He kissed his son on the cheek.
- kist — cist2 .
- kits — Plural form of kit.
- koas — Plural form of koa.
- kobs — Plural form of kob.
- koss — Alternative form of coss.
- kris — a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- kstj — Knight of the Order of St John
- kush — the eldest son of Ham. Gen. 10:6.
- kyes — Plural form of kye.
- lask — Diarrhoea (now only of animals).
- leks — Plural form of lek.
- lesk — (dialectal) The loin, flank.
- luks — George Benjamin, 1867–1933, U.S. painter.
- lusk — Lazy or slothful.
- maks — (Wearside) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mak.
- mask — a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
- mosk — Rare form of mosque.
- musk — a substance secreted in a glandular sac under the skin of the abdomen of the male musk deer, having a strong odor, and used in perfumery.
- oaks — any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- oiks — Plural form of oik.
- okes — Plural form of oke.
- omsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia on the Irtysh River.
- orsk — a city in the S Russian Federation in Europe, on the Ural River.
- rask — Rasmus Christian [ras-muh s kris-chuh n;; Danish rahs-moo s krees-tyahn] /ˈræs məs ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Danish ˈrɑs mʊs ˈkris tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1787–1832, Danish philologist.
- risk — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- rs6k — RISC System/6000
- rusk — (David) Dean, 1909–94, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1961–69.
- sack — a strong light-colored wine formerly imported from Spain and the Canary Islands.
- sake — a Japanese fermented, mildly alcoholic beverage made from rice.
- saki — Alice (Laidlaw) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- salk — Jonas E(dward) 1914–95, U.S. bacteriologist: developed Salk vaccine.
- sank — a simple past tense of sink.
- sark — one of the Channel Islands, E of Guernsey. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- sauk — a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Wisconsin and Iowa, now living mostly in Oklahoma.
- seek — to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
- sekt — sparkling wine; champagne.
- shak — Shakespeare
- sick — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
- sika — a small, reddish deer, Cervus nippon, native to eastern Asia: most populations are endangered.
- sike — a small stream.
- sikh — a member of a monotheistic religion, founded in the Punjab c1500 by the guru Nanak, that refuses to recognize the Hindu caste system or the Brahmanical priesthood and forbids magic, idolatry, and pilgrimages.
- silk — the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
- sink — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- skag — heroin.
- skas — a modern style of vocalized Jamaican popular music, which emerged in the 1950s as a blend of African-Jamaican folk music, calypso, and American rhythm and blues, notable for its shuffling, scratchlike tempo and jazzlike horn riffs on the offbeat.