8-letter words containing m, i, k
- kaimakam — a deputy governor or lieutenant
- kakiemon — a Japanese porcelain design credited to Kakiemon Sakaida, first produced in the 17th century and widely collected and imitated in the West
- kalimbas — Plural form of kalimba.
- kalmykia — an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the NW shore of the Caspian Sea. 75,900 sq. mi. (196,581 sq. km). Capital: Elista.
- kalumpit — a fruit tree of the genus Terminalia, with small yellow flowers, native to the Philippines
- kamaaina — a longtime resident of Hawaii.
- kamacite — a nickel-iron alloy found in meteorites.
- kamikaze — (during World War II) a member of a special corps in the Japanese air force charged with the suicidal mission of crashing an aircraft laden with explosives into an enemy target, especially a warship.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- kashmiri — a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
- kathisma — one of the 20 divisions of the Psalter in the Greek rite.
- kemijoki — the longest river in Finland, flowing SW from Lapland to the Gulf of Bothnia. 345 miles (555 km) long.
- keramics — ceramics.
- kermises — Plural form of kermis.
- ketamine — a synthetic nonbarbiturate general anesthetic, C 13 H 16 ClNO, used to induce anesthesia, alone or in combination, in surgical or diagnostic procedures of short duration; extensively used in veterinary medicine.
- ketimine — (organic chemistry) An imine derived from a ketone; general formula R2C=NR.
- ketoxime — (organic chemistry) Any oxime derived from an ketone; general formula R2C=NOH.
- key lime — a yellow lime with a bitter rather than sour taste.
- khamenei — Ayatollah Mohammed Ali, born 1939, chief Islamic leader of Iran since 1989.
- khomeini — Ayatollah Ruhollah [roo-hoh-luh;; Persian roo-haw-lah] /ruˈhoʊ lə;; Persian ˌru hɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1900?–89, Islamic leader of Iran 1979–89.
- kiamichi — a river in SE Oklahoma, flowing SW and SE to the Red River. 165 miles (266 km) long.
- kiamusze — Jiamusi.
- kiasuism — self-serving, competitive, or greedy: parents who are kiasu about their children’s education.
- kilogram — a unit of mass equal to 1000 grams: the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in Sèvres, France. Abbreviation: kg.
- kilomole — one thousand moles
- kimberly — a city in E Cape of Good Hope province, in the central Republic of South Africa: diamond mines.
- kimbundu — a Bantu language of northern Angola.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- kingdome — Obsolete spelling of kingdom.
- kingdoms — Plural form of kingdom.
- kingsman — (military) The lowest enlisted rank in the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment of the British Army, equivalent to private in the rest of the British Army.
- kingsmen — Plural form of kingsman.
- kino gum — the reddish or black, catechulike inspissated juice or gum of certain tall trees belonging to the genus Pterocarpus, of the legume family, native to India and Sri Lanka, used in medicine, tanning, etc.
- kir moab — ancient name of Kerak.
- kirigami — the Japanese art or technique of cutting and folding paper into objects or designs.
- kitemark — (British) A certification symbol placed on products by the British Standards Institute, based on the letters BS.
- knifeman — A knifeman is someone who has attacked or killed someone with a knife.
- komitaji — a rebel or revolutionary belonging to a guerrilla group in Macedonia or the Balkans
- kompiler — (language) An early system on the IBM 701. Versions: KOMPILER 2 for IBM 701, KOMPILER 3 for IBM 704.
- koriyama — a city on E central Honshu, in Japan.
- koromiko — a flowering New Zealand shrub, Hebe salicifolia
- kremlins — Plural form of kremlin.
- krumping — a type of dancing in which participants, often wearing face paint, dance with one another in a fast and aggressive style mimicking a fight but without any physical contact
- lambkill — sheep laurel.
- lambkins — Plural form of lambkin.
- lamblike — like a lamb; gentle; meek.
- lambskin — the skin of a lamb, especially when dressed with its wool, and used for clothing.
- leukemia — any of several cancers of the bone marrow that prevent the normal manufacture of red and white blood cells and platelets, resulting in anemia, increased susceptibility to infection, and impaired blood clotting.
- leukemic — any of several cancers of the bone marrow that prevent the normal manufacture of red and white blood cells and platelets, resulting in anemia, increased susceptibility to infection, and impaired blood clotting.
- leukemid — any cutaneous lesion that occurs in leukemia.