9-letter words containing o, k, i
- knoxville — a city in E Tennessee, on the Tennessee River.
- kol nidre — a liturgical prayer for recitation at the beginning of the service on the eve of Yom Kippur asking that all unfulfilled vows to God be nullified and all transgressions forgiven.
- komintern — Third International.
- kong fuzi — K'ung Fu-tzŭ.
- konimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of dust in the air.
- koniology — the study of atmospheric dust and its effects
- koniscope — a device for detecting and measuring dust in the air
- kontakion — a short hymn honoring a saint.
- kookiness — The state of being kooky.
- kórinthos — an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
- korzybski — Alfred (Habdank Skarbek) [hab-dangk skahr-bek;; Polish hahp-dahngk skahr-bek] /ˈhæb dæŋk ˈskɑr bɛk;; Polish ˈhɑp dɑŋk ˈskɑr bɛk/ (Show IPA), 1879–1950, U.S. writer on general semantics, born in Poland.
- kosciusko — Thaddeus (Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kościuszko) 1746–1817, Polish patriot: general in the American Revolutionary army.
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- koshigaya — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a Tokyo suburb.
- kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
- kowtowing — Present participle of kowtow.
- kozhikode — a city in W Kerala, in SW India.
- krakowiak — a lively Polish folk dance in duple meter with syncopated accents.
- kraurosis — atrophy and shrinkage of the skin, especially of the vulva.
- kropotkin — Prince Pëter Alekseevich [pyawtr uh-lyi-ksyey-yi-vyich] /ˈpyɔtr ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1921, Russian geographer, author, and anarchist.
- kuniyoshi — Yasuo [yah-soo-aw] /yɑˈsu ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, U.S. painter, born in Japan.
- kuskokwim — a river in SW Alaska, flowing SW to the Bering Sea. About 724 miles (1170 km) long.
- leukemoid — resembling leukaemia
- link road — a road used to link two cities or two more major hubs of road transport
- linkoping — a city in S Sweden.
- linstocks — Plural form of linstock.
- livestock — the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.
- lock rail — the rail of a door that meets the shutting stile at the level of the lock.
- locked in — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- lockerbie — a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a passenger jet (Pan Am flight 103) was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town. Pop: 4009 (2001)
- locksmith — a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.
- look into — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- look like — resemble
- look sick — to be outclassed
- lookalike — a person or thing that looks like or closely resembles another; double.
- lookaside — (computing) The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere.
- lorikeets — Plural form of lorikeet.
- luck into — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- mccormick — Anne Elizabeth O'Hare, 1882–1954, U.S. journalist, born in England.
- mechnikov — Ilya Ilyich [ee-lyah ee-lyeech] /iˈlyɑ iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), Metchnikoff, Élie.
- milktoast — milquetoast.
- milkwoman — A woman who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
- milkwomen — Plural form of milkwoman.
- milkworts — Plural form of milkwort.
- mink coat — overcoat made of mink fur
- minkowski — Hermann [hur-muh n;; German her-mahn] /ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1909, German mathematician.
- minor key — a key or mode based on a minor scale.
- misreckon — (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
- misspoken — Simple past tense and past participle of misspeak.