7-letter words containing s, h, i, k
- khamsin — a hot southerly wind, varying from southeast to southwest, that blows regularly in Egypt and over the Red Sea for about 50 days, commencing about the middle of March.
- khoisan — a family of languages found chiefly in southern Africa and including the languages of the San and the Khoikhoi.
- kiddish — Informal. a child or young person.
- kiddush — a blessing recited over a cup of wine or over bread on the Sabbath or on a festival.
- kinship — the state or fact of being of kin; family relationship.
- kishkes — Also called stuffed derma. Jewish Cookery. a beef or fowl intestine stuffed with a mixture, as of flour, fat, onion, and seasonings, and roasted.
- kitschy — something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste.
- knavish — like or befitting a knave; untrustworthy; dishonest.
- knights — a comedy (424 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- knishes — Plural form of knish.
- kokeshi — A Japanese wooden doll with a spherical head having simple painted-on features, and a limbless, cylindrical body, typically featuring a painted-on floral design.
- krishna — Hinduism. an avatar of Vishnu and one of the most popular of Indian deities, who appears in the Bhagavad-Gita as the teacher of Arjuna.
- kurdish — of or relating to the Kurds or their language.
- kushiro — a city in SE Hokkaido, Japan.
- lakshmi — the Hindu goddess of fortune.
- larkish — a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
- luskish — lazy; lethargic
- mawkish — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
- mikvahs — Plural form of mikvah.
- monkish — of, relating to, or resembling a monk: a monkish manner.
- murkish — slightly murky
- mushrik — A person who rejects Islamic tawhid; an idolater.
- muzhiks — a Russian peasant.
- parkish — like or similar to a park
- peakish — to become weak, thin, and sickly.
- peckish — somewhat hungry: By noon we were feeling a bit peckish.
- perkish — to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually followed by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them.
- pinkish — somewhat pink: The sky at sunset has a pinkish glow.
- pishpek — former name (until 1926) of Bishkek.
- puckish — mischievous; impish.
- pushkin — Alexander Sergeevich [al-ig-zan-der sur-gey-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr syir-gye-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1799–1837, Russian poet, short-story writer, and dramatist.
- rankish — growing with excessive luxuriance; vigorous and tall of growth: tall rank weeds.
- rikisha — jinrikisha.
- rikishi — a sumo wrestler
- rookish — resembling a rook
- sadhika — Hinduism. a female student of the Tantras.
- schlick — Moritz. 1882–1936, German philosopher, working in Austria, who founded (1924) the Vienna Circle to develop the doctrine of logical positivism. His works include the General Theory of Knowledge (1918) and Problems of Ethics (1930)
- schmick — excellent, elegant, or stylish
- schtick — shtick.
- shaikhi — a dissident Shiʿite sect that developed in the 19th century, composed of followers of Ahmad Ahsaʾi (c1741–1826).
- shakily — tending to shake or tremble.
- shaking — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- sheikha — the chief wife of a sheikh, also the matron of a respected Arab family
- shicker — alcoholic liquor.
- shikari — (in India) a person who hunts big game, especially a professional guide or hunter.
- shikibu — Murasaki Shikibu.
- shikker — shicker
- shikoku — an island in SW Japan, S of Honshu: the smallest of the main islands of Japan. 7249 sq. mi. (18,775 sq. km).
- shilluk — a member of a Nilotic people of Sudan.
- shinkin — a worthless person