9-letter words containing s, i, n, k
- klinostat — a rotating and tilting plant-holder used for studying and experimenting with plant growth
- knaveship — a small proportion of milled grain that was due to the person who did the milling
- knavishly — In a knavish manner.
- knifeless — without a knife
- kniferest — something upon which to rest a knife when it is not being used.
- knobstick — A stick with a rounded knob at the end.
- knottiest — Superlative form of knotty.
- koniscope — a device for detecting and measuring dust in the air
- 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.
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- 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)
- kuniyoshi — Yasuo [yah-soo-aw] /yɑˈsu ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, U.S. painter, born in Japan.
- kunstlied — an art song, especially as distinguished from a folk song.
- kurdistan — a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).
- kusimanse — (zoology) Several species of dwarf mongoose in genus Crossarchus.
- lambskins — Plural form of lambskin.
- lankiness — The state or condition of being lanky.
- larkiness — the quality or characteristic of being larky
- larrikins — Plural form of larrikin.
- leakiness — The property of being leaky.
- libeskind — Daniel. born 1946, US architect, born in Poland. Based in Berlin, he designed the Jewish Museum there (1999), the Imperial War Museum in Manchester (2000), and the "Freedom Tower" that will replace the World Trade Center in New York
- limekilns — Plural form of limekiln.
- link arms — If two or more people link arms, or if one person links arms with another, they stand next to each other, and each person puts their arm round the arm of the person next to them.
- linksland — land used or suitable for use as golf links
- linstocks — Plural form of linstock.
- luckiness — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
- mackinaws — Plural form of mackinaw.
- mannikins — Plural form of mannikin.
- menshevik — a member of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party in opposition to the Bolsheviks: advocated gradual development of full socialism through parliamentary government and cooperation with bourgeois parties; absorbed into the Communist party formed in 1918.
- milkiness — The property of being milky.
- miniparks — Plural form of minipark.
- miniskirt — a very short skirt or skirt part, as of a coat or dress, ending several inches above the knee.
- minkowski — Hermann [hur-muh n;; German her-mahn] /ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1909, German mathematician.
- mintmarks — Plural form of mintmark.
- misliking — Present participle of mislike.
- misreckon — (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
- misspoken — Simple past tense and past participle of misspeak.
- mistaking — Present participle of mistake.
- mks units — a metric system of units based on the metre, kilogram, and second as the units of length, mass, and time; it forms the basis of the SI units
- moleskins — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
- monkeyish — Like a monkey.
- monkeyism — the practice of copying or behaving like a monkey
- moss pink — a phlox, Phlox subulata, of the eastern U.S., having showy pink to purple flowers.
- muckiness — The quality of being mucky.
- munchkins — Plural form of munchkin.
- murkiness — dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- muskiness — The characteristic of being musky.
- muskingum — a river in E Ohio, flowing S and SE to the Ohio River. 111 miles (179 km) long.
- mykerinos — Mycerinus.