8-letter words containing s, k, e, t
- inkstone — a slab of stone used in Chinese calligraphy and painting to grind dry ink and mix it with water.
- instroke — a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- j-stroke — (in canoeing) a stroke, made in the shape of the letter J, used to alter the course of the canoe, usually to compensate for drifting sideways.
- jestbook — a book of jests or jokes.
- jetpacks — Plural form of jetpack.
- jokester — a joker, especially a practical joker.
- katalase — catalase.
- keftedes — a Greek dish of meatballs cooked with herbs and onions
- keiretsu — (especially in Japan) a loose coalition of business groups.
- keisters — Plural form of keister.
- keratose — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
- kestrels — Plural form of kestrel.
- key west — an island off S Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. 4 miles (6.4 km) long; 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- keynotes — Plural form of keynote.
- keystone — the wedge-shaped piece at the summit of an arch, regarded as holding the other pieces in place.
- khanates — Plural form of khanate.
- kibitzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kibitz.
- kinetics — the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses.
- kinglets — Plural form of kinglet.
- kinkiest — full of kinks; closely twisted: a kinky wire.
- kirstein — Lincoln, 1907–96, U.S. dance authority and writer.
- kistvaen — cist2 .
- kitchens — Plural form of kitchen.
- kitesurf — To take part in kitesurfing.
- kithless — (obsolete) Not knowing anyone; having no acquaintances or family.
- klatches — Plural form of klatch.
- koestler — Arthur, 1905–83, British novelist, critic, and journalist; born in Hungary.
- kookiest — Superlative form of kooky.
- kristeva — Julia, born 1941, French literary theorist, critic, and psychoanalyst, born in Bulgaria.
- kuntsevo — a former city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, incorporated into Moscow 1962.
- kurtoses — Plural form of kurtosis.
- kuznetsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe.
- kvetches — Plural form of kvetch.
- leakiest — Superlative form of leaky.
- lekythos — an oil jar having an ellipsoidal body, narrow neck, flanged mouth, curved handle extending from below the lip to the shoulder, and a narrow base terminating in a foot: used chiefly for ointments.
- lekythus — lekythos.
- lentisks — Plural form of lentisk.
- lockstep — a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
- luckiest — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
- lutefisk — dried cod tenderized by soaking in lye, which is rinsed out before cooking.
- maitakes — Plural form of maitake.
- makefast — any structure to which a ship is tied up, as a bollard or buoy.
- meerkats — Plural form of meerkat.
- mess kit — a portable set of usually metal cooking and eating utensils, used especially by soldiers and campers.
- methinks — It seems to me.
- mirkiest — Superlative form of mirky.
- mistaken — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- mistaker — One who mistakes.
- mistakes — Plural form of mistake.
- murkiest — Superlative form of murky.