8-letter words containing s, k, e
- keelsons — Plural form of keelson.
- keenness — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
- keepsake — anything kept, or given to be kept, as a token of friendship or affection; remembrance.
- keepsaky — like or suitable for a keepsake, usually specifically of a volume of material made and given as a keepsake in the 19th century
- keeshond — one of a Dutch breed of small dogs having thick, silver-gray hair tipped with black and a tail carried over the back.
- 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.
- kelpfish — any of several blennies that are common among kelp. Compare kelp greenling.
- kennings — Plural form of kenning.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- keramics — ceramics.
- keratose — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
- kerberos — Cerberus (def 1).
- kerbside — a side of a pavement or street bordered by a curb.
- kerenski — Aleksandr Feodorovich [uh-lyi-ksahn-dr fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1970, Russian revolutionary leader: premier 1917; in the U.S. after 1946.
- kerensky — ˌAlekˈsanˌdr Feodoˈrovich (ˌɑljɛkˈsɑnˌdəʀ fjɔdɔˈrɔvɪtʃ) ; äˌlyeksänˈdər fy^ōˌd^ōr^ōˈvich) 1881-1970; Russ. revolutionary leader: prime minister of Russia (July-Nov., 1917), overthrown by the Bolshevik Revolution: in the U.S. after 1940
- kermises — Plural form of kermis.
- kerosene — a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum, bituminous shale, or the like, and widely used as a fuel, cleaning solvent, etc.
- kerosine — Alternative spelling of kerosene.
- kestrels — Plural form of kestrel.
- key case — a small case in which keys are carried.
- key west — an island off S Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico. 4 miles (6.4 km) long; 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- keycards — Plural form of keycard.
- keyholes — Plural form of keyhole.
- keynotes — Plural form of keynote.
- keysmash — a random string of letters and symbols typed out on a keyboard or touchscreen, used to signal intense emotion in written communication: The photo of the actor was accompanied by a heartfelt keysmash.
- keyspell — (text, tool, education) A spell checker and teaching aid from UK company KeySpell Limited for Microsoft Windows. KeySpell offers a selection of phonetically similar words, phrases, confusable terms, and examples in context. Even correctly spelt homophones can be checked. KeySpell can be run with Microsoft Word 97 or stand-alone. It includes 225,000 words and phrases and can use subsets of these.
- keystone — the wedge-shaped piece at the summit of an arch, regarded as holding the other pieces in place.
- keywords — a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like.
- khamseen — Alternative spelling of khamsin.
- khanates — Plural form of khanate.
- kiamusze — Jiamusi.
- kibitzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kibitz.
- kiboshed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibosh.
- kielbasa — a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.
- kielbasy — a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.
- kilobase — (in expressing the lengths of nucleic acid molecules) 1,000 bases.
- kindless — lacking kindness; unkind; unsympathetic.
- kindness — the state or quality of being kind: kindness to animals.
- kindreds — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- kinesics — the study of body movements, gestures, facial expressions, etc., as a means of communication.
- kinetics — the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses.
- kingless — Without a king.
- kinglets — Plural form of kinglet.
- kingside — the side of the board on which the king is positioned at the start of the game, left for black and right for white.
- kingsley — Charles, 1819–75, English clergyman, novelist, and poet.
- kingsmen — Plural form of kingsman.
- kinkiest — full of kinks; closely twisted: a kinky wire.