12-letter words containing s, k, i
- knightliness — Knightly behaviour; chivalry.
- korea strait — a strait between Korea and Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. 120 miles (195 km) long.
- korsakoffian — relating to or suffering from Korsakoff's psychosis
- koussevitzky — Serge [sairzh] /sɛərʒ/ (Show IPA), (Sergei Alexandrovich Koussevitsky) 1874–1951, Russian orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- kristiansand — a seaport in S Norway.
- kristianstad — a town in S Sweden: founded in 1614 as a Danish fortress, it was finally acquired by Sweden in 1678. Pop: 75 590 (2004 est)
- ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
- lake station — a town in NW Indiana.
- lansker line — (in Pembrokeshire) the linguistic and ethnic division between the Welsh-speaking north and the English-speaking south
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lepenski vir — the site of an advanced Mesolithic fishing culture on the banks of the Danube in Serbia, characterized by trapezoidal buildings and large stone sculptures of human heads and torsos.
- leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukopedesis — an outward flow of white blood cells through a blood-vessel wall.
- leukopoiesis — the formation and development of white blood cells.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- lickspittles — Plural form of lickspittle.
- lifelikeness — Quality of being lifelike.
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.
- likeableness — Likeability.
- likely story — dubious account
- linen basket — a basket or container with a lid in which you put your dirty clothes before washing them
- linked verse — a Japanese verse form in which stanzas of three lines alternating with stanzas of two lines are composed by two or more poets in alternation.
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
- lispkit lisp — Purely functional version of LISP. "Functional Programming, Application and Implementation", P. Henderson, P-H 1980.
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- loosely-knit — associated or linked in a loose way
- lovesickness — Quality or property of being lovesick.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- magnitogorsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.
- makarios iii — (Michael Christodoulos Mouskos) 1913–77, Cypriot statesman and Greek Orthodox prelate: archbishop and patriarch of Cyprus 1950–77; president 1960–77 (in exile 1974).
- make a noise — to talk a great deal or complain
- make friends — get to know people
- make history — do sth of great significance
- make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
- make sb sick — disgust sb morally
- malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
- marksmanship — a person who is skilled in shooting at a mark; a person who shoots well.
- marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
- memory stick — computing: flashcard, dongle
- mesokurtosis — (statistics) The property of having zero normalised kurtosis.
- mickey mouse — trite and commercially slick in character; corny: mickey mouse music.
- milk parsley — a wetland plant belonging to the family Apiaceae
- milk thistle — flowering plant
- milking shed — a building in which a herd of cows is milked
- minidiskette — Alternative spelling of mini-diskette.
- minute steak — a thin slice of beefsteak that is prepared by sautéeing quickly on each side.