9-letter words containing s, t, a, k, i
- ice-skate — to skate on ice.
- in-basket — in-box.
- ink stain — a mark made by ink
- inkstands — Plural form of inkstand.
- intertask — Between tasks.
- isokontan — an alga whose zoospores have equal cilia
- jack shit — anything at all; the least thing (usually used in the negative): He doesn't know jack shit.
- jacksmith — a smith who makes devices that enable the turning of meat while being roasted
- jujitsuka — A practitioner of any type of jujitsu/jujutsu martial arts, except judo.
- karateist — A person who does karate.
- katabasis — a march from the interior of a country to the coast, as that of the 10,000 Greeks after their defeat and the death of Cyrus the Younger at Cunaxa.
- katalysis — catalysis.
- katharsis — Alt form catharsis.
- keratitis — inflammation of the cornea.
- keratosis — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- khuzistan — a province in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km). Capital: Ahwaz.
- kickstand — a device for supporting a bicycle or motorcycle when not in use, pivoted to the rear axle in such a way that it can be kicked down below the rear wheel.
- kickstart — a starter, as of a motorcycle, that operates by a downward kick on a pedal.
- kidstakes — pretense or nonsense.
- kilowatts — Plural form of kilowatt.
- kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- klinostat — a rotating and tilting plant-holder used for studying and experimenting with plant growth
- 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)
- kshatriya — a member of the Hindu royal and warrior class above the Vaisyas and below the Brahmans.
- 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).
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- majestick — Archaic spelling of majestic.
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- marketise — Alternative spelling of marketize.
- maulstick — mahlstick.
- maxiskirt — a long skirt or skirt part, as of a coat or dress, ending below the middle of the calf but above the ankle.
- milktoast — milquetoast.
- mintmarks — Plural form of mintmark.
- mistaking — Present participle of mistake.
- mocktails — Plural form of mocktail.
- multitask — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- pakistani — a native or inhabitant of Pakistan.
- periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
- pikestaff — the shaft of an infantry pike.
- piss-take — A piss-take is an act of making fun of someone or something.
- plasticky — made of or resembling plastic
- psamtik i — king of Egypt 663–609 b.c. (son of Necho I).
- rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
- rib steak — club steak.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- risktaker — a person or corporation inclined to take risks: The management trainees were exhorted to become risktakers.
- sack suit — a man's suit that has a loose-fitting jacket.
- sack time — time spent sleeping.
- salt lick — a place to which animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits.