8-letter words containing u, k, i
- knulling — a convex molding having a series of members separated by indentations, as a bead and reel.
- knurling — a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- kong qiu — personal name of Confucius.
- krumping — a type of dancing in which participants, often wearing face paint, dance with one another in a fast and aggressive style mimicking a fight but without any physical contact
- kuan yin — a female Chinese Bodhisattva of compassion, regarded as the protector of women and children and patron of sailors
- kuroshio — Japan Current.
- kurtosis — the state or quality of flatness or peakedness of the curve describing a frequency distribution in the region about its mode.
- kushitic — a subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages, including Somali, Oromo, and other languages of Somalia and Ethiopia.
- kustanai — a city in N Kazakhstan, on the Tobol river.
- kwakiutl — a member of a North American Indian people of Vancouver Island and the adjacent British Columbian coast.
- leukemia — any of several cancers of the bone marrow that prevent the normal manufacture of red and white blood cells and platelets, resulting in anemia, increased susceptibility to infection, and impaired blood clotting.
- leukemic — any of several cancers of the bone marrow that prevent the normal manufacture of red and white blood cells and platelets, resulting in anemia, increased susceptibility to infection, and impaired blood clotting.
- leukemid — any cutaneous lesion that occurs in leukemia.
- leukosis — any of several diseases occurring chiefly in chickens, involving proliferation of the leukocytes and characterized by paralysis, blindness, formation of tumors in the internal organs, and bone calcification.
- leukotic — any of several diseases occurring chiefly in chickens, involving proliferation of the leukocytes and characterized by paralysis, blindness, formation of tumors in the internal organs, and bone calcification.
- liakoura — modern name of Parnassus (def 1).
- like fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- liposuck — to subject to liposuction
- luckiest — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
- luderick — An edible, herbivorous fish of Australasian coastal waters and estuaries.
- lutefisk — dried cod tenderized by soaking in lye, which is rinsed out before cooking.
- mikasuki — a member of an American Indian people, formerly part of the Creek Confederacy and surviving chiefly as one of the two branches of the Muskogean family represented among the Florida Seminoles.
- milk jug — a jug for holding and pouring milk, usually intended for use on the table
- milk run — a routine trip or undertaking, especially one presenting little danger or difficulty: The flight from New York to Chicago was a milk run for the experienced pilot and crew.
- milyukov — Pavel Nikolaevich [pah-vuh l nik-uh-lah-yuh-vich;; Russian pah-vyil nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˈpɑ vəl ˌnɪk əˈlɑ yə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈpɑ vyɪl nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1943, Russian statesman and historian.
- mindfuck — the deliberate infliction of psychological damage
- mininuke — a low-powered nuclear device.
- minshuku — a guesthouse
- mousekin — a little mouse
- mudbrick — A brick made from mud or clay mixed with straw and dried in the sun rather than being fired.
- mulliken — Robert Sanderson [san-der-suh n] /ˈsæn dər sən/ (Show IPA), 1896–1986, U.S. chemist and physicist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1966.
- munchkin — a small person, especially one who is dwarfish or elfin in appearance.
- murkiest — Superlative form of murky.
- musicker — a musician
- mutchkin — Scot. a unit of liquid measure equal to a little less than a U.S. liquid pint.
- nagurski — Bronislaw [bron-uh-slof] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɒf/ (Show IPA), ("Bronko") 1908–1990, U.S. football player, born in Canada.
- nicklaus — Jack (William) born 1940, U.S. golfer.
- nutpicks — Plural form of nutpick.
- out sick — If you are out sick, you are not at work because you are sick.
- outdrink — To drink more than someone else.
- outskirt — Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
- outslick — to outsmart
- outthink — to excel in thinking; think faster, more accurately, or more perceptively than: outthinking most of her contemporaries in the field of human relations.
- outtrick — to outdo in trickery
- panufnik — Sir Andrzej (ændreɪ). 1914–91, British composer and conductor, born in Poland. His works include nine symphonies, the cantata Winter Solstice (1972), Polish folk-song settings, and ballet music
- pick out — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pin tuck — a narrow ornamental fold used esp on shirt fronts and dress bodices
- prick up — ears: react to sound
- puckfist — a puffball fungus
- pudovkin — Vsevolod Ilarionovich [fsye-vuh-luh t ee-luh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /ˈfsyɛ və lət i lə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, Russian motion-picture director.