13-letter words containing ki
- kindheartedly — In a kindhearted manner.
- kinematically — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- kinesiologist — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
- kinesipathist — someone who uses kinesipathy to treat diseases
- kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
- king mackerel — a game fish, Scomberomorus cavalla, found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
- king of kings — Christ; Jesus.
- king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
- king's ransom — an extremely large amount of money: The painting was sold for a king's ransom.
- king's speech — (in the British Parliament) a speech reviewing domestic conditions and foreign relations, prepared by the ministry in the name of the sovereign, and read at the opening of the Parliament either by the sovereign in person or by commission.
- king's yellow — a yellow or red crystalline substance, As 2 S 3 , occurring in nature as the mineral orpiment, and used as a pigment (king's yellow) and in pyrotechnics.
- king-size bed — extra-large bed
- kingsley amis — Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- kinross-shire — a former county of E central Scotland: became part of Tayside region in 1975 and part of Perth and Kinross in 1996
- kirkcudbright — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- kirkland lake — a town in E Ontario, in S Canada: gold-mining center.
- kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
- kiss of peace — (in certain Christian churches) a ceremonial greeting or embrace given as a token of Christian love and unity.
- kiss sb's ass — Saying that someone can kiss your ass is a very rude way of expressing anger or disagreement.
- kiss-and-tell — revealing sth private for money
- kitchen match — a wooden friction match with a large head, used especially for igniting gas ovens or burners.
- kitchen paper — also kitchen roll
- kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
- kitchen waste — bits of food that are left over from cooking, such as vegetable peelings, cheese rind, and scraps from people's plates
- kitchen-diner — a kitchen that has an area intended to be used for eating meals, usually because there is no dining room elsewhere
- kite fighting — (in Malaysia) a game in which one player attempts to cut the string of his opponent's kite with the string of his own
- kittenishness — The state or condition of being kittenish.
- knocking copy — advertising or publicity material designed to denigrate a competing product
- kota kinabalu — a state in Malaysia, on the N tip of Borneo: formerly a British crown colony. 29,347 sq. mi. (76,008 sq. km). Capital: Kota Kinabalu.
- lane markings — white lines on the road that mark lanes
- licking river — a river in E Kentucky, flowing NW to the Ohio River. 320 miles (515 km) long.
- loan-sharking — the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates
- locking piece — (in a striking train) a hooked part, rising and falling on a locking plate and arresting the rotation of the plate after the proper number of strokes.
- locking plate — a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.
- looking glass — a mirror made of glass with a metallic or amalgam backing.
- looking-glass — a mirror made of glass with a metallic or amalgam backing.
- mackinaw boat — a flat-bottomed boat with sharp prow and square stern, propelled by oars and sometimes sails, formerly widely used on the upper Great Lakes.
- mackinaw coat — a short double-breasted coat of a thick woolen material, commonly plaid.
- mallemaroking — (historical, nautical) Carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
- manrikigusari — a Japanese chain weapon with weighted ends, intended to strike or ensnare the enemy
- masking frame — easel (def 2).
- masking piece — a flat, curtain, or other piece of scenery for concealing a part of a stage from the audience.
- mercy killing — euthanasia (def 1).
- microcracking — microscopic cracking
- milking stool — a low, usually three-legged stool with a flat seat in the shape of a half circle, used by a person when milking a cow.
- motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- multi-skilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- multi-tasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.