8-letter words containing ki
- kick off — the act of kicking; a blow or thrust with the foot or feet.
- kick out — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kick-ass — strikingly or overwhelmingly tough, aggressive, powerful, or effective: He finally built himself a kick-ass computer.
- kick-off — the act of kicking; a blow or thrust with the foot or feet.
- kick-out — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kickable — Capable, or deserving of being kicked.
- kickapoo — a river in SW Wisconsin, flowing SSW to the Wisconsin River. 130 miles (210 km) long.
- kickback — a percentage of income given to a person in a position of power or influence as payment for having made the income possible: usually considered improper or unethical.
- kickball — a children's game, similar to baseball, in which a large inflated ball, as a soccer ball, is kicked instead of being batted.
- kickdown — a method of changing gear in a car with automatic transmission, by fully depressing the accelerator
- kickflip — (skateboarding) An ollie where the board is rotated 360 degrees along its axis.
- kickoffs — Plural form of kickoff.
- kickshaw — a tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre.
- kicktail — The upwards-bent tip of the deck of a skateboard.
- kidglove — diplomatic, careful or tactful
- kidnaped — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnapee — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- kidology — the art or practice of bluffing or deception
- 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.
- kienholz — Edward, 1927–1994, U.S. painter.
- kilkenny — a county in Leinster, in the SE Republic of Ireland. 796 sq. mi. (2060 sq. km).
- kill fee — a fee paid to a freelance writer for material written on assignment but not used
- kill off — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
- kill-joy — a person who spoils the joy or pleasure of others; spoilsport.
- killable — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
- killadar — a fort commander or governor
- killcrop — a baby that is always hungry, thought to be a fairy changeling
- killdeer — an American plover, Charadrius vociferus, having two black bands around the upper breast.
- killfile — (Internet) A kill file.
- killings — Plural form of killing.
- killjoys — Plural form of killjoy.
- killogie — a sheltered place in front of a kiln or fireplace
- kiln-dry — to dry in a kiln.
- kilobase — (in expressing the lengths of nucleic acid molecules) 1,000 bases.
- kilobaud — (unit) 1000 baud.
- kilobits — Plural form of kilobit.
- kilobyte — 1024 (2 10) bytes.
- kilogram — a unit of mass equal to 1000 grams: the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in Sèvres, France. Abbreviation: kg.
- kilogray — one thousand grays
- kilomole — one thousand moles
- kilopond — the force exerted by one kilogram in standard gravity
- kilotons — Plural form of kiloton.
- kilovolt — a unit of electromotive force, equal to 1000 volts. Abbreviation: kV, kv.
- kilowatt — a unit of power, equal to 1000 watts. Abbreviation: kW, kw.
- kimberly — a city in E Cape of Good Hope province, in the central Republic of South Africa: diamond mines.
- kimbundu — a Bantu language of northern Angola.
- kinabalu — a mountain in N Sabah, in Malaysia: highest peak on the island of Borneo. 13,455 feet (4101 meters).
- kinboshi — (sumo) an honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.