8-letter words containing ki
- kindless — lacking kindness; unkind; unsympathetic.
- kindlier — Comparative form of kindly.
- kindlily — in a kindly manner
- kindling — a litter of kittens, rabbits, etc.
- kindness — the state or quality of being kind: kindness to animals.
- kindreds — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- kindship — The state, condition, or essence of being kind; kindness.
- kinepock — (obsolete) cowpox.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- kinesics — the study of body movements, gestures, facial expressions, etc., as a means of communication.
- kinetics — the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses.
- kinfolks — Plural form of kinfolk.
- king bee — a self-important person.
- king-hit — a knockout punch.
- kingbird — any of several American tyrant flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus, especially T. tyrannus (eastern kingbird) of North America, known for their pugnacious disposition toward predators.
- kingbolt — a vertical bolt connecting the body of a vehicle with the fore axle, the body of a railroad car with a truck, etc.
- kingchow — former name of Jiangling.
- kingcups — Plural form of kingcup.
- kingdome — Obsolete spelling of kingdom.
- kingdoms — Plural form of kingdom.
- kingfish — any of several marine food fishes of the drum family, especially of the genus Menticirrhus, found off the E coast of the U.S.
- kinghood — the state of being king; kingship.
- kingklip — The common name of a popular South African eating fish; Genypterus capensis .
- kinglake — Alexander William, 1809–91, English historian.
- kingless — Without a king.
- kinglets — Plural form of kinglet.
- kinglier — Comparative form of kingly.
- kinglike — a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
- kingling — a minor king
- kingpins — Plural form of kingpin.
- kingpost — vertical post connecting the apex of a triangular roof truss to the tie beam
- kingship — the state, office, or dignity of a king.
- kingside — the side of the board on which the king is positioned at the start of the game, left for black and right for white.
- kingsley — Charles, 1819–75, English clergyman, novelist, and poet.
- kingsman — (military) The lowest enlisted rank in the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment of the British Army, equivalent to private in the rest of the British Army.
- kingsmen — Plural form of kingsman.
- kingston — an island in the West Indies, S of Cuba. 4413 sq. mi. (11,430 sq. km).
- kingwana — a language of the Democratic Republic of Congo in W Africa, closely related to Swahili and used as a lingua franca
- kingwood — a Brazilian wood streaked with violet tints, used especially in cabinetwork.
- kinkajou — a brownish, arboreal mammal, Potos flavus, of Central and South America, having a prehensile tail, related to the raccoon and coati.
- kinkiest — full of kinks; closely twisted: a kinky wire.
- kino gum — the reddish or black, catechulike inspissated juice or gum of certain tall trees belonging to the genus Pterocarpus, of the legume family, native to India and Sri Lanka, used in medicine, tanning, etc.
- kinsella — W(illiam) P(atrick) born 1935, U.S. novelist and short-story writer, born in Canada.
- kinsfolk — Alternative spelling of kinfolk.
- kinshasa — People's Republic of the, a republic in central Africa, W of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly an overseas territory in French Equatorial Africa; now an independent member of the French Community. 132,046 sq. mi. (341,999 sq. km). Capital: Brazzaville. Formerly French Congo, Middle Congo.
- kippered — a fish, especially a herring, that has been cured by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.
- kipperer — One who kippers fish.
- kir moab — ancient name of Kerak.
- kirchner — Ernst Ludwig, 1880–1938, German expressionist artist.
- kiribati — a republic in the central Pacific Ocean, on the equator, comprising 33 islands. 263 sq. mi. (681 sq. km). Capital: Tarawa.