10-letter words containing ki
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- hula skirt — a skirt made of long stems of grass bound to a waistband, worn typically by a Hawaiian hula dancer.
- hyson skin — the inferior leaves of a Chinese green tea
- inbreaking — The act of breaking in; incursion; invasion; inroad.
- isokinetic — (biophysics) Relating to the force that a muscle applies during a limb movement at constant velocity.
- jack kilby — (person) (1924 - 2005-06-20) The electronics engineer who invented the integrated circuit in 1958 at Texas Instruments.
- jackie tar — jackatar.
- jaruzelski — Wojciech (Witold) [voi-chekh vee-tawld] /ˈvɔɪ tʃɛx ˈvi tɔld/ (Show IPA), 1923–2014, Polish general and political leader: prime minister 1981–85; president 1989–90.
- jaywalking — to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.
- jef raskin — (person) The person who started the Macintosh project at Apple Computer, Inc. but left the company before the product was launched.
- jerkinhead — a roof having a hipped end truncating a gable.
- jinrikisha — a small, two-wheeled, cartlike passenger vehicle with a fold-down top, pulled by one person, formerly used widely in Japan and China.
- kazatskies — Plural form of kazatsky.
- kentuckian — a state in the E central United States. 40,395 sq. mi. (104,625 sq. km). Capital: Frankfort. Abbreviation: KY (for use with zip code), Ken., Ky.
- khaki-like — similar to khaki
- khalkidíki — Chalcidice
- ki-swahili — Swahili (def 2).
- kibbutznik — a member of a kibbutz.
- kick about — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kick plate — a metal plate fastened to the bottom of a door to resist blows and scratches.
- kick pleat — an inverted pleat extending upward 6 to 10 inches (15 to 25 cm) from the hemline at the back of a narrow skirt, to allow freedom in walking.
- kick-start — to start by means of a kick starter: to kick-start a motorcycle.
- kickboards — Plural form of kickboard.
- kickboxing — a form of boxing in which the gloved combatants may also kick with bare feet.
- kicksorter — a multichannel pulse-height analyser used esp to distinguish between isotopes by sorting their characteristic pulses (kicks)
- kickstands — Plural form of kickstand.
- kickstarts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kickstart.
- kid around — behave jokingly or playfully
- kid gloves — a glove made of kid leather.
- kid sister — younger female sibling
- kiddie car — a toy vehicle for a small child, having three wheels and pushed with the feet.
- kidnappers — Plural form of kidnapper.
- kidnapping — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidney ore — a form of hematite that occurs in kidney-shaped masses
- kidneywort — the navelwort, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having drooping yellowish-green flowers.
- kidologist — someone who practises or is skilled in kidology
- kiel canal — a canal connecting the North and Baltic seas. 61 miles (98 km) long.
- kieselguhr — diatomaceous earth.
- kieślowski — Krzysztof (ˈkrɪʃtɔf). 1941–96, Polish film director, whose later films were made in France; his work includes the television series Decalogue (1988–89) and the film trilogy Three Colours (1993–94)
- kilderkins — Plural form of kilderkin.
- killer app — a highly innovative, very powerful, or extremely useful computer application; esp one sufficiently important as to justify purchase of the equipment or software
- killer bee — a honeybee, Apis mellifera adansonii, native to Africa, that is extremely aggressive and attacks in swarms when disturbed: brought to Brazil and accidentally released there in 1956.
- killstreak — (video games) An unbroken streak (continuous series) of kills.
- killswitch — Alternative spelling of kill switch.
- kilmarnock — Official name Kilmarnock and Loudon. an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in SW Scotland.
- kiln-dried — of or relating to the reduction of the moisture content in wood by means of artificially controlling the heat, air circulation, and humidity.
- kilner jar — a glass preserving jar with an airtight lid, used for bottling fruit or vegetables
- kiloampère — one thousand amperes
- kilogramme — (British) alternative spelling of kilogram.
- kilojoules — Plural form of kilojoule.