7-letter words containing K
Embark on an exploration of 7-letter words that contain the letter K. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate K within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| fucking | 17 | informal intensifiers | - |
| talking | 12 | an exchange of ideas via conversation | - |
| looking | 12 | appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms | left their clothes dirty looking |
| working | 15 | actively engaged in paid work | the working population |
| kidding | 14 | - | - |
| mistake | 13 | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | he made a bad mistake |
| quickly | 25 | without taking pains | - |
| killing | 12 | very funny | a killing joke |
| walking | 15 | the act of traveling by foot | walking is a healthy form of exercise |
| chicken | 18 | a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl | - |
| kitchen | 16 | a room equipped for preparing meals | - |
| weekend | 15 | a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday | - |
| keeping | 14 | the responsibility of a guardian or keeper | he left his car in my keeping |
| knowing | 15 | characterized by conscious design or purpose | a knowing act of fraud |
| smoking | 14 | a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion | - |
| checked | 19 | patterned with alternating squares of color | - |
| picking | 16 | the quantity of a crop that is harvested | he sent the first picking of berries to the market |
| cooking | 14 | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | cooking can be a great art |
| parking | 14 | space in which vehicles can be parked | there is plenty of parking behind the store |
| kingdom | 15 | the domain ruled by a king or queen | - |
| unknown | 14 | being or having an unknown or unnamed source | a poem by an unknown author |
| kissing | 12 | affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | - |
| patrick | 15 | Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century | - |
| network | 14 | an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals | - |
| package | 16 | put into a box | - |
| barking | 14 | - | - |
| frankly | 17 | (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn |
| kicking | 18 | the act of delivering a blow with the foot | the team's kicking was excellent |
| shocked | 17 | struck with fear, dread, or consternation | - |
| shaking | 15 | a shaky motion | the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe |
| cookies | 13 | - | - |
| awkward | 18 | socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner | awkward and reserved at parties |
| blanket | 13 | bedding that keeps a person warm in bed | - |
| whiskey | 20 | a liquor made from fermented mash of grain | - |
| blocked | 16 | completely obstructed or closed off | the storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges |
| mankind | 14 | all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women |
| packing | 16 | carrying something in a pack on the back | the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts |
| luckily | 16 | by good fortune | - |
| seeking | 12 | the act of searching for something | - |
| sucking | 14 | the act of sucking | - |
| cracked | 16 | of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide | - |
| freaked | 15 | - | - |
| quicker | 22 | more quickly | - |
| cricket | 15 | a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs | - |
| karaoke | 15 | singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs) | - |
| pumpkin | 17 | a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes | - |
| speaker | 13 | electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance | - |
| unlucky | 16 | marked by or promising bad fortune | the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons |
| jackass | 20 | male donkey | - |
| skating | 12 | the sport of gliding on skates | - |
| choking | 17 | the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe | no evidence that the choking was done by the accused |
| ticking | 14 | a metallic tapping sound | - |
| bangkok | 18 | the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture | - |
| sinking | 12 | a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension | with a sinking heart |
| crooked | 14 | irregular in shape or outline | a dress with a crooked hemline |
| backing | 16 | financial resources provided to make some project possible | - |
| drunken | 12 | given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol | a drunken binge |
| ketchup | 18 | thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes | - |
| tracked | 14 | having tracks | new snow tracked by rabbits |
| banking | 14 | engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc. | - |
| jackpot | 22 | the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker) | - |
| wrecked | 17 | destroyed in an accident | a wrecked ship |
| stalker | 11 | someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions | - |
| lacking | 14 | nonexistent | her appetite was lacking |
| cracker | 15 | a poor White person in the southern United States | - |
| dislike | 12 | an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | - |
| licking | 14 | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest | they suffered a convincing licking |
| lookout | 11 | a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | - |
| provoke | 16 | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | - |
| locking | 14 | the act of locking something up to protect it | - |
| skipper | 15 | an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship | - |
| chuckle | 18 | laugh quietly or with restraint | - |
| jerking | 19 | an abrupt spasmodic movement | - |
| mocking | 16 | abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule | her mocking smile |
| payback | 20 | the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | - |
| breaker | 13 | a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded | - |
| whacked | 20 | (British informal) exhausted or worn out | - |
| skilled | 12 | having or showing or requiring special skill | only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team |
| twinkle | 14 | merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes |
| pancake | 15 | a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | - |
| skinned | 12 | having skin of a specified kind | - |
| ranking | 12 | having a higher rank | - |
| redneck | 14 | a poor White person in the southern United States | - |
| soaking | 12 | washing something by allowing it to soak | - |
| skinner | 11 | a worker who drives mules | - |
| peacock | 17 | European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot | - |
| sparkle | 13 | merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | he had a sparkle in his eye |
| hacking | 17 | - | - |
| cockpit | 17 | a pit for cockfights | - |
| sticker | 13 | a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf | - |
| hooking | 15 | a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer | he took lessons to cure his hooking |
| schmuck | 20 | (Yiddish) a jerk | - |
| booking | 14 | the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group) | wondered who had made the booking |
| workout | 14 | the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | - |
| breakup | 15 | the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) | - |
| knuckle | 17 | a joint of a finger when the fist is closed | - |
| hawking | 18 | English theoretical physicist (born in 1942) | - |
| derrick | 14 | a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered | - |
| tracker | 13 | someone who tracks down game | - |
| marking | 14 | evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | - |
| pickled | 16 | (used of foods) preserved in a pickling liquid | - |
| dickens | 14 | a word used in exclamations of confusion | the dickens you say |
| drinker | 12 | a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) | - |
| perkins | 13 | - | - |
| stacked | 14 | (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves | - |
| berserk | 13 | one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury | - |
| artwork | 14 | photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication | the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book |
| mistook | 13 | - | - |
| shekels | 14 | informal terms for money | - |
| kashmir | 16 | an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India | - |
| thinker | 14 | an important intellectual | - |
| outlook | 11 | a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations | - |
| takeoff | 17 | humorous or satirical mimicry | - |
| wrinkle | 14 | gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker | - |
| plucked | 16 | having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl | a plucked chicken |
| quickie | 22 | hurried repair | - |
| rethink | 14 | thinking again about a choice previously made | - |
| cupcake | 17 | small cake baked in a muffin tin | - |
| setback | 15 | an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating | - |
| squeaky | 23 | having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | - |
| milkman | 15 | someone who delivers milk | - |
| mockery | 18 | humorous or satirical mimicry | - |
| forsake | 14 | leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch | - |
| jukebox | 27 | a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin | - |
| walkout | 14 | a strike in which the workers walk out | - |
| anklets | 11 | a sock that reaches just above the ankle | - |
| checkup | 20 | a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person | - |
| bonkers | 13 | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | - |
| hammock | 20 | a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily | - |
| kingpin | 14 | bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle | - |
| docking | 15 | the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes | - |
| bullock | 15 | castrated bull | - |
| prickly | 18 | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | - |
| revoked | 15 | - | - |
| cuckold | 16 | be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | - |
| seasick | 13 | experiencing motion sickness | - |
| stalked | 12 | having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk | - |
| stocked | 14 | furnished with more than enough | rivers well stocked with fish |
| pollock | 15 | lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish | - |
| trucker | 13 | someone who drives a truck as an occupation | - |
| sketchy | 19 | giving only major points; lacking completeness | a sketchy account |
| kremlin | 13 | citadel of a Russian town | - |
| paprika | 15 | plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers | - |
| catwalk | 16 | narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge) | - |
| gimmick | 18 | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | - |
| pollack | 15 | United States filmmaker (born in 1934) | - |
| slacker | 13 | a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) | - |
| staking | 12 | - | - |
| striker | 11 | someone who hits | a fine striker of the ball |
| takeout | 11 | prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises | in England they call takeout food `takeaway' |
| bazooka | 22 | a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon | - |
| kibbutz | 24 | a collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel; children are reared collectively | - |
| outback | 15 | inaccessible and sparsely populated | - |
| shylock | 19 | someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest | - |
| rockers | 13 | originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers | - |
| buttock | 15 | either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump | - |
| bumpkin | 17 | a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | - |
| luckier | 13 | - | - |
| partake | 13 | consume | - |
| shocker | 16 | a sensational message (in a film or play or novel) | - |
| flicker | 16 | a momentary flash of light | - |
| kindred | 13 | similar in quality or character | kindred souls |
| cookout | 13 | an informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors | - |
| stinker | 11 | an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory | - |
| kleenex | 18 | a piece of soft absorbent paper (usually two or more thin layers) used as a disposable handkerchief | - |
| ducking | 15 | the act of wetting something by submerging it | - |
| cloaked | 14 | covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | fog-cloaked meadows |
| workman | 16 | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor | - |
| freckle | 16 | a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin | - |
| cossack | 15 | a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia | - |
| cockney | 18 | a native of the east end of London | - |
| warlock | 16 | a male witch or demon | - |
| twinkie | 14 | a small sponge cake with a synthetic cream filling | - |
| inkling | 12 | a slight suggestion or vague understanding | he had no inkling what was about to happen |
| booklet | 13 | a small book usually having a paper cover | - |
| krypton | 16 | a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air | - |
| sparkly | 16 | marked by high spirits or excitement | a row of sparkly cheerleaders |
| wrinkly | 17 | marked by wrinkles | - |
| leakage | 12 | the discharge of a fluid from some container | - |
| skillet | 11 | a pan used for frying foods | - |
| bracket | 15 | place into brackets | Please bracket this remark |
| knitted | 12 | made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving | knitted garments |
| wedlock | 17 | the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) | - |
| racking | 14 | causing great physical or mental suffering | - |
| skyline | 14 | the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet | - |
| barrack | 15 | laugh at with contempt and derision | - |
| bedrock | 16 | principles from which other truths can be derived | - |
| kneecap | 15 | a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint | - |
| likable | 13 | (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | - |
| trinket | 11 | cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | - |
| makings | 14 | - | - |
| keyhole | 17 | the hole where a key is inserted | - |
| yakking | 19 | - | - |
| mucking | 16 | - | - |
| padlock | 16 | a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut | - |
| checker | 18 | variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns | - |
| airlock | 13 | a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure | - |
| obelisk | 13 | a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote | - |
| snooker | 11 | a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball | - |
| trickle | 13 | run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream | water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose |
| takings | 12 | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | - |
| kinetic | 13 | supplying motive force | the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center |
| knotted | 12 | used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots | gnarled and knotted hands |
| necktie | 13 | neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front | he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie |
| winking | 15 | closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly | - |
| paddock | 17 | pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race | - |
| carsick | 15 | experiencing motion sickness | - |
| hickory | 19 | American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts | - |
| parkway | 19 | a wide scenic road planted with trees | - |
| winkler | 14 | - | - |
| blocker | 15 | a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process | - |
| wrecker | 16 | someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks | - |
| barkeep | 15 | an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar | - |
| braking | 14 | - | - |
| cookery | 16 | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | people are needed who have experience in cookery |
| kinship | 16 | (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption | - |
| invoked | 15 | - | - |
| crackle | 15 | glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface | - |
| skeeter | 11 | - | - |
| skeptic | 15 | someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs | - |
| skilful | 14 | having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | - |
| wetback | 18 | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent | - |
| ukulele | 11 | a small guitar having four strings | - |
| rackets | 13 | - | - |
| skimmed | 16 | used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed | she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter |
| slicker | 13 | a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof | - |
| desktop | 14 | (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear | - |
| clicker | 15 | - | - |
| masking | 14 | scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen | - |
| rickety | 16 | affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets | rickety limbs and joints |
| weekday | 18 | any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday) | - |
| tucking | 14 | - | - |
| bollock | 15 | a pulley-block at the head of a topmast | - |
| croaker | 13 | any of several fishes that make a croaking noise | - |
| shackle | 16 | bind the arms of | - |
| walkway | 20 | a path set aside for walking | - |
| mollusk | 13 | invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell | - |
| kickoff | 23 | the time at which something is supposed to begin | - |
| snicker | 13 | laugh quietly | - |
| sneaker | 11 | a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole | - |
| blinker | 13 | blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side | - |
| fuckwit | 19 | - | - |
| snorkel | 11 | air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time | - |
| rickets | 13 | childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus | - |
| baklava | 16 | rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey | - |
| knocker | 17 | a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door | - |
| kestrel | 11 | small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind | - |
| reeking | 12 | wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears | wiped his reeking neck |
| thicket | 16 | a dense growth of bushes | - |
| whisker | 17 | a very small distance or space | they lost the election by a whisker |
| godlike | 13 | appropriate to or befitting a god | a man of godlike sagacity |
| hacksaw | 19 | saw used with one hand for cutting metal | - |
| kindled | 13 | set afire | a kindled fire |
| shakers | 14 | a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States | - |
| unstuck | 13 | thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence | price programs became unstuck because little grain was available |
| necking | 14 | the molding at the top of a column | - |
| keynote | 14 | (music) the first note of a diatonic scale | - |
| recheck | 18 | - | - |
| outrank | 11 | take precedence or surpass others in rank | - |
| huskies | 14 | - | - |
| killick | 17 | - | - |
| killjoy | 21 | someone who spoils the pleasure of others | - |
| panicky | 18 | thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation | became panicky as the snow deepened |
| quaking | 21 | - | - |
| cutback | 17 | a reduction in quantity or rate | - |
| sacking | 14 | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | - |
| gherkin | 15 | any of various small cucumbers pickled whole | - |
| hemlock | 18 | large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous | - |
| peckish | 18 | easily irritated or annoyed | - |
| potluck | 15 | whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all | having arrived unannounced we had to take potluck |
| darkies | 12 | - | - |
| sputnik | 13 | a Russian artificial satellite | - |
| warlike | 14 | disposed to warfare or hard-line policies | warlike policies |
| chetnik | 16 | - | - |
| restock | 13 | stock again | He restocked his land with pheasants |
| stickup | 15 | robbery at gunpoint | - |
| beatnik | 13 | a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior | - |
| brisket | 13 | a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef | - |
| hackney | 19 | a carriage for hire | - |
| lockjaw | 23 | an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages | - |
| moniker | 13 | a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) | - |
| pinkies | 13 | - | - |
| spackle | 15 | powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster | - |
| thicken | 16 | make thick or thicker | - |
| ransack | 13 | search thoroughly | - |
| unblock | 15 | make (assets) available | - |
| backlog | 16 | something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose | - |
| cassock | 15 | a black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers | - |
| menfolk | 16 | - | - |
| kaddish | 16 | - | - |
| pigskin | 14 | leather from the skin of swine | - |
| redskin | 12 | (slang) offensive term for Native Americans | - |
| backhoe | 18 | an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth | - |
| blacken | 15 | make or become black | The smoke blackened the ceiling |
| blankly | 16 | in a blank and uncomprehending manner | she stared at him blankly |
| kinsman | 13 | a male relative | - |
| legwork | 15 | - | - |
| keister | 11 | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | - |
| skimmer | 15 | a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown | - |
| whacker | 19 | something especially big or impressive of its kind | - |
| carjack | 22 | take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it | My car was carjacked last night! |
| heckler | 16 | someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections | - |
| finicky | 19 | exacting especially about details | a finicky eater |
| lockbox | 22 | a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables | - |
| quakers | 20 | a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers | - |
| rebuked | 14 | - | - |
| decking | 15 | - | - |
| skylark | 18 | brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height | - |
| snaking | 12 | - | - |
| yonkers | 14 | - | - |
| buckeye | 18 | tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds | - |
| haddock | 18 | important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller | - |
| hackman | 18 | - | - |
| koumiss | 13 | an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia | - |
| linkage | 12 | (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go) | - |
| meerkat | 13 | a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes | - |
| pillock | 15 | a person who is not very bright | - |
| quicken | 22 | make keen or more acute | - |
| schtick | 18 | (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating | - |
| unkempt | 15 | not neatly combed | wild unkempt hair |
| workday | 18 | a day on which work is done | - |
| brookie | 13 | - | - |
| kinfolk | 18 | people descended from a common ancestor | - |
| muskrat | 13 | the brown fur of a muskrat | - |
| keycard | 17 | a plastic card that has a magnetically coded strip that is scanned in order to operate a mechanism | - |
| keyword | 18 | - | - |
| shakily | 17 | in an insecurely shaky manner | this theory is rather shakily supported by some obscure data |
| champak | 20 | - | - |
| honkies | 14 | - | - |
| kimchee | 18 | - | - |
| lockout | 13 | a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms | - |
| logbook | 14 | a book in which the log is written | - |
| schnook | 16 | (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised | - |
| seppuku | 15 | ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society | - |
| skyward | 18 | toward the sky | look skywards! |
| stoking | 12 | - | - |
| thickly | 19 | in quick succession | - |
| bulwark | 16 | a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away | - |
| hocking | 17 | - | - |
| irksome | 13 | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | what an irksome task the writing of long letters is |
| kumquat | 22 | any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp | - |
| knacker | 17 | someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them | - |
| pinkish | 16 | of a light shade of red | - |
| slicked | 14 | (of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance | - |
| slacken | 13 | make slack as by lessening tension or firmness | - |
| tankard | 12 | large drinking vessel with one handle | - |
| riskier | 11 | - | - |
| roebuck | 15 | male roe deer | - |
| bookish | 16 | characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading | a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket |
| briskly | 16 | in a brisk manner | she walked briskly in the cold air |
| flunkey | 17 | a person of unquestioning obedience | - |
| flaking | 15 | - | - |
| palooka | 13 | a second-rate prize fighter | - |
| passkey | 16 | key that secures entrance everywhere | - |
| colicky | 18 | suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal | - |
| sickbay | 18 | (nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship) | - |
| sickbed | 16 | the bed on which a sick person lies | - |
| skiving | 15 | - | - |
| suckled | 14 | (of an infant) breast-fed | - |
| tickler | 13 | a file of memoranda or notices that remind of things to be done | - |
| airsick | 13 | experiencing motion sickness | - |
| forsook | 14 | - | - |
| inkwell | 14 | a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped | - |
| kitschy | 19 | effusively or insincerely emotional | - |
| lockman | 15 | a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) | - |
| milksop | 15 | a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive | - |
| pickaxe | 22 | a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends | - |
| evoking | 15 | - | - |
| shirker | 14 | a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) | - |
| sockeye | 16 | fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers | - |
| soymilk | 16 | a milk substitute containing soybean flour and water; used in some infant formulas and in making tofu | - |
| tackler | 13 | a football player who tackles the ball carrier | - |
| tacking | 14 | (nautical) the act of changing tack | - |
| topknot | 13 | headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hair | - |
| upchuck | 20 | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | - |
| unasked | 12 | uninvited | A swift picture of the sort of women he would have in his bed sprang unasked into her mind. |
| askance | 13 | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy | her eyes with their misted askance look |
| backlit | 15 | - | - |
| bookman | 15 | a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines | - |
| burdock | 16 | any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs | - |
| apelike | 13 | resembling apes | - |
| kiddush | 16 | - | - |
| khedive | 18 | one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914 | - |
| kachina | 16 | a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift | - |
| cowlick | 18 | a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat | - |
| duckies | 14 | - | - |
| skiffle | 17 | a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments | - |
| skywalk | 21 | an elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed) | - |
| streaky | 14 | marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations | fat legs and dirty streaky faces |
| sackful | 16 | the quantity contained in a sack | - |
| awaking | 15 | - | - |
| bracken | 15 | fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions | - |
| hillock | 16 | a small natural hill | - |
| nakedly | 15 | in an exposed manner; without protection or defense | they were attacked as they huddled nakedly on the bare hill |
| niblick | 15 | an iron with considerable loft | - |
| nitpick | 15 | be overly critical; criticize minor details | - |
| katydid | 16 | large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings | - |
| prickle | 15 | cause a stinging or tingling sensation | - |
| crinkle | 13 | a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | - |
| clinker | 13 | a hard brick used as a paving stone | - |
| smacker | 15 | a loud kiss | - |
| skydive | 18 | jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute | - |
| skittle | 11 | a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles | - |
| starkly | 14 | in a stark manner | He was starkly unable to achieve coherence |
| stocker | 13 | a domestic animal (especially a young steer or heifer) kept as stock until fattened or matured and suitable for a breeding establishment | - |
| tonking | 12 | - | - |
| unstick | 13 | - | - |
| hearken | 14 | listen; used mostly in the imperative | - |
| ikebana | 13 | - | - |
| fatback | 18 | salt pork from the back of a hog carcass | - |
| kiloton | 11 | a measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of 1000 tons of TNT | - |
| knavish | 17 | marked by skill in deception | - |
| knobbed | 16 | used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots | a knobbed stick |
| mawkish | 19 | effusively or insincerely emotional | - |
| mazurka | 22 | a Polish national dance in triple time | - |
| jaywalk | 24 | cross the road at a red light | - |
| keening | 12 | - | - |
| junkers | 18 | German aircraft engineer who designed the first all-metal airplane (1859-1935) | - |
| outtake | 11 | a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film | - |
| cowpoke | 18 | a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | - |
| sawbuck | 18 | a framework for holding wood that is being sawed | - |
| wakeful | 17 | carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger | - |
| brickle | 15 | having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped | `brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal |
| buyback | 20 | the act of purchasing back something previously sold | - |
| flecked | 17 | having a pattern of dots | - |
| hulking | 15 | of great size and bulk | a hulking figure of a man |
| kolkhoz | 27 | a collective farm owned by the communist state | - |
| knifing | 15 | - | - |
| lambkin | 15 | a very young lamb | - |
| lashkar | 14 | - | - |
| manlike | 13 | possessing qualities befitting a man | - |
| midweek | 17 | the fourth day of the week; the third working day | - |
| monkish | 16 | befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial | - |
| junkman | 20 | - | - |
| kampong | 16 | a native village in Malaysia | - |
| partook | 13 | - | - |
| pinkeye | 16 | inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye | - |
| oilskin | 11 | a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof | - |
| crackly | 18 | - | - |
| crocked | 16 | very drunk | - |
| shakier | 14 | - | - |
| skewing | 15 | - | - |
| sleeker | 11 | - | - |
| snicket | 13 | - | - |
| stacker | 13 | a laborer who builds up a stack or pile | - |
| sukkoth | 18 | a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness | - |
| tankful | 14 | as much as a tank will hold | - |
| rockery | 16 | a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants | - |
| rikshaw | 17 | - | - |
| tinkler | 11 | - | - |
| tricksy | 16 | marked by skill in deception | - |
| trekker | 15 | a traveler who makes a long arduous journey (as hiking through mountainous country) | - |
| vandyke | 18 | Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641) | - |
| turnkey | 14 | someone who guards prisoners | - |
| bethink | 16 | cause oneself to consider something | - |
| bespeak | 15 | be a signal for or a symptom of | - |
| chinook | 16 | a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook | - |
| goshawk | 18 | large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry | - |
| hotcake | 16 | a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | - |
| flanker | 14 | a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver | - |
| kinkier | 15 | - | - |
| kindler | 12 | - | - |
| knavery | 17 | lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | - |
| mockers | 15 | - | - |
| kaffirs | 17 | - | - |
| perkier | 13 | - | - |
| conkers | 13 | - | - |
| crinkly | 16 | uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves | - |
| doglike | 13 | resembling a dog; especially in devotion | a doglike affection |
| earmark | 13 | give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | I will earmark this money for your research |
| shucker | 16 | - | - |
| shrieky | 17 | - | - |
| smokier | 13 | - | - |
| slaking | 12 | - | - |
| spanker | 13 | a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand | my father was the designated spanker in our family |
| stickum | 15 | - | - |
| tricker | 13 | someone who plays practical jokes on others | - |
| wackier | 16 | - | - |
| worktop | 16 | - | - |
| twinkly | 17 | smiling with happiness or optimism | a round red twinkly Santa Claus |
| tsatske | 11 | (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman | - |
| unbaked | 14 | - | - |
| unalike | 11 | not alike or similar | as unalike as two people could be |
| betoken | 13 | be a signal for or a symptom of | - |
| bespoke | 15 | (of clothing) custom-made | - |
| blackly | 18 | - | - |
| brocket | 15 | male red deer in its second year | - |
| brickie | 15 | - | - |
| bulkier | 13 | - | - |
| bunraku | 13 | - | - |
| catlike | 13 | - | - |
| forking | 15 | the place where something divides into branches | - |
| funkier | 14 | - | - |
| grackle | 14 | glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech | - |
| hackles | 16 | a feeling of anger and animosity | having one's hackles or dander up |
| knesset | 11 | the Israeli unicameral parliament | - |
| kneeing | 12 | - | - |
| knitter | 11 | someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining yarn or thread | - |
| nankeen | 11 | a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color | - |
| nonskid | 12 | designed to reduce or prevent skidding | nonskid tires |
