5-Letter Words With K in the Middle

understood in a certain way; made sense of

presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome

the internal mechanism of a device

lacking funds

a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion

found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form

people in general (often used in the plural)

one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder

having no protecting or concealing cover

move back and forth or sideways

stop sleeping

a discussion intended to produce an agreement

a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition

English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)

English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)

the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates

unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia

mark with a stake

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

having the same or similar characteristics

an ability that has been acquired by training

full of hardship or trials

a boy or man

someone who bakes bread or cake

fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire

involving risk or danger

large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan

a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus

a business engaged in manufacturing some product

become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight

a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes)

a very high narrow heel on women's shoes

large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins

a person who does something thoughtless or annoying

the finger farthest from the thumb

United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)

(of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues

overly self-confident or self-assertive

large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area

an individual instance of a type of symbol

English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)

United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)

resembling milk in color; not clear

a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore

large strong hand (as of a fighter)

exacting especially about details

tastelessly showy

(of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin

a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball

not secure; beset with difficulties

United States film actor (born in 1956)

a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad

a person who rides a bicycle

a special loved one