9-letter words containing a, c, k
- haversack — a single-strapped bag worn over one shoulder and used for carrying supplies.
- hay shock — a haycock.
- haystacks — Plural form of haystack.
- headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
- headstick — a piece of wood formerly used in typesetting to create a margin at the top of a page
- headstock — the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
- heartsick — extremely depressed or unhappy.
- hijackers — Plural form of hijacker.
- hijacking — Present participle of hijack.
- hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- holdbacks — Plural form of holdback.
- honeycake — A cake made with honey, especially as a Rosh Hashanah tradition.
- hoop back — a chair back having the uprights and crest rail in a continuous arched form.
- hornwrack — a yellowish bryozoan or sea mat sometimes found on beaches after a storm
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- huckaback — toweling of linen or cotton, of a distinctive absorbent weave.
- humpbacks — Plural form of humpback.
- hunchback — a person whose back is humped in a convex position because of abnormal spinal curvature. Compare kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis.
- ice maker — machine that makes ice cubes
- ice-skate — to skate on ice.
- icemakers — Plural form of icemaker.
- jack arch — flat arch.
- jack bean — a bushy tropical plant, Canavalia ensiformis, of the legume family, grown especially for forage.
- jack cade — Jack, died 1450, English rebel during the reign of Henry VI, based in Kent.
- jack kemp — Jack F. 1935–2009, U.S. politician: congressman 1970–89.
- jack pine — a scrubby pine, Pinus banksiana, growing on tracts of poor, rocky land in Canada and the northern U.S., bearing short needles and curved cones.
- jack post — a post for supporting a floor beam, having two telescoping sections, adjustable to any height.
- jack rope — a rope for bending the foot of a sail to a boom.
- jack rose — a cocktail made with apple brandy, lime or lemon juice, and grenadine.
- jack shit — anything at all; the least thing (usually used in the negative): He doesn't know jack shit.
- jackanape — Of or pertaining to a jackanapes.
- jackasses — Plural form of jackass.
- jackboots — Plural form of jackboot.
- jacketing — Present participle of jacket.
- jackfruit — a large, tropical, milky-juiced tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the mulberry family, having stiff and glossy green leaves, cultivated for its very large, edible fruit and seeds.
- jackknife — a large pocketknife.
- jacklight — a portable cresset, oil-burning lantern, or electric light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night.
- jackscrew — a jack for lifting, consisting of a screw steadied by a threaded support and carrying a plate or other part bearing the load.
- jackshaft — Also called countershaft. a short shaft, connected by belting, gears, etc., that transmits motion from a motor or engine to a machine or machines being driven (distinguished from main shaft).
- jacksmelt — a large silversides, Atherinopsis californiensis, found along the coast of California, that grows to a length of 22 inches (55 cm).
- jacksmith — a smith who makes devices that enable the turning of meat while being roasted
- jacksnipe — Also called half snipe. a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.
- jackstaff — A short flagpole at a ship’s bow, on which a jack is flown.
- jackstays — Plural form of jackstay.
- jackstone — jack1 (def 5a, b).
- jackstraw — one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.
- jackwagon — (US, slang, derogatory) An objectionable person; a jerk; a jackass.
- jacky tar — jackatar.
- jampacked — to fill or pack as tightly or fully as possible: We jam-packed the basket with all kinds of fruit.
- jazz rock — a style of music that combines jazz and rock