9-letter words containing a, c, k
- jazz-rock — music that combines elements of both jazz and rock and is usually performed on amplified electric instruments.
- jet black — deep-black: jet-black hair.
- jet-black — deep-black: jet-black hair.
- jim clark — Dr. James H. Clark
- jockstrap — an elasticized belt, a men's undergarment, with a pouch for supporting and protecting the genitals, worn especially while participating in athletics.
- jonnycake — Alternative spelling of johnnycake.
- junk call — a telephone call soliciting a donation or selling a product or service by a caller making many such calls to a list of prospects.
- kachcheri — The government department that administrates a district in Sri Lanka.
- kachumber — a salad of chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, and (sometimes) other vegetables, typically seasoned with chilli and coriander, served as an accompaniment to a main meal
- kaczynski — Lech. 1949–2010, Polish politician, president of Poland (2005–10)
- kadaitcha — Alternative form of kurdaitcha.
- kalanchoe — any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching clusters of flowers.
- kamchadal — Itelmen.
- kamchatka — a peninsula in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, extending S between the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk. 750 miles (1210 km) long; 104,200 sq. mi. (269,880 sq. km) wide.
- kampuchea — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- kanamycin — An aminoglycoside antibiotic marketed under the trade name Kantrex.
- karyocyte — (cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus.
- katabatic — (of a wind or air current) moving downward or down a slope. Compare anabatic (def 1).
- katabolic — Alternative form of catabolic.
- kawaguchi — a city on SE Honshu, in central Japan, N of Tokyo.
- keep back — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- keep pace — go as fast
- kelp crab — any of several spider crabs common among kelp beds along the Pacific coast of North America.
- keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- ketchikan — a seaport in SE Alaska: transportation and communications center.
- key scarf — any of various scarf joints in which the overlapping parts are keyed together.
- kick back — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kickabout — An informal amateur game of football/soccer.
- kickbacks — Plural form of kickback.
- kickboard — a buoyant, usually small board that is used to support the arms of a swimmer, used chiefly in practicing kicking movements.
- kickshaws — Plural form of kickshaw.
- kickstand — a device for supporting a bicycle or motorcycle when not in use, pivoted to the rear axle in such a way that it can be kicked down below the rear wheel.
- kickstart — a starter, as of a motorcycle, that operates by a downward kick on a pedal.
- kinematic — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- king clam — geoduck.
- king crab — horseshoe crab.
- kingcraft — the art of ruling as king; royal statesmanship.
- kirkcaldy — a city in SE Fife, in E Scotland, on the Firth of Forth.
- knackered — exhausted; very tired: He is really knackered after work.
- knaidlach — a dumpling, especially a small ball of matzo meal, eggs, and salt, often mixed with another foodstuff, as ground almonds or grated potato, usually served in soup.
- knapsacks — Plural form of knapsack.
- knockback — A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil.
- kokoschka — Oskar [aws-kahr] /ˈɔs kɑr/ (Show IPA), 1886–1980, Austrian painter and dramatist.
- korat cat — rare blue-grey breed of cat
- kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
- krautrock — (music) A genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s.
- kritarchy — Rule by judges.
- kuangchou — Wade-Giles. Canton.
- kurchatov — Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.
- kwangchow — Older Spelling. Canton.