9-letter words containing a, i, k
- anticrack — protecting a computer against unauthorized access
- antiknock — a compound, such as lead tetraethyl, added to petrol to reduce knocking in the engine
- antinuker — a person who is opposed to nuclear weapons or energy
- antiquark — the antiparticle of a quark
- antishake — denoting a technology that reduces the blurring caused by movement of the person taking a photograph
- antishark — designed to protect against shark attacks
- antishock — designed to reduce the force of impact
- antismoke — preventing smoke
- antistick — acting to prevent adhesion
- antshrike — any of several antbirds, especially of the genus Thamnophilus, superficially resembling the shrike.
- antwackie — old-fashioned
- apres-ski — Apres-ski is evening entertainment and social activities in places where people go skiing.
- apronlike — resembling an apron
- arkwright — Sir Richard. 1732–92, English cotton manufacturer: inventor of the spinning frame (1769) which produced cotton thread strong enough to be used as a warp
- arrowlike — resembling an arrow
- artichoke — Artichokes or globe artichokes are round green vegetables that have fleshy leaves arranged like the petals of a flower.
- asahikawa — city in central Hokkaido, Japan: pop. 360,000
- ashkenazi — of or relating to the Jews of Germany and E Europe
- assay kit — equipment used to carry out an analysis, esp a determination of the amount of metal in an ore or the amounts of impurities in a precious metal
- asskicker — to kick ass. See kick (def 33).
- asterisks — Plural form of asterisk.
- attacking — to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
- audiobook — a recorded reading of a book recorded on tape, CD, or digital formats
- autarkies — Plural form of autarky.
- awakening — the start of a feeling or awareness in a person
- awestrike — to inspire great awe in
- baby milk — a powder made from dried cows' milk, or other ingredients, mixed with water to feed babies
- back dive — a dive in which the diver stands on the springboard with the back to the water and jumps up, arching backward to land either feetfirst facing the springboard or headfirst facing away from the springboard.
- back link — (hypertext) A link in one direction implied by the existence of an explicit link in the other direction.
- back nine — the holes of a golf course numbered 10 through 18, regarded as a unit
- back pain — pain that is felt in the back
- back-wind — to divert wind against the lee side of (a sail) from another sail.
- backbiter — to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
- backbites — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite.
- backfield — the area behind the line of scrimmage from which the backfield begin each play
- backfiles — Plural form of backfile.
- backfills — Plural form of backfill.
- backfired — Simple past tense and past participle of backfire.
- backfires — Plural form of backfire.
- backfisch — a teenage girl; a girl who has not yet reached maturity
- backflips — Plural form of backflip.
- backlifts — Plural form of backlift.
- backlight — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- backlists — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist.
- backpiece — a tattoo on the back
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
- backshift — The changing of a present tense in direct speech to a past tense in reported speech (or a past tense to pluperfect).
- backshish — Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
- backsides — Plural form of backside.
- backsight — the sight of a rifle nearer the stock