9-letter words containing a, n, k, l
- solonchak — a type of intrazonal soil of arid regions with a greyish surface crust: contains large quantities of soluble salts
- sparkling — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
- sri lanka — an island republic in the Indian Ocean, S of India: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 25,332 sq. mi. (65,610 sq. km). Capital: Colombo.
- stinkball — stinkpot (def 1).
- swan lake — a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.
- talk down — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- talk into — persuade
- talkathon — an unusually long speech or discussion, especially on a matter of public interest, as a Congressional filibuster or a televised question-and-answer session with a political candidate.
- talkiness — the quality or condition of being talky; wordiness
- tana-lake — a river in E Africa, in Kenya, flowing SE to the Indian Ocean. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- tangolike — resembling or characteristic of tango music or dance
- tendulkar — Sachin (ˈsæʃɪn) (Ramesh). born 1973, Indian cricketer: he played in 200 test matches (1989–2013) and was the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in tests (2011) and first to score 100 international centuries (2012)
- thankless — not likely to be appreciated or rewarded; unappreciated: a thankless job.
- thinkable — capable of being thought; conceivable.
- thinkably — in a thinkable or conceivable manner
- town talk — the usual talk, gossip, or rumors, as in a village or town.
- treblinka — a Nazi concentration camp in Poland, near Warsaw.
- ulyanovsk — a city in the W Russian Federation, on the Volga River: birthplace of Lenin.
- unlikable — readily or easily liked; pleasing: a likable young man.
- unmakable — not capable of being made
- unmanlike — not appropriate to or worthy of a man
- unplanked — not planked, not having planks added or laid
- unshackle — to free from shackles; unfetter.
- unstalked — without a stalk or stalks.
- unwarlike — not relating to war
- valkyrian — any of the beautiful maidens attendant upon Odin who bring the souls of slain warriors chosen by Odin or Tyr to Valhalla and there wait upon them.
- van vleck — John H(asbrouck) [haz-broo k] /ˈhæz brʊk/ (Show IPA), 1899–1980, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1977.
- walk into — If you walk into an unpleasant situation, you become involved in it without expecting to, especially because you have been careless.
- walk-down — a store, living quarters, etc., located below the street level and approached by a flight of steps: It was a dimly lit walk-down optimistically called a garden apartment.
- walkathon — a long-distance walking race for testing endurance.
- walker-on — someone who has a small part in a play or theatrical entertainment, esp one without any lines
- wall knot — a knot forming a knob at the end of a rope, made by unwinding the strands and weaving them together
- weak link — flaw in a process
- weaklings — Plural form of weakling.
- womanlike — like a woman; womanly.
- workmanly — Befitting a workman; skilful; workmanlike.