9-letter words containing a, n, k, r, e
- farnarkel — to spend time or act in a careless or inconsequential manner; waste time
- fernbrake — a thicket or dense growth of ferns.
- flankered — Simple past tense and past participle of flanker.
- foresaken — Misspelling of forsaken.
- foreshank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- frankable — (AU,finance) Eligible for franking, a system of tax credit.
- frankness — plainness of speech; candor; openness.
- garfunkel — Arthur ("Art") born 1942, U.S. singer.
- gear knob — a gear lever
- gernsback — Hugo, 1884–1967, U.S. publisher and inventor, born in Belgium: a pioneer in science-fiction publishing.
- greenback — a U.S. legal-tender note, printed in green on the back since the Civil War, originally issued against the credit of the country and not against gold or silver on deposit.
- gunmakers — Plural form of gunmaker.
- handbrake — a brake operated by a hand lever. Compare caliper (def 6).
- hankerers — Plural form of hankerer.
- hankering — a longing; craving.
- hard neck — audacity; nerve
- harkening — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- hearkened — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- hearkener — One who hearkens; a listener.
- heartikin — a term of endearment: 'little heart'
- heartsink — a patient who repeatedly visits his or her doctor's surgery, often with multiple or non-specific symptoms, and whose complaints are impossible to treat
- heraklion — Iraklion
- interbank — Agreed, arranged, or operating between banks.
- interpeak — Between peaks.
- intertask — Between tasks.
- kairomone — A chemical substance emitted by an organism and detected by another of a different species that gains advantage from this, e.g., a parasite seeking a host.
- karabiner — a D -shaped ring with a spring catch on one side, used for fastening ropes in mountaineering.
- katharine — a popular female first name
- katherine — a female given name: from the Greek word meaning “pure.”.
- keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.
- ketonuria — the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
- kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
- kidnapper — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- killarney — a town in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- king lear — a tragedy (1606) by Shakespeare.
- kingmaker — a person who has great power and influence in the choice of a ruler, candidate for public office, business leader, or the like.
- kinkaider — a person who received free land under the provisions of the Kinkaid Act.
- knackered — exhausted; very tired: He is really knackered after work.
- kneeboard — a short board for surfing or water-skiing in a kneeling position.
- kraepelin — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- lakefront — the land along the edge of a lake: Property along the lakefront is more expensive every year.
- lankester — Sir Edwin Ray, 1847–1929, English zoologist and writer.
- larkiness — the quality or characteristic of being larky
- line mark — a trademark covering all items of a particular product line.
- mackinder — Sir Halford John. 1861–1947, British geographer noted esp for his work in political geography. His writings include Democratic Ideas and Reality (1919)
- mandrakes — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- minibreak — A brief pause for relaxation.
- moonraker — Also called moonsail [moon-suh l, -seyl] /ˈmun səl, -ˌseɪl/ (Show IPA). Nautical. a light square sail set above a skysail.