6-letter words containing a, n, k
- chaunk — (cooking) A garnish made by frying mustard seed, asafoetida, and other whole spices in oil or ghee to release the flavours. Added to soups, curries, etc., at the end of cooking.
- clanks — Plural form of clank.
- clanky — making clanking sounds
- cranko — John. 1927–73, British choreographer, born in South Africa: director of the Stuttgart Ballet (1961–73)
- cranks — Plural form of crank.
- cranky — If you describe ideas or ways of behaving as cranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange.
- daikon — a Japanese radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) having a long, white root that is eaten raw or cooked
- danker — Comparative form of dank.
- dankly — In a dank manner.
- darken — If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker.
- deakin — Alfred. 1856–1919, Australian statesman. He was a leader of the movement for Australian federation; prime minister of Australia (1903–04; 1905–08; 1909–10)
- durkan — (John) Mark. born 1960, Northern Irish politician; leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 2001 to 2010
- eakins — Thomas, 1844–1916, U.S. painter.
- embank — Construct a wall or bank of earth or stone in order to confine (a river) within certain limits.
- enrank — to put in a row or rank
- faking — Present participle of fake.
- fankle — to entangle
- flanks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flank.
- franck — César (Auguste) [sey-zar oh-gyst] /seɪˈzar oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, French composer, born in Belgium.
- franko — Ivan [ee-vahn] /iˈvɑn/ (Show IPA), 1856–1916, Ukrainian writer.
- franks — Plural form of frank.
- franky — a male given name, form of Frank.
- funkia — plantain lily.
- gaskin — a gasket.
- gdansk — a seaport in N Poland, on the Gulf of Danzig.
- glinka — Mikhail Ivanovich [mi-kah-eel i-vah-nuh-vich;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /mɪ kɑˈil ɪˈvɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1803–57, Russian composer.
- hanked — a skein, as of thread or yarn.
- hanker — to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
- hankie — a handkerchief.
- hankou — a former city in E Hubei province, in E China: now part of Wuhan.
- hankow — a former city in E Hubei province, in E China: now part of Wuhan.
- harken — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- intake — the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
- janker — a device for transporting logs
- jansky — a unit of flux density for electromagnetic radiation, used chiefly in radio astronomy. Abbreviation: Jy.
- kaduna — a city in central Nigeria.
- kaftan — caftan.
- kahuna — (in Hawaii) a native medicine man or priest.
- kainga — Maori village.
- kaizen — a business philosophy or system that is based on making positive changes on a regular basis, as to improve productivity.
- kalgan — Zhangjiakou.
- kalian — a Persian tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water; hookah.
- kalong — a large flying fox of Southeast Asia.
- kamina — a city in S Zaire.
- kamsin — Alternative spelling of khamsin.
- kanaka — a native Hawaiian.
- kanara — a region in SW India, on the Deccan Plateau. About 60,000 sq. mi. (155,400 sq. km).
- kanban — a just-in-time method of inventory control, originally developed in Japanese automobile factories.
- kangha — the comb traditionally worn by Sikhs as a symbol of their religious and cultural loyalty: originally worn to keep the hair clean
- kangri — A small wicker-covered clay pot containing hot coals, worn under clothing in Kashmir to warm the skin.