6-letter words containing a, n, k
- kankan — a city in E Guinea.
- kannur — a port in N Kerala, in SW India, on the Arabian Sea.
- kanone — a person who is an expert skier.
- kanoon — A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, harp, or sackbut having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.
- kanpur — a city in S Uttar Pradesh, in N India, on the Ganges River.
- kansan — a native or inhabitant of Kansas.
- kansas — a tyrannical king killed by Krishna.
- kantar — (in some Middle Eastern countries) a unit of weight corresponding to the hundredweight, but varying in different localities.
- kantha — a type of Bengali embroidered quilt
- kantor — MacKinlay [muh-kin-lee] /məˈkɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1904–77, U.S. novelist.
- kanuka — a New Zealand myrtaceous tree, Leptospermum Ericoides, with aromatic leaves
- kanuri — a member of a people living in northeast Nigeria and in Niger.
- kaolin — a fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- kaonic — of or relating to a kaon
- kaplan — Mordecai Menahem [mawr-di-kahy mey-nuh-hem,, muh-nah-hem] /ˈmɔr dɪˌkaɪ ˈmeɪ nəˌhɛm,, məˈnɑ hɛm/ (Show IPA), 1881–1983, U.S. religious leader and educator, born in Lithuania: founder of the Reconstructionist movement in Judaism.
- kapton — a strong, lightweight plastic resistant to high temperatures, used primarily by the aerospace industry to make thin sheets of insulation
- karman — Theodore von, Von Kármán, Theodore.
- karnak — a village in E Egypt, on the Nile: the northern part of the ruins of ancient Thebes.
- karnal — A large, straight brass ceremonial trumpet played in parts of Northern India and Nepal.
- karuna — the universal compassion of a Bodhisattva.
- karyon — (cytology) The nucleus of a cell.
- kasten — Plural form of kast.
- katana — A long, single-edged sword used by Japanese samurai.
- kation — a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- kaunas — a city in S central Lithuania.
- kaunda — Kenneth (David) born 1924, Zambian political leader: first president 1964–91.
- kazvin — a city in NW Iran, NW of Teheran: capital of Persia in the 16th century.
- kearns — a town in N Utah, near Salt Lake City.
- kearny — Philip, 1814–62, U.S. general.
- keaton — Buster (Joseph Francis Keaton) 1895–1966, U.S. film comedian and director.
- keegan — Kevin. born 1951, English footballer and manager; his clubs included Liverpool, Hamburg, and Newcastle United whom he also managed; played for England (1972–82), scoring 21 goals in 63 games, and managed them (1999–2000); European Footballer of the Year (1978, 1979)
- kendal — a town in NW England, in Cumbria: a gateway town to the Lake District, with an ancient woollen industry. Pop: 28 030 (2001)
- kennan — George Frost, 1904–2005, U.S. author and diplomat.
- kentia — Any palm tree in the genus Howea.
- kenyan — a republic in E Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British crown colony and protectorate. 223,478 sq. mi. (578,808 sq. km). Capital: Nairobi.
- kerana — (musical instrument) A long Persian trumpet.
- kerman — a city in SE Iran.
- kernal — kernel
- keyman — a person highly important or essential to the functioning of an organization, as the head of a sales force or branch office.
- khagan — A khan of khans, a ruler of a khaganate; (a holder of) an imperial rank used among certain Turkic and Mongolian peoples, equal in status to an emperor.
- khanas — Plural form of khana.
- khanda — an Indian sword, having a broad, usually single-edged blade and a disklike pommel with a point.
- khania — Greek name of Canea.
- khanka — Lake, a lake in far SE Russia and NE China, N of Vladivostok. 1700 sq. mi. (4400 sq. km).
- khanty — a member of a Uralic people now living in scattered settlements along the river Ob and its tributaries in Siberia, and known from historical records to have lived in northern European Russia.
- khotan — Older Spelling. Hotan.
- khulna — a city in S Bangladesh, on the delta of the Ganges.
- kiangs — Plural form of kiang.
- kidman — Nicole. born 1967, Australian film actress, born in Hawaii. Her films include To Die For (1995), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), The Hours (2002), The Golden Compass (2007), and The Railway Man (2014)
- kidnap — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.