7-letter words containing a, n, k
- hearken — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- hokiang — Older Spelling. Hejiang.
- ikebana — the Japanese art of arranging flowers.
- ilokano — Ilocano.
- in-take — the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
- inbreak — a breaking in; invasion
- ink bag — a gland near the anus of an octopus or related mollusc that holds fluid ejected into the water for self-concealment
- ink pad — block saturated with ink
- ink sac — a large gland in most cephalopods, as the cuttlefish, octopus, and squid, that is near the rectum and ejects ink at predators.
- ink-cap — any of several saprotrophic agaricaceous fungi of the genus Coprinus, whose caps disintegrate into a black inky fluid after the spores mature. It includes the shaggy ink-cap (Coprinus comatus), also called lawyer's wig, a distinctive fungus having a white cylindrical cap covered with shaggy white or brownish scales
- inkatha — a South African Zulu organization founded by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi in 1975 as a paramilitary group seeking nonracial democracy; won four seats in South Africa's first nonracial elections in 1994
- intaken — Past participle of intake.
- intaker — One who or that which takes or draws in.
- intakes — Plural form of intake.
- jack in — abandon, quit
- jackeen — a slick self-assertive lower-class Dubliner
- jacking — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- jacklin — Tony, full name Anthony Jacklin. born 1944, English golfer: won the British Open Championship (1969) and the US Open Championship (1970)
- jackman — (motor racing) A member of the pit crew responsible for lifting the car with a jack.
- jackson — a state in the S United States. 47,716 sq. mi. (123,585 sq. km). Capital: Jackson. Abbreviation: MS (for use with zip code), Miss.
- janacek — Leoš [le-awsh] /ˈlɛ ɔʃ/ (Show IPA), 1854–1928, Czech composer.
- jannock — honest; fair; straightforward.
- janskys — Plural form of jansky.
- jarkman — a forger of passes or licences
- junkman — a dealer in resalable used metal, paper, rags, and other junk.
- kachina — any of various ancestral spirits deified by the Hopi Indians and impersonated in religious rituals by masked dancers.
- kaesong — a city in S North Korea.
- kahunas — Plural form of kahuna.
- kaifeng — a city in NE Henan province, in E China: a former provincial capital.
- kainite — a mineral, hydrous sulfate of magnesium and potassium chloride, occurring in granular crystalline masses, a source of potassium salts.
- kajaani — a city in central Finland.
- kalends — the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
- kalinin — Mikhail Ivanovich [myi-khuh-yeel ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /myɪ xʌˈyil iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1946, Russian revolutionary: president of the U.S.S.R. 1923–46.
- kamenev — Lev Borisovich [lev bawree-suh-vich;; Russian lyef buh-ryee-suh-vyich] /ˈlɛv ˈbɔri sə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈlyɛf bəˈryi sə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), (Lev Borisovich Rosenfeld) 1883–1936, Soviet Communist and government leader: executed during Stalinist purge.
- kamerun — German name of Cameroons.
- kampong — a small village or community of houses in Malay-speaking lands.
- kamseen — khamsin
- kanakas — Plural form of kanaka.
- kananga — a city in central Zaire.
- kanarak — a village in E Odisha, in E India: site of the famous Black Pagoda.
- kanbans — Plural form of kanban.
- kanchil — A small, agile chevrotain of the genus Tragulus.
- kaneohe — a town on E Oahu, in Hawaii.
- kang-de — Pu-yi, Henry.
- kangris — Plural form of kangri.
- kannada — a Dravidian language spoken mainly in the state of Karnataka, in southwest India.
- kantele — a Finnish stringed instrument, similar to a zither
- kantian — of, relating to, or resembling the philosophy of Kant.
- kaoline — Alternative spelling of kaolin.
- kapteyn — Jacobus Cornelis [yah-koh-bys kawr-ney-lis] /yɑˈkoʊ büs kɔrˈneɪ lɪs/ (Show IPA), 1851–1922, Dutch astronomer.