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9-letter words containing a, s, k, n

  • hindshank — the meat from an animal's hind leg
  • in-basket — in-box.
  • ink stain — a mark made by ink
  • inkstands — Plural form of inkstand.
  • intertask — Between tasks.
  • iron mask — an iron covering for the face, supposedly used in the past to conceal the identity of a well-known prisoner
  • iseikonia — a condition in which a person sees the same image in both eyes
  • isokontan — an alga whose zoospores have equal cilia
  • jacksnipe — Also called half snipe. a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.
  • jackstone — jack1 (def 5a, b).
  • jawlensky — Alexej von [ah-le-ksey fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈkseɪ fən/ (Show IPA), 1864?–1941, German painter, born in Russia.
  • jinriksha — A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
  • junkyards — Plural form of junkyard.
  • k'ang hsi — (Shêng-tsu) 1654?–1722, Chinese emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty 1662–1722.
  • kabloonas — Plural form of kabloona.
  • kaczynski — Lech. 1949–2010, Polish politician, president of Poland (2005–10)
  • kahn test — a test for syphilis based on the formation of a precipitate in a mixture of serum and antigen.
  • kakemonos — (uncommon) Plural form of kakemono.
  • kalsomine — to wash or cover with calcimine.
  • kandinsky — Wassily [vas-uh-lee] /ˈvæs ə li/ (Show IPA), or Vasili [vas-uh-lee,, vuh-sil-ee;; Russian vuh-syee-lyee] /ˈvæs ə li,, vəˈsɪl i;; Russian vʌˈsyi lyi/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, Russian painter.
  • kangaroos — Plural form of kangaroo.
  • kantharos — a deep bowl set upon a stem terminating in a foot and having two handles rising from the brim and curving downward to join the body.
  • kaohsiung — a seaport on SW Taiwan.
  • karsavina — Tamara [tuh-mah-ruh] /təˈmɑ rə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Russian dancer.
  • kashubian — a West Slavic language closely related to Polish and spoken in northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula.
  • katangese — a native or inhabitant of Katanga.
  • keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.
  • keynesian — of or relating to the economic theories, doctrines, or policies of Keynes or his followers, especially the policy of maintaining high employment and controlling inflation by varying the interest rates, tax rates, and public expenditure.
  • khamaseen — A cyclonic type wind that is common in Egypt and Sudan towards the end of March and April of each year. Hot weather ensues, as well as sandstorms.
  • khansamah — a native house steward or butler.
  • khuzistan — a province in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km). Capital: Ahwaz.
  • kickstand — a device for supporting a bicycle or motorcycle when not in use, pivoted to the rear axle in such a way that it can be kicked down below the rear wheel.
  • kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
  • kingsnake — Any of various colubrid snake of the genus Lampropeltis.
  • kinkajous — Plural form of kinkajou.
  • kinswoman — a female relative.
  • kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
  • kisangani — a city in the N Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Congo (Zaire) River.
  • kiungshan — Qiongshan.
  • klinostat — a rotating and tilting plant-holder used for studying and experimenting with plant growth
  • knapsacks — Plural form of knapsack.
  • knapweeds — Plural form of knapweed.
  • knaveship — a small proportion of milled grain that was due to the person who did the milling
  • knavishly — In a knavish manner.
  • knotgrass — A common Eurasian plant of the dock family, with jointed creeping stems and small pink flowers. It is a serious weed in some areas.
  • kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
  • krasnodar — a territory of the Russian Federation in SE Europe. 34,200 sq. mi. (88,578 sq. km).
  • kronstadt — a naval base in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on an island in the Gulf of Finland: fortress founded 1710.
  • kurdistan — a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).
  • kusimanse — (zoology) Several species of dwarf mongoose in genus Crossarchus.
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