9-letter words containing c, r, a, k
- hackerish — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (technically skilled computer enthusiast).
- hair-lock — a curl of the hair of the head
- halftrack — an army truck, armored vehicle, etc. with tractor treads in the rear, but with a pair of wheels in front
- hamtramck — a city in SE Michigan, completely surrounded by the city of Detroit.
- hard luck — If you say that someone had some hard luck, or that a situation was hard luck on them, you mean that something bad happened to them and you are implying that it was not their fault.
- hard neck — audacity; nerve
- hard rock — heavy form of popular music
- hard tack — a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.
- hard tick — any tick of the family Ixodidae, characterized by a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head.
- hard-rock — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
- hardbacks — Plural form of hardback.
- hardhacks — Plural form of hardhack.
- hark back — to listen attentively; hearken.
- hat trick — Cricket. the knocking off by one bowler of three wickets with three successive pitches: so called because formerly such a bowler was rewarded with a hat.
- hat-trick — Cricket. the knocking off by one bowler of three wickets with three successive pitches: so called because formerly such a bowler was rewarded with a hat.
- haversack — a single-strapped bag worn over one shoulder and used for carrying supplies.
- heartsick — extremely depressed or unhappy.
- hijackers — Plural form of hijacker.
- hornwrack — a yellowish bryozoan or sea mat sometimes found on beaches after a storm
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- ice maker — machine that makes ice cubes
- icemakers — Plural form of icemaker.
- jack arch — flat arch.
- jack rope — a rope for bending the foot of a sail to a boom.
- jack rose — a cocktail made with apple brandy, lime or lemon juice, and grenadine.
- jackfruit — a large, tropical, milky-juiced tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the mulberry family, having stiff and glossy green leaves, cultivated for its very large, edible fruit and seeds.
- jackscrew — a jack for lifting, consisting of a screw steadied by a threaded support and carrying a plate or other part bearing the load.
- jackstraw — one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.
- jacky tar — jackatar.
- jazz rock — a style of music that combines jazz and rock
- jazz-rock — music that combines elements of both jazz and rock and is usually performed on amplified electric instruments.
- jim clark — Dr. James H. Clark
- jockstrap — an elasticized belt, a men's undergarment, with a pouch for supporting and protecting the genitals, worn especially while participating in athletics.
- kachcheri — The government department that administrates a district in Sri Lanka.
- kachumber — a salad of chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, and (sometimes) other vegetables, typically seasoned with chilli and coriander, served as an accompaniment to a main meal
- karyocyte — (cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus.
- kelp crab — any of several spider crabs common among kelp beds along the Pacific coast of North America.
- keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- key scarf — any of various scarf joints in which the overlapping parts are keyed together.
- kickboard — a buoyant, usually small board that is used to support the arms of a swimmer, used chiefly in practicing kicking movements.
- kickstart — a starter, as of a motorcycle, that operates by a downward kick on a pedal.
- king crab — horseshoe crab.
- kingcraft — the art of ruling as king; royal statesmanship.
- kirkcaldy — a city in SE Fife, in E Scotland, on the Firth of Forth.
- knackered — exhausted; very tired: He is really knackered after work.
- korat cat — rare blue-grey breed of cat
- krautrock — (music) A genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s.
- kritarchy — Rule by judges.
- kurchatov — Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.
- kyriarchy — A system of