8-letter words containing e, n, k, r
- kerosine — Alternative spelling of kerosene.
- kerplunk — with or as if with a sudden muffled thud: The huge stone hit the water kerplunk.
- key ring — a ring, usually of metal, for holding keys.
- keynoter — a person who delivers a keynote address.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- kindlier — Comparative form of kindly.
- kindreds — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- kinglier — Comparative form of kingly.
- kirchner — Ernst Ludwig, 1880–1938, German expressionist artist.
- kirkenes — a seaport in NE Norway held by Germans in World War II.
- kirstein — Lincoln, 1907–96, U.S. dance authority and writer.
- knackers — Plural form of knacker.
- knackery — rendering works.
- knappers — Plural form of knapper.
- kneejerk — Alternative spelling of knee-jerk.
- kneelers — Plural form of kneeler.
- kneeroom — space to put one's knees
- knickers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
- knitwear — clothing made of knitted fabric.
- knockers — a person or thing that knocks.
- knuckler — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
- kornberg — Arthur, 1918–2007, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1959.
- kremlins — Plural form of kremlin.
- kringles — Plural form of kringle.
- linework — (arts) The technique of drawing lines.
- mandrake — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.
- marksmen — Plural form of marksman.
- monicker — a person's name, especially a nickname or alias.
- monikers — Plural form of moniker.
- nebraska — a state in the central United States. 77,237 sq. mi. (200,044 sq. km). Capital: Lincoln. Abbreviation: NE (for use with zip code), Nebr., Neb.
- neckgear — any form of clothing or apparel worn around the neck
- neckwear — articles of dress worn round or at the neck.
- nekrasov — Nikolai Alekseyevich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1821–77, Russian poet, who wrote chiefly about the sufferings of the peasantry
- netrebko — Anna. born 1971, Russian operatic soprano
- networks — Plural form of network.
- new york — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
- nickered — neigh.
- ninebark — any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Physocarpus, of the rose family, having bark that separates into thin layers.
- nonskier — a person who does not ski
- nyetwork — notwork
- oak fern — a small woodland fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, of northern regions, having triangular, pinnate fronds that slant horizontally.
- oerlikon — a trade term that denotes a type of artillery and its accoutrements, in particular a type of cannon
- onlooker — spectator; observer; witness.
- openwork — any kind of work, especially ornamental, as of embroidery, lace, metal, stone, or wood, having a latticelike nature or showing openings through its substance.
- overbank — to have the balance staff oscillate so greatly that the fork of the lever fails to engage, rendering the escapement inoperative.
- overkeen — too keen
- overkind — too kind
- overking — a supreme king
- overknee — reaching to above the knee
- overrank — to assign an unnecessarily high rank to