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10-letter words containing e, n, k

  • kingfisher — any of numerous fish- or insect-eating birds of the family Alcedinidae that have a large head and a long, stout bill and are usually crested and brilliantly colored.
  • kingfishes — Plural form of kingfish.
  • kingliness — stately or splendid, as resembling, suggesting, or befitting a king; regal: He strode into the room with a kingly air.
  • kingmakers — Plural form of kingmaker.
  • kings peak — a mountain in NE Utah: highest peak in the Uinta Mountains. 13,528 feet (4123 meters).
  • kingsolverBarbara, born 1955, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
  • kingsville — a city in S Texas.
  • kinsperson — A kinsman or kinswoman.
  • kisspeptin — a protein molecule that is responsible for triggering the onset of puberty in humans
  • kitchendom — the domain of the kitchen
  • kiteflying — an act or instance of flying a kite.
  • kitschness — the quality of being kitsch
  • kittenlike — Resembling a kitten or some aspect of one.
  • klagenfurt — a province in S Austria. 3681 sq. mi. (9535 sq. km). Capital: Klagenfurt.
  • klangfarbe — instrumental timbre or tone colour
  • klendusity — (in plants) the ability to resist disease
  • kline test — a test for syphilis in which the formation of a microscopic precipitate in a mixture of the patient's serum and an antigen indicates a syphilitic condition.
  • klutziness — clumsy; awkward: If you weren't so klutzy you wouldn't have dropped it.
  • knackebrod — flat, thin, brittle unleavened rye bread.
  • knackeries — Plural form of knackery.
  • knackiness — the quality or condition of being knacky
  • knagginess — the state or quality of being knaggy or knotty
  • knapsacked — Simple past tense and past participle of knapsack.
  • knee brace — a diagonal member for bracing the angle between two joined members, as a stud or column and a joist or rafter, being joined to each partway along its length.
  • knee joint — articulation of the leg
  • kneecapped — Simple past tense and past participle of kneecap.
  • kneecapper — Person doing kneecapping.
  • knife edge — the cutting edge of a knife.
  • knife rest — something upon which to rest a knife when it is not being used.
  • knife-edge — You can use knife-edge to refer to something that is very exciting or tense because you do not know what is going to happen next.
  • knifepoint — the sharp tip of a knife.
  • knighthead — either of a pair of upright members flanking and securing the bowsprit of a ship at the bow, often used as mooring bitts; apostle.
  • knightless — not suitable or seemly for a knight
  • knightlike — Knightly; bold, gallant, etc.
  • knobbiness — the quality or condition of being knobby
  • knobkerrie — a short, heavy wooden club with a knob on one end, used especially by native peoples of South Africa for striking and throwing.
  • knock over — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
  • knock-knee — inward curvature of the legs, causing the knees to knock together in walking.
  • knocked up — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
  • knottiness — having knots; full of knots: a knotty piece of wood.
  • know-ledge — acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: knowledge of many things.
  • knowledged — Simple past tense and past participle of knowledge.
  • knowledges — Plural form of knowledge.
  • kolinskies — Plural form of kolinsky.
  • konditorei — (often initial capital letter) a German pastry and coffee shop.
  • konigsberg — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
  • korean war — the war, begun on June 25, 1950, between North Korea, aided by Communist China, and South Korea, aided by the United States and other United Nations members forming a United Nations armed force: truce signed July 27, 1953.
  • korn shell — (ksh) A command interpreter for Unix.
  • kremenchug — a city in central Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
  • kremenchuk — a city in central Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
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