8-letter words containing e, n, k
- king bee — a self-important person.
- kingdome — Obsolete spelling of kingdom.
- kinglake — Alexander William, 1809–91, English historian.
- kingless — Without a king.
- kinglets — Plural form of kinglet.
- kinglier — Comparative form of kingly.
- kinglike — a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
- kingside — the side of the board on which the king is positioned at the start of the game, left for black and right for white.
- kingsley — Charles, 1819–75, English clergyman, novelist, and poet.
- kingsmen — Plural form of kingsman.
- kinkiest — full of kinks; closely twisted: a kinky wire.
- kinsella — W(illiam) P(atrick) born 1935, U.S. novelist and short-story writer, born in Canada.
- 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.
- kishinev — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- kistvaen — cist2 .
- kitchens — Plural form of kitchen.
- kittened — Simple past tense and past participle of kitten.
- kleinian — referring to the theories formulated by Austrian child psychiatrist Melanie Klein (1882–1960).
- klondike — a region of the Yukon territory in NW Canada: gold rush 1897–98.
- klondyke — Alt form klondike.
- knackers — Plural form of knacker.
- knackery — rendering works.
- knappers — Plural form of knapper.
- knapweed — any composite plant of the genus Centaurea, especially the weedy C. nigra, having rose-purple flowers set on a dark-colored, knoblike bract.
- kneading — Present participle of knead.
- kneecaps — Plural form of kneecap.
- kneehole — an open space for the knees and legs, as under a desk.
- kneejerk — Alternative spelling of knee-jerk.
- kneelers — Plural form of kneeler.
- kneeless — Without knees.
- kneeling — Present participle of kneel.
- kneepads — Plural form of kneepad.
- kneepans — Plural form of kneepan.
- kneeroom — space to put one's knees
- knees-up — a party or lively gathering, usually including dancing.
- kneesies — play kneesies, Informal. to rub knees with another person, especially surreptitiously and in an amorous or sexually provocative manner, as while seated at a table.
- knelling — the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral.
- knickers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
- knifejaw — Any of the family Oplegnathidae of perciform marine fish.
- knifeman — A knifeman is someone who has attacked or killed someone with a knife.
- knighted — a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages.
- knitteth — Archaic third-person singular form of knit.
- knitwear — clothing made of knitted fabric.
- knobbles — Plural form of knobble.
- knobhead — a stupid person
- knoblike — a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
- knockers — a person or thing that knocks.
- knothead — (informal) A stupid or stubborn person.