8-letter words containing e, n, k
- knothole — a hole in a board or plank formed by the falling out of a knot or a portion of a knot.
- knotweed — any of several knotty-stemmed plants belonging to the genus Polygonum, of the buckwheat family.
- knowable — capable of being known.
- knowledg — Obsolete form of knowledge.
- knowsley — a unitary authority of NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 150 200 (2003 est). Area: 97 sq km (38 sq miles)
- knuckled — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- 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.
- knuckles — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- kokanees — Plural form of kokanee.
- komensky — Jan Amos [Czech yahn ah-maws] /Czech yɑn ˈɑ mɔs/ (Show IPA), Comenius, John Amos.
- kootenay — a river flowing from SW Canada through NW Montana and N Idaho, swinging back into Canada to the Columbia River. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- kornberg — Arthur, 1918–2007, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1959.
- kremlins — Plural form of kremlin.
- kringles — Plural form of kringle.
- kunekune — a feral pig
- kuntsevo — a former city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, incorporated into Moscow 1962.
- kuznetsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe.
- kvelling — to be extraordinarily pleased; especially, to be bursting with pride, as over one's family.
- kweiyang — Guiyang.
- kyanized — Simple past tense and past participle of kyanize.
- lake van — a salt lake in E Turkey, at an altitude of 1650 m (5400 ft): fed by melting snow and glaciers. Area: 3737 sq km (1433 sq miles)
- lakeland — a city in central Florida.
- laniakea — a huge supercluster of many thousands of galaxies: the Milky Way is included in one of its three component parts.
- lankness — The property of being lank.
- lawnlike — Resembling or characteristic of a lawn.
- leakance — the reciprocal of the resistance of insulation.
- lentisks — Plural form of lentisk.
- like fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- likeness — a representation, picture, or image, especially a portrait: to draw a good likeness of Churchill.
- likening — to represent as similar or like; compare: to liken someone to a weasel.
- limekiln — a kiln or furnace for making lime by calcining limestone or shells.
- linelike — Resembling a line or some aspect of one.
- linework — (arts) The technique of drawing lines.
- linkages — Plural form of linkage.
- lionlike — a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- longneck — a bottle of beer.
- lunkhead — a dull or stupid person; blockhead.
- mad keen — If you say that someone is mad keen on something, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it.
- mafeking — a town in N Republic of South Africa: former administrative seat of Bechuanaland; besieged for 217 days by Boers 1899–1900.
- mafikeng — a town in N South Africa: besieged by the Boers for 217 days (1899–1900) during the second Boer War: administrative headquarters of the British protectorate of Bechuanaland until 1965, although outside its borders. Pop: 23 650 (2001)
- maidanek — a Nazi concentration camp in eastern Poland, near Lublin.
- malenkov — Georgi Maximilianovich [gyi-awr-gyee muh-ksyi-myi-lyah-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi mə ksyɪ myɪˈlyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1902–88, Russian political leader: premier of the Soviet Union 1953–55.
- 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.
- mckellen — Sir Ian (Murray). born 1939, British actor, noted esp for his Shakespearean roles; films include The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03)
- mckenzie — Robert Tait [teyt] /teɪt/ (Show IPA), 1867–1938, Canadian physician, educator, and sculptor.
- mckinley — William, 1843–1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897–1901.
- mckinney — a city in NE Texas.
- medibank — the national health-insurance program instituted in Australia.
- meekness — humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.