9-letter words containing h, a, k
- knaidlach — a dumpling, especially a small ball of matzo meal, eggs, and salt, often mixed with another foodstuff, as ground almonds or grated potato, usually served in soup.
- knaveship — a small proportion of milled grain that was due to the person who did the milling
- knavishly — In a knavish manner.
- knightage — a group of knights or knights collectively
- kniphofia — Any of several plants, of the genus Kniphofia, having bright, upright flowers.
- kobenhavn — Danish name of Copenhagen.
- kokoschka — Oskar [aws-kahr] /ˈɔs kɑr/ (Show IPA), 1886–1980, Austrian painter and dramatist.
- koshigaya — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a Tokyo suburb.
- kritarchy — Rule by judges.
- kshatriya — a member of the Hindu royal and warrior class above the Vaisyas and below the Brahmans.
- kuangchou — Wade-Giles. Canton.
- kumarahou — a shrub, Pomaderris kumeraho, found in the north of New Zealand's North Island, the flowers of which produce a soap-like lather when rubbed
- kurashiki — a city on SW Honshu, in Japan.
- kurchatov — Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.
- kwangchow — Older Spelling. Canton.
- kymograph — an instrument for measuring and graphically recording variations in fluid pressure, as those of the human pulse.
- kyriarchy — A system of
- københavn — a seaport in and the capital of Denmark, on the E coast of Zealand.
- lake chad — a lake in N central Africa: fed chiefly by the Shari River, it has no apparent outlet. Area: at fullest extent 10 000 to 26 000 sq km (4000 to 10 000 sq miles), varying seasonally; it has shrunk considerably in recent years
- lakehurst — a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.
- lakeshore — lakefront.
- landshark — a person who makes inordinate profits by buying and selling land
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- leukothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- like that — in that way
- loanshark — Alternative spelling of loan shark.
- lok sabha — the lower house of parliament in India.
- lookahead — (computing) The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
- lunkheads — Plural form of lunkhead.
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- make head — to make progress
- make with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- makizushi — Rolled sushi.
- maksoorah — (in a mosque) a screen or partition enclosing an area for prayer or a tomb.
- manchukuo — a former country (1932–45) in E Asia, under Japanese control: included Manchuria and parts of Inner Mongolia; now a part of China.
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.
- marrakech — a city in W Morocco.
- marrakesh — a city in W Morocco.
- marshbuck — an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
- marshlike — Resembling a marsh or some aspect of one.
- masakhane — a political slogan of solidarity
- matchbook — a small cardboard folder into which several rows of paper matches are stapled or glued.
- matchlock — an old form of gunlock in which the priming was ignited by a slow match.
- matchmake — To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.
- matchmark — a mark made on mating components of an engine, machine, etc, to ensure that the components are assembled in the correct relative positions
- mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
- mawkishly — In a mawkish manner.