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9-letter words containing i, n, t, a, k

  • ketonuria — the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
  • khuzistan — a province in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km). Capital: Ahwaz.
  • kickstand — a device for supporting a bicycle or motorcycle when not in use, pivoted to the rear axle in such a way that it can be kicked down below the rear wheel.
  • kinematic — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
  • kingcraft — the art of ruling as king; royal statesmanship.
  • kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
  • klinostat — a rotating and tilting plant-holder used for studying and experimenting with plant growth
  • knightage — a group of knights or knights collectively
  • kontakion — a short hymn honoring a saint.
  • kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
  • kurdistan — a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).
  • marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
  • minitrack — a system for tracking satellites, space vehicles, or rockets by means of radio waves.
  • mink coat — overcoat made of mink fur
  • mintmarks — Plural form of mintmark.
  • mistaking — Present participle of mistake.
  • multibank — of or involving more than one bank
  • nanticoke — a member of an extinct North American Indian people who inhabited Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
  • nicky-tam — a strap or string secured round a trouser leg below the knee, formerly worn esp by farm workers to keep the trouser bottoms clear of dirt
  • nighthawk — any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage.
  • pack into — If someone packs a lot of something into a limited space or time, they fit a lot into it.
  • packtrain — a line or succession of pack animals, as mules or burros, used to transport food and supplies over terrain unsuitable for wagons or other vehicles.
  • paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
  • pakistani — a native or inhabitant of Pakistan.
  • partaking — to take or have a part or share along with others; participate (usually followed by in): He won't partake in the victory celebration.
  • phenakite — a very hard, glassy, rhombohedral mineral, Be2SiO4, of various colors, sometimes used as a gem; beryllium silicate
  • pickthank — a person who seeks favor by flattery or gossip; sycophant.
  • pink coat — the coat, usually scarlet, of the hunt uniform worn by the staff and by male members of the hunt.
  • plantlike — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
  • pontianak — a seaport on W Kalimantan (Borneo), in central Indonesia.
  • predikant — a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, esp in South Africa
  • printback — an enlarged print from a microfilm copy.
  • racketing — Slang. an occupation, livelihood, or business. an easy or profitable source of livelihood.
  • rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
  • rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
  • rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
  • ski pants — pants worn for skiing, having the legs tapered to fit snugly at the ankles and sometimes having a strap going under the arch, often made of a stretch or waterproof fabric.
  • sky train — elevated railway system
  • snake pit — a mental hospital marked by squalor and inhumane or indifferent care for the patients.
  • snakebite — the bite of a snake, especially of one that is venomous.
  • stinkaroo — something markedly inferior in quality: a stinkaroo of a motion picture.
  • stinkball — stinkpot (def 1).
  • streaking — a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
  • tackiness — not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
  • taikonaut — an astronaut from the People's Republic of China
  • take wing — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
  • talk into — persuade
  • talkiness — the quality or condition of being talky; wordiness
  • tangolike — resembling or characteristic of tango music or dance
  • tank suit — a simple one-piece bathing suit for women, having a scoop neck and shoulder straps and usually no lining or inner construction; maillot.
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