9-letter words containing k, a, h, n
- 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.
- kuangchou — Wade-Giles. Canton.
- kwangchow — Older Spelling. Canton.
- københavn — a seaport in and the capital of Denmark, on the E coast of Zealand.
- landshark — a person who makes inordinate profits by buying and selling land
- loanshark — Alternative spelling of loan shark.
- lunkheads — Plural form of lunkhead.
- manchukuo — a former country (1932–45) in E Asia, under Japanese control: included Manchuria and parts of Inner Mongolia; now a part of China.
- masakhane — a political slogan of solidarity
- mechanick — Obsolete spelling of mechanic.
- namecheck — A public mention or listing of the name of a person or thing such as a product, especially in acknowledgment or for publicity purposes.
- neat hack — 1. A clever technique. 2. A brilliant practical joke, where neatness is correlated with cleverness, harmlessness, and surprise value. Example: the Caltech Rose Bowl card display switch. See also hack.
- 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.
- northlake — a city in NE Illinois: suburb of Chicago.
- notchback — a style of back for an automobile in which there is a sharp vertical drop-off from the roof line to the trunk.
- nunchakus — Plural form of nunchaku.
- oakenshaw — an area of woodland containing oak trees
- oklahoman — a state in the S central U.S. 69,919 sq. mi. (181,090 sq. km). . Capital: Oklahoma City. Abbreviation: OK (for use with zip code), Okla.
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- peckinpah — David Samuel ("Sam") 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.
- phenakism — a form of deceit or craftiness
- phenakite — a very hard, glassy, rhombohedral mineral, Be2SiO4, of various colors, sometimes used as a gem; beryllium silicate
- phreaking — phone phreak.
- pickthank — a person who seeks favor by flattery or gossip; sycophant.
- pinchback — Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837–1921, U.S. politician.
- plekhanov — Georgi (or Georgy) Valentinovich [gyi-awr-gyee-vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi və lyɪnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1918, Russian philosopher and leader of the Mensheviks.
- raincheck — a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
- ranchlike — resembling or characteristic of a ranch
- 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.
- red shank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- shakedown — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- shakiness — tending to shake or tremble.
- shakingly — the act of a person or thing that shakes.
- shankbone — a large bone in the lower leg between the knee and the foot of an animal; the tibia
- shark net — a net for catching sharks
- sharkskin — a smooth fabric of acetate or rayon with a dull or chalklike appearance, for apparel.
- shekhinah — the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.
- shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
- skanky-ho — a promiscuous woman
- skean dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- skean-dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- snakefish — lizardfish.
- snakehead — checkered lily.
- solonchak — a type of intrazonal soil of arid regions with a greyish surface crust: contains large quantities of soluble salts
- stakhanov — a city in E Ukraine, W of Lugnask.