9-letter words containing k, a, n, t
- printback — an enlarged print from a microfilm copy.
- rack-rent — Also, rack rent. rent equal to or nearly equal to the full annual value of a property.
- 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.
- rat snake — any of several New and Old World colubrid snakes, of the genus Elaphe, that feed chiefly on small mammals and birds.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- sakuntala — a Sanskrit drama written in the 6th century or earlier by Kalidasa.
- salt junk — salted beef or pork.
- saskatoon — a city in S Saskatchewan, in SW Canada.
- shark net — a net for catching sharks
- 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.
- snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
- stakhanov — a city in E Ukraine, W of Lugnask.
- steampunk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- 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.
- taekwondo — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
- taikonaut — an astronaut from the People's Republic of China
- take down — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
- take note — pay careful attention
- take wing — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- talk down — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- talk into — persuade
- talkathon — an unusually long speech or discussion, especially on a matter of public interest, as a Congressional filibuster or a televised question-and-answer session with a political candidate.
- talkiness — the quality or condition of being talky; wordiness
- tana-lake — a river in E Africa, in Kenya, flowing SE to the Indian Ocean. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- tangolike — resembling or characteristic of tango music or dance
- tank farm — an area or expanse of land used for holding oil-storage tanks.
- 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.
- tank town — a town where trains stop to take on a supply of water.
- tank trap — any obstacle, such as a number of concrete stumps set in the ground, designed to stop a military tank
- tankering — a ship, airplane, or truck designed for bulk shipment of liquids or gases.
- tarkenton — Francis Asbury ("Fran") born 1940, U.S. football player.
- taxi rank — queuing area for hire cabs
- te kanawa — Dame Kiri [keer-ee] /ˈkɪər i/ (Show IPA), born 1944, New Zealand operatic soprano and concert singer.
- tendulkar — Sachin (ˈsæʃɪn) (Ramesh). born 1973, Indian cricketer: he played in 200 test matches (1989–2013) and was the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in tests (2011) and first to score 100 international centuries (2012)
- tentmaker — a person who makes tents.
- texarkana — a city in NE Texas.
- thank god — to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to: She thanked them for their hospitality.
- thank you — expressing one's gratitude or thanks: a thank-you note.
- thank-you — expressing one's gratitude or thanks: a thank-you note.
- thankings — expressions of gratitude or acts of thanking
- thankless — not likely to be appreciated or rewarded; unappreciated: a thankless job.
- thanks to — to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to: She thanked them for their hospitality.