9-letter words containing k, a, r, n
- keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.
- ketonuria — the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
- kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
- kidnapper — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- killarney — a town in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- king crab — horseshoe crab.
- king lear — a tragedy (1606) by Shakespeare.
- king rail — a large, long-billed rail, Rallus elegans, of North America, having reddish-brown plumage.
- kingcraft — the art of ruling as king; royal statesmanship.
- kingmaker — a person who has great power and influence in the choice of a ruler, candidate for public office, business leader, or the like.
- kinkaider — a person who received free land under the provisions of the Kinkaid Act.
- kirinyaga — the local name of Mount Kenya
- kirovakan — a city in W Armenia, N of Yerevan.
- knackered — exhausted; very tired: He is really knackered after work.
- kneeboard — a short board for surfing or water-skiing in a kneeling position.
- knotgrass — A common Eurasian plant of the dock family, with jointed creeping stems and small pink flowers. It is a serious weed in some areas.
- koorajong — kurrajong.
- kraepelin — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.
- krasnodar — a territory of the Russian Federation in SE Europe. 34,200 sq. mi. (88,578 sq. km).
- kronstadt — a naval base in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on an island in the Gulf of Finland: fortress founded 1710.
- 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).
- kurrajong — an Australian bottle tree, Brachychiton populneus, having showy yellowish-white, bell-shaped flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- lakefront — the land along the edge of a lake: Property along the lakefront is more expensive every year.
- landmarks — Plural form of landmark.
- landshark — a person who makes inordinate profits by buying and selling land
- lankester — Sir Edwin Ray, 1847–1929, English zoologist and writer.
- larkiness — the quality or characteristic of being larky
- larrikins — Plural form of larrikin.
- line mark — a trademark covering all items of a particular product line.
- link arms — If two or more people link arms, or if one person links arms with another, they stand next to each other, and each person puts their arm round the arm of the person next to them.
- link farm — (file system, Unix) A directory tree that contains mostly symbolic links to files in a master directory tree of files. Link farms save space when one is maintaining several nearly identical copies of the same source tree - for example, when the only difference is architecture-dependent object files. They also mean that changes to the master tree are instantly visible in the link farm. Good text editors provide the option to replace a link with a new version of the target file when saving thus allowing the farm to have its own versions of just those files that differ from the master tree. E.g. "Let's freeze the source and then rebuild the FROBOZZ-3 and FROBOZZ-4 link farms." Link farms may also be used to get around restrictions on the number of "-I" (include-file directory) arguments on older C preprocessors. However, they can also get completely out of hand, becoming the file system equivalent of spaghetti code.
- link road — a road used to link two cities or two more major hubs of road transport
- loanshark — Alternative spelling of loan shark.
- mackinder — Sir Halford John. 1861–1947, British geographer noted esp for his work in political geography. His writings include Democratic Ideas and Reality (1919)
- mandrakes — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.
- mark down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- mark-down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- markdowns — Plural form of markdown.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- minibreak — A brief pause for relaxation.
- miniparks — Plural form of minipark.
- minitrack — a system for tracking satellites, space vehicles, or rockets by means of radio waves.
- mintmarks — Plural form of mintmark.
- moonraker — Also called moonsail [moon-suh l, -seyl] /ˈmun səl, -ˌseɪl/ (Show IPA). Nautical. a light square sail set above a skysail.
- namas kar — a salutation used in India
- nebraskan — of or relating to Nebraska.
- neckbrace — (emergency medicine) An orthopedic device used to support the neck and head of those with neck or head injuries.
- newmarket — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NW of Toronto.
- newsbreak — a newsworthy event or incident.