9-letter words containing k, a, r, n
- urokinase — an enzyme, present in the blood and urine of mammals, that activates plasminogen and is used medicinally to dissolve blood clots.
- valkyrian — any of the beautiful maidens attendant upon Odin who bring the souls of slain warriors chosen by Odin or Tyr to Valhalla and there wait upon them.
- vraicking — the act of gathering vraic
- walker-on — someone who has a small part in a play or theatrical entertainment, esp one without any lines
- wanamaker — John, 1838–1922, U.S. merchant and philanthropist.
- warp knit — a fabric or garment so constructed that runs do not occur: knitted from a warp beam that feeds yarn to the knitting frame.
- waterskin — The skin of a goat used as a container for water.
- windbreak — a growth of trees, a structure of boards, or the like, serving as a shelter from the wind.
- wine rack — a framework for holding a number of bottles of wine in a horizontal position
- winemaker — an expert in the production of wines.
- workmanly — Befitting a workman; skilful; workmanlike.
- workwoman — a female worker.
- wronskian — the determinant of order n associated with a set of n functions, in which the first row consists of the functions, the second row consists of the first derivatives of the functions, the third row consists of their second derivatives, and so on.
- zuckerman — Solly (ˈsɒlɪ), Baron. 1904–93, British zoologist, born in South Africa; chief scientific adviser (1964–71) to the British Government. His books include The Social Life of Monkeys (1932) and the autobiography From Apes to Warlords (1978)