9-letter words containing k, a, t, r
- bracketed — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- brat pack — A brat pack is a group of young people, especially actors or writers, who are popular or successful at the moment.
- break out — If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly.
- breakbeat — a type of electronic dance music
- breakfast — Breakfast is the first meal of the day. It is usually eaten in the early part of the morning.
- breaktime — a period of rest or recreation, esp at school
- cardstock — paper stock stiff enough for the printing of business cards and similar uses.
- caretaken — looked after
- caretaker — A caretaker is a person whose job it is to look after a large building such as a school or a block of flats or apartments, and deal with small repairs to it.
- catchwork — A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
- catterick — a village in N England, in North Yorkshire on the River Swale: site of an important army garrison and a racecourse
- coatracks — Plural form of coatrack.
- copytaker — (esp in a newspaper office) a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone
- cornstalk — a stalk or stem of corn
- crabstick — a stick, cane, or cudgel made of crab-apple wood
- crackpots — Plural form of crackpot.
- craftwork — works of artistry or craft
- crank out — If you say that a company or person cranks out a quantity of similar things, you mean they produce them quickly, in the same way, and are usually implying that the things are not original or are of poor quality.
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- crosstalk — unwanted signals in one channel of a communications system as a result of a transfer of energy from one or more other channels
- dankworth — Sir John (Philip William). 1927–2010, British jazz composer, bandleader, and saxophonist: married to Cleo Laine
- dark meat — meat that is dark in appearance after cooking, especially a leg or thigh of chicken or turkey (distinguished from white meat).
- dark star — an invisible star known to exist only from observation of its radio, infrared, or other spectrum or of its gravitational effect, such as an invisible component of a binary or multiple star
- data fork — Macintosh file system
- dekaliter — ten liters, or one tenth of a hectoliter (2.6418 gallons liquid measure or 1.135 pecks dry measure): abbrev. dal
- dekameter — ten meters, or one tenth of a hectometer (32.808 feet): abbrev. dam
- dog track — racing circuit for dogs
- drop tank — an external aircraft tank, usually containing fuel, that can be detached and dropped in flight
- earthlike — Of a planet, resembling the Earth.
- earthwork — excavation and piling of earth in connection with an engineering operation.
- east york — city in SE Ontario, Canada: part of metropolitan Toronto: pop. 108,000
- entertake — (transitive, obsolete) To entertain; to receive.
- ethertalk — (networking) An Apple Computer network standard used to extend an AppleTalk network across an Ethernet network. Compare LocalTalk.
- eukaryote — An organism consisting of a cell or cells in which the genetic material is DNA in the form of chromosomes contained within a distinct nucleus. Eukaryotes include all living organisms other than the eubacteria and archaebacteria.
- flaptrack — (in an aircraft wing) a track along which the wing flap runs when it is being deployed
- footbrake — a brake operated by applying pressure to a foot pedal
- footmarks — Plural form of footmark.
- forjaskit — exhausted
- forsaketh — Archaic third-person singular form of forsake.
- frankfort — a state in the E central United States. 40,395 sq. mi. (104,625 sq. km). Capital: Frankfort. Abbreviation: KY (for use with zip code), Ken., Ky.
- frankfurt — a small, cooked and smoked sausage of beef or beef and pork, with or without casing; hot dog; wiener.
- freak out — any abnormal phenomenon or product or unusual object; anomaly; aberration.
- freak-out — an act or instance of freaking out.
- freakiest — Superlative form of freaky.
- fruitcake — a rich cake containing dried or candied fruit, nuts, etc.
- gearstick — The lever used to change gear in a vehicle.
- graustark — a novel (1901) by George Barr McCutcheon about the romantic and melodramatic adventures of military and courtly figures in the fictional kingdom of Graustark.
- great auk — a large, flightless auk, Pinguinus impennis, of rocky islands off North Atlantic coasts: extinct since 1844.
- grubstake — provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
- halftrack — an army truck, armored vehicle, etc. with tractor treads in the rear, but with a pair of wheels in front