9-letter words containing k, a, t, r
- kritarchy — Rule by judges.
- kronstadt — a naval base in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on an island in the Gulf of Finland: fortress founded 1710.
- kshatriya — a member of the Hindu royal and warrior class above the Vaisyas and below the Brahmans.
- kurchatov — Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.
- 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).
- lakefront — the land along the edge of a lake: Property along the lakefront is more expensive every year.
- lakehurst — a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.
- lankester — Sir Edwin Ray, 1847–1929, English zoologist and writer.
- lapstrake — clinker-built (def 2).
- lapstreak — Alternative form of lapstrake.
- larvikite — a blue-grey syenite that contains feldspar crystals, often used as an ornamental facing on the walls of buildings
- mark time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- marketeer — a person who sells goods or services in or to a market.
- marketers — Plural form of marketer.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marketise — Alternative spelling of marketize.
- marketize — (economics, management) To convert to management by open-market principles.
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- matchmark — a mark made on mating components of an engine, machine, etc, to ensure that the components are assembled in the correct relative positions
- mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
- maxiskirt — a long skirt or skirt part, as of a coat or dress, ending below the middle of the calf but above the ankle.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- metalmark — any of the small, mostly tropical butterflies of the family Riodinidae, often having metallic-colored flecks on the wings.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- minitrack — a system for tracking satellites, space vehicles, or rockets by means of radio waves.
- mintmarks — Plural form of mintmark.
- mythmaker — a creator of myths.
- newmarket — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NW of Toronto.
- nonmarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- nonskater — a person who does not skate
- nontalker — a person who does not talk, whether a small child who does not yet talk or an adult who is not talkative
- northlake — a city in NE Illinois: suburb of Chicago.
- off-track — designating or of legalized betting on horse races, carried on at places away from the racetrack
- one-track — having only one track.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- outranked — Simple past tense and past participle of outrank.
- over-talk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- packtrain — a line or succession of pack animals, as mules or burros, used to transport food and supplies over terrain unsuitable for wagons or other vehicles.
- paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- parokheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- parrakeet — parakeet.
- part work — magazine series
- partaking — to take or have a part or share along with others; participate (usually followed by in): He won't partake in the victory celebration.
- pasternak — Boris Leonidovich [bawr-is,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees lyi-uh-nyee-duh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis lyɪ ʌˈnyi də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1960, Russian poet, novelist, and translator: declined 1958 Nobel prize.
- patchwork — something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
- peak rate — the maximum tariff of charge, esp of phone calls made at particular times
- peat reek — the smoke of a peat fire
- periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance