8-letter words containing k, e, a, n
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- icekhana — an auto-racing competition testing driving skills on a frozen lake.
- inkerman — a town in S Crimea, in S Ukraine: Russian defeat by the English and French 1854.
- jackelyn — a female given name.
- junkhead — (slang) a junkie, drug addict.
- junkheap — A collection or pile of unwanted things.
- k'ang te — Pu-yi, Henry.
- kabinett — cabinet (def 10).
- kaiserin — the wife of a Kaiser
- kakemono — a vertical hanging scroll containing either text or a painting, intended to be viewed on a wall and rolled when not in use.
- kakiemon — a Japanese porcelain design credited to Kakiemon Sakaida, first produced in the 17th century and widely collected and imitated in the West
- kalendar — a calendar, especially of a church: the Anglican kalendar.
- kalinite — a mineral, hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, chemically similar to alum.
- kanarese — of or relating to Kanara, a part of the Maharashtra province in W India.
- kangeroo — Archaic form of kangaroo.
- kangwane — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in South Africa; abolished in 1994. Capital: Schoemansdal
- kankakee — a city in NE Illinois.
- karelian — of or relating to Karelia, its people, or their language.
- karoline — a female given name.
- kathleen — a female given name, form of Katherine.
- keewatin — a district in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 228,160 sq. mi. (590,935 sq. km).
- kelantan — a state in Malaysia, on the central Malay Peninsula. 5750 sq. mi. (14,893 sq. km). Capital: Kota Bharu.
- kelthane — a pesticide sprayed on agricultural and ornamental plants to eliminate mites
- keneally — Thomas (Michael). born 1935, Australian writer. His novels include the Booker prizewinner Schindler's Ark (1982); other works are The Playmaker (1987), The Great Shame (1998), and The Woman and Her Hero (2007)
- kenyatta — Jomo [joh-moh] /ˈdʒoʊ moʊ/ (Show IPA), 1893?–1978, Kenyan political leader: president 1964–78.
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.
- ketamine — a synthetic nonbarbiturate general anesthetic, C 13 H 16 ClNO, used to induce anesthesia, alone or in combination, in surgical or diagnostic procedures of short duration; extensively used in veterinary medicine.
- keychain — A chain or ring to which a key may be attached.
- khamenei — Ayatollah Mohammed Ali, born 1939, chief Islamic leader of Iran since 1989.
- khamseen — Alternative spelling of khamsin.
- khanates — Plural form of khanate.
- kidnaped — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnapee — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- kinglake — Alexander William, 1809–91, English historian.
- kinsella — W(illiam) P(atrick) born 1935, U.S. novelist and short-story writer, born in Canada.
- kistvaen — cist2 .
- kleinian — referring to the theories formulated by Austrian child psychiatrist Melanie Klein (1882–1960).
- knackers — Plural form of knacker.
- knackery — rendering works.
- knappers — Plural form of knapper.
- knapweed — any composite plant of the genus Centaurea, especially the weedy C. nigra, having rose-purple flowers set on a dark-colored, knoblike bract.
- kneading — Present participle of knead.
- kneecaps — Plural form of kneecap.
- kneepads — Plural form of kneepad.
- kneepans — Plural form of kneepan.
- knifejaw — Any of the family Oplegnathidae of perciform marine fish.
- knifeman — A knifeman is someone who has attacked or killed someone with a knife.
- knitwear — clothing made of knitted fabric.