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8-letter words containing k, e, a, n

  • knobhead — a stupid person
  • knothead — (informal) A stupid or stubborn person.
  • knowable — capable of being known.
  • kokanees — Plural form of kokanee.
  • kootenay — a river flowing from SW Canada through NW Montana and N Idaho, swinging back into Canada to the Columbia River. 400 miles (645 km) long.
  • kweiyang — Guiyang.
  • kyanized — Simple past tense and past participle of kyanize.
  • lake van — a salt lake in E Turkey, at an altitude of 1650 m (5400 ft): fed by melting snow and glaciers. Area: 3737 sq km (1433 sq miles)
  • lakeland — a city in central Florida.
  • laniakea — a huge supercluster of many thousands of galaxies: the Milky Way is included in one of its three component parts.
  • lankness — The property of being lank.
  • lawnlike — Resembling or characteristic of a lawn.
  • leakance — the reciprocal of the resistance of insulation.
  • linkages — Plural form of linkage.
  • lunkhead — a dull or stupid person; blockhead.
  • mad keen — If you say that someone is mad keen on something, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it.
  • mafeking — a town in N Republic of South Africa: former administrative seat of Bechuanaland; besieged for 217 days by Boers 1899–1900.
  • mafikeng — a town in N South Africa: besieged by the Boers for 217 days (1899–1900) during the second Boer War: administrative headquarters of the British protectorate of Bechuanaland until 1965, although outside its borders. Pop: 23 650 (2001)
  • maidanek — a Nazi concentration camp in eastern Poland, near Lublin.
  • malenkov — Georgi Maximilianovich [gyi-awr-gyee muh-ksyi-myi-lyah-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi mə ksyɪ myɪˈlyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1902–88, Russian political leader: premier of the Soviet Union 1953–55.
  • mandrake — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.
  • marksmen — Plural form of marksman.
  • medibank — the national health-insurance program instituted in Australia.
  • mistaken — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
  • mooncake — A rich, dense Chinese pastry with a variety of fillings, usually to eat in Zhongqiu Festival.
  • nakasone — Yasuhiro [yah-soo-hee-raw] /ˈyɑ sʊˈhi rɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1918, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1982–87.
  • namesake — a person named after another.
  • neatniks — Plural form of neatnik.
  • nebraska — a state in the central United States. 77,237 sq. mi. (200,044 sq. km). Capital: Lincoln. Abbreviation: NE (for use with zip code), Nebr., Neb.
  • neckatee — a piece of ornamental cloth worn around the neck
  • neckband — a band of cloth at the neck of a garment.
  • neckgear — any form of clothing or apparel worn around the neck
  • necklace — a piece of jewelry consisting of a string of stones, beads, jewels, or the like, or a chain of gold, silver, or other metal, for wearing around the neck.
  • neckwear — articles of dress worn round or at the neck.
  • nekrasov — Nikolai Alekseyevich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1821–77, Russian poet, who wrote chiefly about the sufferings of the peasantry
  • netbacks — Plural form of netback.
  • netspeak — internet jargon
  • new talk — ntalk
  • newshawk — a newspaper reporter, especially one who is energetic and aggressive.
  • newspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”.
  • nickname — a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity: He has always loathed his nickname of “Whizzer.”.
  • ninebark — any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Physocarpus, of the rose family, having bark that separates into thin layers.
  • novalike — Resembling a nova or some aspect of one.
  • oak fern — a small woodland fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, of northern regions, having triangular, pinnate fronds that slant horizontally.
  • overbank — to have the balance staff oscillate so greatly that the fork of the lever fails to engage, rendering the escapement inoperative.
  • overrank — to assign an unnecessarily high rank to
  • panicked — a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
  • partaken — to take or have a part or share along with others; participate (usually followed by in): He won't partake in the victory celebration.
  • peacenik — an activist or demonstrator who opposes war and military intervention; pacifist.
  • pink tea — a formal tea or reception.
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