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9-letter words containing k, e, p

  • kapil dev — (Ramlal) Nikhanj (nɪˈkændʒ). born 1959, Indian cricketer: an all-rounder, he played in 131 test matches and captained India to victory in the 1983 World Cup
  • karyotype — the chromosomes of a cell, usually displayed as a systematized arrangement of chromosome pairs in descending order of size.
  • keep away — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • keep back — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • keep cool — avoid getting hot
  • keep dark — to keep secret or hidden
  • keep down — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • keep from — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • keep pace — go as fast
  • keep step — to remain walking, marching, dancing, etc, in unison or in a specified rhythm
  • keep 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.
  • keepsakes — Plural form of keepsake.
  • keg party — a beer bust.
  • kei-apple — a thorny shrub or small tree, Dovyalis caffra, of southern Africa, having round, yellow, juicy-pulped, cranberry-flavored fruit that is edible only when cooked.
  • kelp bass — a sea bass, Paralabrax clathratus, of southern California coastal waters, valued as a food and game fish.
  • kelp crab — any of several spider crabs common among kelp beds along the Pacific coast of North America.
  • kerplunks — Plural form of kerplunk.
  • key plate — (in color printing) the plate providing the greatest definition of detail, usually the black plate, on which the other plates are registered.
  • key punch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
  • keyphrase — (cryptography) A phrase used in encryption in the style of a keyword.
  • kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
  • kidnapped — a novel (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson.
  • kidnappee — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
  • kidnapper — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
  • kinescope — a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.
  • kippering — Present participle of kipper.
  • klemperer — Otto, 1885–1973, German orchestra conductor.
  • kleopatra — Cleopatra (def 2).
  • klephtism — the activities or life of klephts
  • knapweeds — Plural form of knapweed.
  • knaveship — a small proportion of milled grain that was due to the person who did the milling
  • knee drop — a wrestling attack in which a wrestler lifts his or her opponent and drops him or her onto his or her bent knee
  • knee-deep — reaching the knees: knee-deep mud.
  • kneepiece — a piece of armor for protecting the knee, as a poleyn.
  • koniscope — a device for detecting and measuring dust in the air
  • kraepelin — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.
  • kugelhopf — a sweetened bread, flavored with raisins and almonds, baked in a ring-shaped mold, and usually dusted with powdered sugar before serving.
  • lapstrake — clinker-built (def 2).
  • lapstreak — Alternative form of lapstrake.
  • leakproof — designed to prevent leaking: a leakproof bottle.
  • leetspeak — a coded spelling system and language used in very informal communications on the Internet, featuring letters combined with numbers or special characters in place of letters that they may resemble, and including inventive misspellings, jargon, and slang.
  • lickpenny — something that uses up large amounts of money
  • lock step — a way of marching in such close file that the corresponding legs of the marchers must keep step precisely
  • locked up — Synonym for hung, wedged.
  • luckpenny — a coin kept for luck
  • maplelike — Resembling a maple tree or some aspect of one.
  • mapmakers — Plural form of mapmaker.
  • marked-up — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
  • mispacked — filled to capacity; full: They've had a packed theater for every performance.
  • mispickel — arsenopyrite.
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