9-letter words containing k, h, n
- khanbalik — an ancient city in Mongol China, the capital of Kublai Khan: present-day site of Beijing.
- khansamah — a native house steward or butler.
- khodzhent — a city in N Tajikistan on the Syr Darya.
- khudzhand — a city in NW Tajikistan, on the Syr Darya River.
- khuzistan — a province in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km). Capital: Ahwaz.
- king horn — the earliest extant verse romance (late 13th century) in the English language.
- king john — a drama (1596–97?) by Shakespeare.
- kingships — Plural form of kingship.
- kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- kitchener — Horatio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome) 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.
- kittenish — coyly playful.
- kiungchow — Qiongzhou.
- kiungshan — Qiongshan.
- kluckhohn — Clyde (Kay Maben) [mey-buh n] /ˈmeɪ bən/ (Show IPA), 1905–60, American anthropologist.
- knaidlach — a dumpling, especially a small ball of matzo meal, eggs, and salt, often mixed with another foodstuff, as ground almonds or grated potato, usually served in soup.
- knaveship — a small proportion of milled grain that was due to the person who did the milling
- knavishly — In a knavish manner.
- knee-high — as high as the knees.
- kneeholes — Plural form of kneehole.
- knightage — a group of knights or knights collectively
- knighting — Present participle of knight.
- kniphofia — Any of several plants, of the genus Kniphofia, having bright, upright flowers.
- knotholes — Plural form of knothole.
- know-hows — knowledge of how to do something; faculty or skill for a particular activity; expertise: Designing a computer requires a lot of know-how.
- kobenhavn — Danish name of Copenhagen.
- kórinthos — an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- krumhorns — Plural form of krumhorn.
- krummhorn — A medieval wind instrument with an enclosed double reed and an upward-curving end, producing an even, nasal sound.
- kuangchou — Wade-Giles. Canton.
- kuniyoshi — Yasuo [yah-soo-aw] /yɑˈsu ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, U.S. painter, born in Japan.
- kvetching — Present participle of kvetch.
- kwangchow — Older Spelling. Canton.
- københavn — a seaport in and the capital of Denmark, on the E coast of Zealand.
- landshark — a person who makes inordinate profits by buying and selling land
- lebkuchen — a hard, chewy or brittle Christmas cookie, usually flavored with honey and spices and containing nuts and citron.
- loanshark — Alternative spelling of loan shark.
- lunchhook — Usually, lunchhooks. hands.
- lunkheads — Plural form of lunkhead.
- manchukuo — a former country (1932–45) in E Asia, under Japanese control: included Manchuria and parts of Inner Mongolia; now a part of China.
- masakhane — a political slogan of solidarity
- mechanick — Obsolete spelling of mechanic.
- mechnikov — Ilya Ilyich [ee-lyah ee-lyeech] /iˈlyɑ iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), Metchnikoff, Élie.
- menshevik — a member of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party in opposition to the Bolsheviks: advocated gradual development of full socialism through parliamentary government and cooperation with bourgeois parties; absorbed into the Communist party formed in 1918.
- mesh knot — sheet bend.
- mon-khmer — a group of Austroasiatic languages that includes Mon, of Burma, and Khmer, the language of Cambodia.
- monkeyish — Like a monkey.
- monkshood — a plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, especially A. napellus, the flowers of which have a large, hood-shaped sepal.
- munchkins — Plural form of munchkin.
- namecheck — A public mention or listing of the name of a person or thing such as a product, especially in acknowledgment or for publicity purposes.