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9-letter words containing k, h, n

  • neat hack — 1. A clever technique. 2. A brilliant practical joke, where neatness is correlated with cleverness, harmlessness, and surprise value. Example: the Caltech Rose Bowl card display switch. See also hack.
  • neckcloth — cravat (def 2).
  • night key — a key for a night latch.
  • nighthawk — any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage.
  • nightlike — Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.
  • nonkosher — Not kosher.
  • nonshrink — (of construction materials, such as cement or grout) not liable to contract
  • northlake — a city in NE Illinois: suburb of Chicago.
  • notchback — a style of back for an automobile in which there is a sharp vertical drop-off from the roof line to the trunk.
  • nunchakus — Plural form of nunchaku.
  • nunchucks — Sometimes, nunchakus. a Japanese hand weapon for defense against frontal assault, consisting of two foot-long hardwood sticks joined by a chain or thick cord that stretches to body width.
  • nymphlike — Resembling a nymph.
  • oakenshaw — an area of woodland containing oak trees
  • oklahoman — a state in the S central U.S. 69,919 sq. mi. (181,090 sq. km). . Capital: Oklahoma City. Abbreviation: OK (for use with zip code), Okla.
  • overthink — If you overthink, or if you overthink a problem, you spend too much time thinking about something.
  • pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
  • peckinpah — David Samuel ("Sam") 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.
  • phenakism — a form of deceit or craftiness
  • phenakite — a very hard, glassy, rhombohedral mineral, Be2SiO4, of various colors, sometimes used as a gem; beryllium silicate
  • phreaking — phone phreak.
  • pickthank — a person who seeks favor by flattery or gossip; sycophant.
  • pinchback — Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837–1921, U.S. politician.
  • pinchbeck — an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold.
  • pinchcock — a clamp for compressing a flexible pipe, as a rubber tube, in order to regulate or stop the flow of a fluid.
  • pinhooker — someone who trades in young racehorses for profit
  • plekhanov — Georgi (or Georgy) Valentinovich [gyi-awr-gyee-vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi və lyɪnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1918, Russian philosopher and leader of the Mensheviks.
  • preshrink — to subject (textiles, garments, etc.) to a shrinking process before marketing to minimize subsequent shrinkage.
  • preshrunk — of or relating to a fabric or garment that has been subjected to a shrinking process in order to reduce contraction when the apparel is washed or laundered.
  • raincheck — a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
  • ranchlike — resembling or characteristic of a ranch
  • rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
  • red shank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
  • rethinker — a person who rethinks
  • rock hind — a small, orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus adscensionis, inhabiting warm seas from North Carolina to Brazil, especially in the West Indies, and fished as food.
  • rockhound — a person who collects or who is interested in rocks and minerals
  • rodchenko — Aleksandr (Mikhailovich) [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-,, mi-key-luh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-,, mɪˈkeɪ lə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1956, Soviet painter, photographer, and designer.
  • roughneck — a rough, coarse person; a tough.
  • schnecken — a sweet spiral-shaped bread roll flavoured with cinnamon and nuts
  • schnittke — Alfred, 1934–1998, Russian composer.
  • schnorkel — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
  • schnorkle — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
  • shakedown — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
  • shakiness — tending to shake or tremble.
  • shakingly — the act of a person or thing that shakes.
  • shankbone — a large bone in the lower leg between the knee and the foot of an animal; the tibia
  • shark net — a net for catching sharks
  • sharkskin — a smooth fabric of acetate or rayon with a dull or chalklike appearance, for apparel.
  • sheepskin — the skin of a sheep, especially such a skin dressed with the wool on, as for a garment.
  • shekhinah — the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.
  • shrieking — a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
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