9-letter words containing k, n, a, g
- greenback — a U.S. legal-tender note, printed in green on the back since the Civil War, originally issued against the credit of the country and not against gold or silver on deposit.
- grimalkin — a cat.
- gunmakers — Plural form of gunmaker.
- gunnysack — a sack made of gunny or burlap.
- gymkhanas — Plural form of gymkhana.
- hang back — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hankering — a longing; craving.
- harkening — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- haymaking — The cutting of grass and subsequently curing it to make hay as fodder for animals.
- hijacking — Present participle of hijack.
- jacketing — Present participle of jacket.
- jackwagon — (US, slang, derogatory) An objectionable person; a jerk; a jackass.
- k'ang hsi — (Shêng-tsu) 1654?–1722, Chinese emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty 1662–1722.
- kangaroos — Plural form of kangaroo.
- kaohsiung — a seaport on SW Taiwan.
- karaganda — a city in central Kazakhstan.
- katangese — a native or inhabitant of Katanga.
- keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.
- khaganate — An empire comprising of several khanates.
- kiangling — a city in S Hubei province, in central China, on the Chang Jiang.
- kidnaping — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- king clam — geoduck.
- king crab — horseshoe crab.
- king lear — a tragedy (1606) by Shakespeare.
- king rail — a large, long-billed rail, Rallus elegans, of North America, having reddish-brown plumage.
- kingcraft — the art of ruling as king; royal statesmanship.
- kingmaker — a person who has great power and influence in the choice of a ruler, candidate for public office, business leader, or the like.
- kingsnake — Any of various colubrid snake of the genus Lampropeltis.
- kirinyaga — the local name of Mount Kenya
- kisangani — a city in the N Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Congo (Zaire) River.
- kiungshan — Qiongshan.
- knightage — a group of knights or knights collectively
- knotgrass — A common Eurasian plant of the dock family, with jointed creeping stems and small pink flowers. It is a serious weed in some areas.
- koorajong — kurrajong.
- kowabunga — Alternative form of cowabunga.
- kuangchou — Wade-Giles. Canton.
- kurrajong — an Australian bottle tree, Brachychiton populneus, having showy yellowish-white, bell-shaped flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- kwangchow — Older Spelling. Canton.
- kwangtung — Older Spelling. Guangdong.
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- lawmaking — a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.
- m-banking — the practice of making financial transactions or managing bank accounts using mobile phone technology
- making-up — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- mapmaking — Cartography, the making of maps and charts.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- mistaking — Present participle of mistake.
- muskogean — a family of American Indian languages of the southeastern U.S., including Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and several less well-known languages.
- naugatuck — a city in central Connecticut.
- 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.
- noncaking — not liable to cake or to become compacted or crusty