9-letter words containing k, n, e, c
- neckmould — (architecture) A small convex moulding surrounding a column at the junction of the shaft and capital.
- neckpiece — a scarf, especially one of fur.
- neckverse — a verse read to prove clergy membership, esp Psalm 51
- nickeline — a usually massive, pale copper-red mineral, nickel arsenide, NiAs, with a metallic luster.
- nickelize — to nickel-plate.
- nickelled — Simple past tense and past participle of nickel.
- nickelous — containing bivalent nickel.
- nickering — neigh.
- nicknamed — Simple past tense and past participle of nickname.
- nicknamer — One who bestows a nickname.
- nicknames — Plural form of nickname.
- nitpicked — Simple past tense and past participle of nitpick.
- nitpicker — a person who nitpicks, especially habitually.
- one-track — having only one track.
- outreckon — to surpass in reckoning
- peckinpah — David Samuel ("Sam") 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.
- pecksniff — a person of Pecksniffian attitudes or behavior: a virtuousness that only a pecksniff could aspire to.
- pickering — Edward Charles, 1846–1919, and his brother, William Henry, 1858–1938, U.S. astronomers.
- picketing — a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
- pickiness — extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
- picnicker — an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- pinchbeck — an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold.
- pocketing — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- polo neck — high turtleneck collar
- poundcake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- princekin — a small, young, or minor prince.
- queencake — a small light cake containing currants
- quickened — Simple past tense and past participle of quicken.
- quickener — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
- quickness — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- rack-rent — Also, rack rent. rent equal to or nearly equal to the full annual value of a property.
- racketing — Slang. an occupation, livelihood, or business. an easy or profitable source of livelihood.
- 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
- ransacker — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- reckon on — count on, rely on
- reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- rednecked — (of an animal) with a red neck
- rein back — To rein back something such as spending means to control it strictly.
- requicken — to restore or come back to life or vigour
- rock wren — an American wren, Salpinctes obsoletus, inhabiting the foothills, badlands, and mesa country of the western U.S. and Mexico.
- rockiness — the state or condition of a person who is shaky or unsteady, as from drinking, fatigue, or illness.
- 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.
- roll-neck — A roll-neck sweater or a roll-necked sweater is a sweater with a high neck than can be rolled over.
- 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).
- screaking — screeching or creaking