9-letter words containing k, n, i
- kneepiece — a piece of armor for protecting the knee, as a poleyn.
- knickered — wearing knickers.
- knife box — a box, often ornamental and sometimes closed with a lid, for containing table knives.
- knifeless — without a knife
- knifelike — Resembling a knife or its effects.
- kniferest — something upon which to rest a knife when it is not being used.
- 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.
- knobbling — Present participle of knobble.
- knobstick — A stick with a rounded knob at the end.
- knottiest — Superlative form of knotty.
- knowingly — affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
- knoxville — a city in E Tennessee, on the Tennessee River.
- knuckling — Present participle of knuckle.
- kol nidre — a liturgical prayer for recitation at the beginning of the service on the eve of Yom Kippur asking that all unfulfilled vows to God be nullified and all transgressions forgiven.
- komintern — Third International.
- kong fuzi — K'ung Fu-tzŭ.
- konimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of dust in the air.
- koniology — the study of atmospheric dust and its effects
- koniscope — a device for detecting and measuring dust in the air
- kontakion — a short hymn honoring a saint.
- kookiness — The state of being kooky.
- 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.
- kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
- kowtowing — Present participle of kowtow.
- kraepelin — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.
- kropotkin — Prince Pëter Alekseevich [pyawtr uh-lyi-ksyey-yi-vyich] /ˈpyɔtr ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1921, Russian geographer, author, and anarchist.
- kundalini — the vital force lying dormant within one until activated by the practice of yoga, which leads one toward spiritual power and eventual salvation.
- kuniyoshi — Yasuo [yah-soo-aw] /yɑˈsu ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, U.S. painter, born in Japan.
- kunstlied — an art song, especially as distinguished from a folk song.
- kurdistan — a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).
- kusimanse — (zoology) Several species of dwarf mongoose in genus Crossarchus.
- kvetching — Present participle of kvetch.
- kwajalein — an atoll in the Marshall Islands, in E Micronesia. About 78 miles (126 km) long.
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- lambskins — Plural form of lambskin.
- lankiness — The state or condition of being lanky.
- larkiness — the quality or characteristic of being larky
- larrikins — Plural form of larrikin.
- lawmaking — a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.
- leakiness — The property of being leaky.
- leninakan — a city in NW Armenia.
- libeskind — Daniel. born 1946, US architect, born in Poland. Based in Berlin, he designed the Jewish Museum there (1999), the Imperial War Museum in Manchester (2000), and the "Freedom Tower" that will replace the World Trade Center in New York
- licker-in — a roller on a carding machine, especially the roller that opens the stock as it is fed into the card and transfers the fibers to the main cylinder.
- lickpenny — something that uses up large amounts of money
- lime kiln — a kiln in which calcium carbonate is calcined to produce quicklime
- limekilns — Plural form of limekiln.
- line mark — a trademark covering all items of a particular product line.