9-letter words containing k, n, p
- kippering — Present participle of kipper.
- knapsacks — Plural form of knapsack.
- knapweeds — Plural form of knapweed.
- knaveship — a small proportion of milled grain that was due to the person who did the milling
- knee drop — a wrestling attack in which a wrestler lifts his or her opponent and drops him or her onto his or her bent knee
- knee-deep — reaching the knees: knee-deep mud.
- kneepiece — a piece of armor for protecting the knee, as a poleyn.
- kniphofia — Any of several plants, of the genus Kniphofia, having bright, upright flowers.
- koniscope — a device for detecting and measuring dust in the air
- 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.
- lickpenny — something that uses up large amounts of money
- linkoping — a city in S Sweden.
- look upon — regard, consider: as
- loop knot — a knot made by doubling over a line at its end and tying both thicknesses into a square knot in such a way as to leave a loop.
- luckpenny — a coin kept for luck
- 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.
- miniparks — Plural form of minipark.
- misspoken — Simple past tense and past participle of misspeak.
- monkey up — To hack together hardware for a particular task, especially a one-shot job. Connotes an extremely crufty and consciously temporary solution. Compare hack up, kluge up.
- monkeypod — a tropical American tree, Samanea saman, of the legume family, having spreading branches and dense heads of small, pink flowers.
- monkeypot — the woody, operculate seed vessel of any of certain large South American trees of the genus Lecythis.
- monkeypox — A viral disease of African origin, related to smallpox and transmitted to humans through fluid exchange by rodents and primates.
- moss pink — a phlox, Phlox subulata, of the eastern U.S., having showy pink to purple flowers.
- navpaktos — Greek name of Lepanto.
- neckpiece — a scarf, especially one of fur.
- netkeeper — Alternative name for a goalkeeper.
- nipperkin — (archaic) A small cup or other vessel, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume.
- nit-picky — tending to raise petty objections; pernickety
- nitpicked — Simple past tense and past participle of nitpick.
- nitpicker — a person who nitpicks, especially habitually.
- np tricky — (humour) A play on NP hard describing an algorithm or piece of code that is too complicated for a mere mortal to understand.
- nukespeak — Informal. euphemistic language and obscuring jargon used in discussions of nuclear weapons, nuclear power, etc.: nukespeak that minimizes the risks of nuclear war.
- nymphlike — Resembling a nymph.
- open book — someone or something easily understood or interpreted; something very clear: The child's face is an open book.
- open look — (operating system) A graphical user interface and window manager from Sun and AT&T.
- open mike — a session in a pub or club where members of the public are invited to perform comedy or to sing
- open-book — someone or something easily understood or interpreted; something very clear: The child's face is an open book.
- ouspensky — Peter Demianovich [pee-ter di-myah-nuh-vich;; Russian pyawtr dyi-myah-nuh-vyich] /ˈpi tər dɪˈmyɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈpyɔtr dyɪˈmyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1878–1947, Russian philosopher and author.
- outspoken — uttered or expressed with frankness or without reserve: outspoken criticism.
- pack into — If someone packs a lot of something into a limited space or time, they fit a lot into it.
- packaging — a bundle of something, usually of small or medium size, that is packed and wrapped or boxed; parcel.
- packtrain — a line or succession of pack animals, as mules or burros, used to transport food and supplies over terrain unsuitable for wagons or other vehicles.
- paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
- pakanbaru — a city on central Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- pakistani — a native or inhabitant of Pakistan.
- pancaking — a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.
- panicking — a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).