9-letter words containing k, r, t
- kickstart — a starter, as of a motorcycle, that operates by a downward kick on a pedal.
- kieserite — a mineral, hydrous magnesium sulfate, MgSO 4 ⋅H 2 O, having a white or yellowish color and found with salt deposits.
- kilohertz — a unit of frequency, equal to 1000 cycles per second. Abbreviation: kHz.
- kiloliter — a unit of volume, equal to 1000 liters; a cubic meter. Abbreviation: kl.
- kilolitre — a unit of volume, equal to 1000 liters; a cubic meter. Abbreviation: kl.
- kilometer — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kilometre — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kingcraft — the art of ruling as king; royal statesmanship.
- kingsport — a city in NE Tennessee.
- kitchener — Horatio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome) 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.
- kiteboard — A specialized light weight wakeboard used for kiteboarding.
- kitesurfs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kitesurf.
- kittredge — George Lyman, 1860–1941, U.S. literary scholar, philologist, and educator.
- kiwifruit — Alternative spelling of kiwi fruit.
- kleopatra — Cleopatra (def 2).
- klystrons — Plural form of klystron.
- kniferest — something upon which to rest a knife when it is not being used.
- 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.
- knurl toe — French foot (def 1).
- komintern — Third International.
- konimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of dust in the air.
- korat cat — rare blue-grey breed of cat
- kórinthos — an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
- krautrock — (music) A genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s.
- kreutzers — Plural form of kreutzer.
- kritarchy — Rule by judges.
- kronstadt — a naval base in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on an island in the Gulf of Finland: fortress founded 1710.
- kropotkin — Prince Pëter Alekseevich [pyawtr uh-lyi-ksyey-yi-vyich] /ˈpyɔtr ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1921, Russian geographer, author, and anarchist.
- kshatriya — a member of the Hindu royal and warrior class above the Vaisyas and below the Brahmans.
- kurchatov — Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.
- 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).
- lakefront — the land along the edge of a lake: Property along the lakefront is more expensive every year.
- lakehurst — a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.
- lankester — Sir Edwin Ray, 1847–1929, English zoologist and writer.
- lapstrake — clinker-built (def 2).
- lapstreak — Alternative form of lapstrake.
- larvikite — a blue-grey syenite that contains feldspar crystals, often used as an ornamental facing on the walls of buildings
- lorikeets — Plural form of lorikeet.
- mark time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- marketeer — a person who sells goods or services in or to a market.
- marketers — Plural form of marketer.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marketise — Alternative spelling of marketize.
- marketize — (economics, management) To convert to management by open-market principles.
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- matchmark — a mark made on mating components of an engine, machine, etc, to ensure that the components are assembled in the correct relative positions
- mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
- maxiskirt — a long skirt or skirt part, as of a coat or dress, ending below the middle of the calf but above the ankle.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- mekometer — a device that accurately measures distance by measuring the polarization of a reflected beam of light