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9-letter words containing k, r

  • karakorum — a ruined city in central Mongolian People's Republic: capital of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century.
  • karankawa — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians who lived in southeastern Texas until the mid 19th century.
  • karateist — A person who does karate.
  • karatekas — Plural form of karateka.
  • karl marx — Karl (Heinrich) [kahrl hahyn-rik;; German kahrl hahyn-rikh] /kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪk;; German kɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1818–83, German economist, philosopher, and socialist.
  • karlfeldt — Erik Axel [ey-rik ahk-suh l] /ˈeɪ rɪk ˈɑk səl/ (Show IPA), 1864–1931, Swedish poet: Nobel Prize posthumously 1931.
  • karlsruhe — a city in SW Germany: capital of the former state of Baden.
  • karnataka — a state in S India. 70,051 sq. mi. (191,791 sq. km). Capital: Bengaluru.
  • karpathos — an island off the SE coast of Greece, part of the Dodecanese Islands, in the Aegean Sea. 110 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
  • karsavina — Tamara [tuh-mah-ruh] /təˈmɑ rə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Russian dancer.
  • karyocyte — (cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus.
  • karyogamy — the fusion of the nuclei of cells, as in fertilization.
  • karyogram — (genetics) A graphical representation of a karyotype.
  • karyology — the study of the structure and function of cell nuclei.
  • karyosome — Also called chromocenter. any of several masses of chromatin in the reticulum of a cell nucleus.
  • karyotype — the chromosomes of a cell, usually displayed as a systematized arrangement of chromosome pairs in descending order of size.
  • katharine — a popular female first name
  • katharsis — Alt form catharsis.
  • katherine — a female given name: from the Greek word meaning “pure.”.
  • kathiawar — a peninsula on the W coast of India.
  • kauri gum — a hard resin obtained from the bark of the kauri or found, sometimes in masses of as much as 100 pounds (45 kg), in the soil where the tree has grown: used chiefly in making varnish.
  • keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.
  • keel over — Nautical. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
  • keel-rake — Nautical. to haul (an offender) under the bottom of a ship and up on the other side as a punishment.
  • keep dark — to keep secret or hidden
  • keep from — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • keg party — a beer bust.
  • kelp crab — any of several spider crabs common among kelp beds along the Pacific coast of North America.
  • keratitis — inflammation of the cornea.
  • keratoses — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
  • keratosis — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
  • keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
  • kerbstone — one of the stones, or a range of stones, forming a curb, as along a street.
  • kerchiefs — Plural form of kerchief.
  • kerflooey — Informal. to cease functioning, especially suddenly and completely; fall apart; fail: As soon as the storm hit, every light in town went kerflooey.
  • kerfuffle — Chiefly British Informal. a fuss; commotion.
  • kerguelen — an archipelago in the S Indian Ocean: a possession of France. 2394 sq. mi. (6200 sq. km).
  • kermesite — a mineral, antimony oxysulfide, Sb 2 S 2 O, occurring usually in tufts of red capillary crystals.
  • kerneling — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
  • kerplunks — Plural form of kerplunk.
  • kerr cell — a transparent cell filled with a fluid, usually nitrobenzene, and containing two electrodes placed between two polarizing light filters, suitable for demonstrating the Kerr effect and often used as a high-speed camera shutter.
  • kerrville — a town in SW Texas.
  • keto form — the form of tautomeric compounds when they are ketones rather than enols
  • ketonuria — the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
  • kettering — Charles Franklin, 1876–1958, U.S. engineer and inventor.
  • key drive — a very small, portable storage device that plugs into a computer and facilitates moving data between machines
  • key frame — (graphics)   A frame in an animated sequence of frames which was drawn or otherwise constructed directly by the user rather than generated automatically, e.g. by tweening.
  • key fruit — a samara.
  • key largo — one of the islands in the Florida Keys. 30 miles (48 km) long; 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
  • key scarf — any of various scarf joints in which the overlapping parts are keyed together.
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