9-letter words containing k, u, n
- inuktitut — a dialect of Inuit, spoken in the Canadian Arctic.
- iron duke — 1st Duke of (Arthur Wellesley"the Iron Duke") 1769–1852, British general and statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister 1828–30.
- irukandji — a tiny but highly venomous Australian jellyfish
- jormunrek — king of the Goths, murderer of Svanhild, the daughter of Sigurd: killed by the Gjukungs; probably identical with Ermanaric (4th century a.d.), the Ostrogothic leader.
- junk bond — any corporate bond with a low rating and a high yield, often involving high risk.
- junk call — a telephone call soliciting a donation or selling a product or service by a caller making many such calls to a list of prospects.
- junk food — food, as potato chips or candy, that is high in calories but of little nutritional value.
- junk heap — an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
- junk mail — unsolicited commercial mail or email.
- junk room — a room in a house that is used as a store room
- junk shop — a shop selling miscellaneous secondhand goods
- junk shot — a procedure used for stemming the flow of oil from a leaking well in which debris (such as shredded tyres, golf balls, etc) is pumped into the well at high pressure
- junkerdom — the Junkers as a group.
- junkerism — the spirit or policy of the Junkers.
- junketeer — a person who goes on junkets, especially regularly or habitually: weekend junketeers to Las Vegas.
- junketing — Present participle of junket.
- junkiness — the quality or state of being littered with junk
- junkyards — Plural form of junkyard.
- kakebuton — a thin quilt or coverlet traditionally used when sleeping on a futon.
- kamadhenu — a celestial cow whose milk is life, and one of whose milkings is the visible world.
- kaohsiung — a seaport on SW Taiwan.
- kashubian — a West Slavic language closely related to Polish and spoken in northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula.
- kathmandu — a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- kauffmann — Angelica (andʒeˈlikə). 1741–1807, Swiss painter, who worked chiefly in England
- keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.
- kennebunk — a town in SW Maine, near resorts.
- kerguelen — an archipelago in the S Indian Ocean: a possession of France. 2394 sq. mi. (6200 sq. km).
- kerplunks — Plural form of kerplunk.
- ketonuria — the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
- key punch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
- keybutton — an object on a keyboard which, when pressed, causes the letter, number, or symbol shown on it to be printed in a document
- khudzhand — a city in NW Tajikistan, on the Syr Darya River.
- khuzistan — a province in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km). Capital: Ahwaz.
- kick turn — a turn from a stationary position in which a skier lifts one ski to a point where the heel is nearly at right angles to the snow, then faces the ski outward, sets it down in the direction to be turned, and swings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- kien lung — Ch'ien Lung.
- kinkajous — Plural form of kinkajou.
- kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- kiungchow — Qiongzhou.
- kiungshan — Qiongshan.
- klendusic — resistant to disease
- kluckhohn — Clyde (Kay Maben) [mey-buh n] /ˈmeɪ bən/ (Show IPA), 1905–60, American anthropologist.
- knock out — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knockouts — Plural form of knockout.
- knucklers — Plural form of knuckler.
- knuckling — Present participle of knuckle.
- knurl toe — French foot (def 1).
- kong fuzi — K'ung Fu-tzŭ.
- 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)
- kowabunga — Alternative form of cowabunga.
- krumhorns — Plural form of krumhorn.